Notable Threads
by Colin Macqueen
INDEX CATEGORIES:
HAZARDS AND BUNKERS * TEES AND FAIRWAYS * GREENS AND SURROUNDS
TEMPLATE * ROUTING COURSES * MINIMALISM
GCA NAVEL GAZING * CRANE, BEHR, DARWIN et al * PHILOSOPHY AND METAPHYSICS
ARCHITECTURE * ARCHITECTS * BOOKS & WRITING * AGRONOMY
Inconsistency of Fairway Bunkering
Groupings of 3, 4, 5 or 6 or… Bunkers. Won’t 1 or 2 do
the trick?
‘Floating’ Back Bunkers —- Why??
The Natural Use of Sand – Max Behr
Bunkers: How should they be maintained
Re “Nature’s Bunkers” Thread: Man &
Strategically-Placed Bunkers
Should bunkers be black holes ?
A Brief Bunker Pictorial (No Frills)
Why is Bunker Style Uniformity…
Ground control to Major Tom Bunkering…
What Characteristics of Course Bunker Schemes Stand the
Test of Time?
Re “Nature’s Bunkers” Thread: Man &
Strategically-Placed Bunkers
Who’s afraid of the big, bad…bunker?
The impediment to centerline bunkers is
What Characteristics of Course Bunker Schemes Stand the
Test of Time?
Have we minimised hazards in seeking Strategic over Penal
The practical realities of maintaining bunker entrances
at fairway height
“Saving” bunkers: bad architecture?
FRAMING, a curse or a necessity ?
How do you make flat land interesting?
What makes a good “ground game” course? – Aside
from turf / firmness
Contour utilization and contour avoidance – which
philosophy do you prefe?r
Golf Course Management Blogging World
Links
– Australian Super blogs
Maintenance Issue: How High the Rough?
Diagonal splines in Fairway landing areas…..
Who Among You Is Qualified To Evaulate The “Ground
Game”?
The practical realities of maintaining bunker entrances
at fairway height
a neophyte: explain the ground game and its nuances
The fallacy of graduated rough
Mowing Lines, Equipment and Maintenance Costs
Drainage? Perhaps it’s boring, but how important is it?
Unfair fairways. When will it ever end!
“Maintenance Meld” revisited & updated
Rollin, Roolin, Rollin at Merion
Ground Game: A must for any great course?
Tom Simpson on Fairway to Rough transitions
Does too many contours on a green ruins strategy
Are golf greens really only supposed to last 15-30 Years?
Wild Greens – The Architect’s Crutch?
Canted and greens that slope away
Green contours, speeds and hole locations?
Classic green changes, contours…more pins or less
traffic?
Are Severe Green Contours Warranted?
Classic greens that have improved with faster green
speeds?
Renovating Classic Greens in the Modern Era, thoughts…
From Putting Greens to Green Complexes
C&C and internal green contours…
Little dips/bumps in front of greens
Who are green sites really designed for?
Canted and greens that slope away
Are Severe Green Contours Warranted?
Holding the green – thoughts from Brauer and Macan
Why the hatred towards Poa Annua???
Why is flat seen as being so difficult?
Who Among You Is Qualified To Evaulate The “Ground
Game”?
Ground Game: A must for any great course?
The Time Between Shot And Result Is The Key
Who are green sites really designed for?
The Return of the Craftsman Bungalow and the Death of
Large Greens
The architectural and playing variety and appeal of
tactical
Raynor – Banks … Do any lesser efforts exist? Do the
templates always fit?
Has technology improved the redan?
Template Holes. Did CBM really invent them ?
The definition of a Cape hole?
Template Hole Madness!!! – 1st Region – ALPS – Taking
nominations now
Template Holes. Did CBM really invent them ?
Biarritz style greens on a short par 4?
What a “Short” Hole Really Is.
What makes a “Short” hole great?
Biarritz holes – what are they all about ?
Do Biarritz holes (and Biarritz greens) work? Did they
ever?
A Compilation of Routing Maps, Plans and Architectural
Drawings
How do you tell if the Routing is Good?
Ian Andrew’s “Caddy Shack”: Routing a Course
Pacing v Routing – an interesting read
Are par 3 opening holes a good or bad idea?
In light of many recent threads….
I’d confused Minimalism with Freedom
Naturalism and golf course architecture
Can we change Minimalism to Naturalism?
Naturalism and golf course architecture
Can we change Minimalism to Naturalism?
For the record…….Tommy Naccarrato gone
Emperor, education and this forum
What this site is….and what this site isn’t
The ‘problem’ with the Discussion Group
Good and bad in GCA (in brief)
Golf’s most beloved electrician
GCA.com Ratpack (there’s a name missing)
Wah wah wah in the golf tower Haiku…
I Hate Golfers Long thread jakaB
The Natural Use of Sand – Max Behr
Writer’s Block – Behr philosophy
Darwinism – I (The Course Your Soul Loves Best)
Darwinism – I (The Course Your Soul Loves Best)
Herbert Wind the Most Influential Writer?
Where is the best place to read the largest amount of
writing by Max Behr?
How Darwin Defined a Great Course; What Would You Say
Meets His Criteria?
“Line of Charm” vs “Field of Delight”
Herbert Wind the Most Influential Writer?
Where is the best place to read the largest amount of
writing by Max Behr?
A Bernardo requirement for a course to count as great:
great 17th hole
Sorry, but golf writing really isn’t that good. Here’s
why?
How Darwin Defined a Great Course; What Would You Say
Meets His Criteria?
A Bernardo requirement for a course to count as great:
great 17th hole
Herbert Warren Wind The New Yorker
“Line of Charm” vs “Field of Delight”
The Fun Factor and Architectural Superiority
“Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is
what follows.”
Golf Course Architecture and Music
Some thoughts on Visual Acuity – Visual Overload
Confounding Choices: The Essence of Great GCA?
A Philosophy of the Game and GCA
The Time Between Shot And Result Is The Key
Has your philosophy on architecture changed?
Symbolism and Art in the Landscape
The Art of Psychological Warfare
A Philosophy of the Game and GCA
How can beard-pullers actually evaluate a golf course?
Can anyone explain what shot values are?
Do you consider yourself one of the finest minds in golf?
Deciphering Great Quotes 3/2/11
Hey, how about a bit of metaphysics – just to riff GCA on
Your tastes in golf courses are so — excuse me for
saying — mainstream.
Peter Pallotta’s ‘Golf through the Looking Glass’ is now
posted …
Pallotta, Peter – Golf Through the Looking Glass | Golf
Club Atlas
Symbolism and Art in the Landscape
A Concept – What do you think of it?
Invisible Architecture – The Architecture of
Juxtapositions
A Hierarchy of Values – Not Much of a Thread
Somebody help the new kid out…..
The Yin and Yang of a Golf Course Architect
“The Battle for the Soul of the Game”
The stochastic process in hole strategy.
Confounding Choices: The Essence of Great GCA?
Some thoughts on Visual Acuity – Visual Overload
They called it “Thinking Golf” Back Then (once)
If they were right, does that mean we are wrong?
Confounding Choices: The Essence of Great GCA?
A New (because old) Approach to Criticism
A Hierarchy of Values – Not Much of a Thread
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Salt Peanuts, and Great
Golf Holes
Do critics like curry, perfer subtitled movies and order
anchovies on pizza…?
A Theory of Relativity: When the Hardest Holes are the
Most Interesting
The process of designing a golf course
Strategic School Of Architecture
10 Things I Don’t Like in Design – Ian Andrew’s List
Q for architects and wanna be’s: match play v. medal play
in course design
Has architecture contributed to the attrition in golf
Step by Step process for building a golf course
Breaking down the design playbook
Phil’s Tilly List #1… 10 Design Principles…
The best introduction to golf architecture?
Best Practices for Learning about Golf Course
Architecture
Strategic School Of Architecture
Strategic School of Architecture – Part Deux
The Death of Great American Parkland Golf Course Design
The most underrated part of golf course design
Basic Criteria for Golf Course Architecture…
The Beginnings of Golf Course Architecture
“The Course Doesn’t Reward Good Shotmaking”
Brad Klein: Crash Course in Great Architecture
The broken future of golf (on broken ground)
Confounding Choices: The Essence of Great GCA?
Is the Study of a Golf Course’s Architecture…
What are average golfers looking for?
If you were designing your own course,
Explain “in-house” shaping vs GC (generic)
shaping to a guy…..
Do you have to be a good golfer to evaluate architecture?
The Yin and Yang of a Golf Course Architect
Invisible Architecture – The Architecture of
Juxtapositions
Architectural appreciation by the poor player
The Time Between Shot And Result Is The Key
Has your philosophy on architecture changed?
An architectural student’s curriculum
At what point do Options become Noise?
Favorite Designers: Bill Coore – Cybergolf
The beauty of architecture deceiving the golfer ?
Explain “in-house” shaping vs GC (generic)
shaping to a guy…..
Carnivorous Bays: Why Don’t Architects Copy Mac’s Visual
Intimidation Tactic?
Evolutionary biology and golf course architecture
The Fun Factor and Architectural Superiority
The common thread in greatness
Would UK maintenance practices really change things?
Vis a vis GCA, what is the Golden Mean in three dimensions?
Latest thought from Ian Andrew
Confounding Choices: The Essence of Great GCA?
Carnivorous Bays: Why Don’t Architects Copy Mac’s Visual
Intimidation Tactic?
Confounding Choices: The Essence of Great GCA?
Fit for Purpose in the Old Days
What can we learn anew from TOC?
So why is Pine Valley great again??
Invisible Architecture – The Architecture of
Juxtapositions
Knowing the exact distance to the hole………..
The beauty of architecture deceiving the golfer ?
The definitions of fun and hard
For Tom Doak – When you design a golf course how much are
you
MacWood, Thomas – The Early Architects: Beyond Old Tom |
Golf Club Atlas
Everything you ever wanted to know about Desmond.
Calling Desmond Muirhead buffs
Everything you ever wanted to know about Desmond.
The Best of Canada – All Ian Andrew’s Other Lists
Thoughts on Maxwell – Saltzman
The birth of the modern | Harry Colt
A Listing of Historic Articles
I Blame “Golf in the Kingdom” – A Step Back in
Time
Bob(by) Jones on “firm and fast” in 1968
The Voice of the Rabbits – Redux
The Last and Final Deal by Tuco Ramirez
The “In My Opinion” Discussion Series
Sorry, but golf writing really isn’t that good. Here’s
why?
Robert Hunter — Where is he now?
Golf Australia magazine Top 25 New Zealand Courses
Tuco Ramirez does the Texas Two Step in Port
Lavaca-Nuzzo’s Wolf Point
GCA and the Pizza Man! The Silent Majority?
A critics rant from Ron Whitten
Do critics like curry, perfer subtitled movies and order
anchovies on pizza…?
Shivas Irons Society – Digital Anthology
S. Lewis Regarding GolfClubAtlas.com
Høw cän øne pläy græt gølf klubee inda Åmericä?
Herbert Wind the Most Influential Writer?
Why the hatred towards Poa Annua???
Tom Doak’s Quote from the other thread on greenkeeping