@wokekenzie thinks Firestone is ready for a facelift. It's featuring all of his favorite things... Not a single tree left standing.
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Ryan Farrow
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Ryan Farrow
@FarrowGolf
Currently working for Coore & Crenshaw in Pinehurst, NC.
Pittsburgh, PA Beigetreten Ekim 2013
150 Folgt3K Follower
@FarrowGolf No. It’s 100% not cool.
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I have gone back and forth a few times about the idea of restoring Pebble to its imitation dunes phase... I'm back on board!
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@wokekenzie pretty cool, right? Let me know your favorite golf course and I'll show you how it can be improved with extensive tree clearing, short grass, natural bunkers, and some Raynor templates. Woke AI golf architecture is the next great frontier.
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@FarrowGolf So, we’ve come full circle… restoring courses to their natural look to contriving a man made natural look on a course with no sandy base. Got it. Makes perfect sense. Yay golf architecture.
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@gcamagazine If only there was a 9 hole short course built a few years ago named "The Loop".... Or a Top 100 public course built by Tom Doak.... have we run out of names for things?
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Redesigned 18-hole layout at National Municipal Club will be joined by a nine-hole course, The Loop, created by Tiger Woods and his firm TGR Design.
Read more: golfcoursearchitecture.net/content/august…
#FazioDesign #BeauWellingDesign #BobbyJonesLinks #FirstTeeofAugusta
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@thempspec @KYGolfHoles I believe this was dated to 1919 and those trees were still there in 1938. The large scale tree planting happened much later. The removal of trees right of #12 was a big mistake and opened up long views and road noise from the turnpike.
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@KYGolfHoles It was originally farmland so this has got be after they started adding trees
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Would Oakmont not be more aesthetically pleasing if it had left say, four or five, big oak trees scattered about the property in open space areas? Just for scale and reference and the sheer beauty of an old enormous tree?
Genuine question. It’s not a linksland property, rather between a mountain ridge and straddling an interstate. Wouldn’t it suit the character more?
Again, not in play, but on the grounds. Please don’t stone me.
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I'm glad @RickShielsPGA enjoyed these Cameron Hurdus/Fried Egg Golf photos so much that he presented them as his own on Facebook ❤️
Fried Egg Golf@fried_egg_golf
Augusta National’s agronomic practices spare no expense. Yesterday, our photographer Cameron Hurdus captured how the ANGC team replaced a section of the 12th tee, a one-of-a-kind maintenance practice.
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@BPBlackMetal His argument was that he got tired of playing 18 wild greens, not his cup of tea. Seems like he could even handle half of them. It's a fair critique, if true. I'm unfamiliar with the course, but I also agree. Too many wild greens is not a great thing, variety rules the day.
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This thread perhaps touches on a concept few consider in course design…if you’re facing something that seems unfair, like a quadruple-breaker, you may have landed on a green when the wise move was to lay up. GIRs feel good but can also be a bad idea at courses like La Belle.
Lincoln Slagel@incolnlay
I love interesting greens. This was too much. The first few holes, I was in love. They were a blast. Running pitches off ridges & quadruple breaking putts are great, but not for 18 holes nonstop. By the end of the front nine, I was excited to play more. By 12, it was enough. 2/x
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@JosephLaMagna @fried_egg_golf is this a bit? the ball is 100 percent underground from this angle, no doubt an animal hole and completely unplayable. What am I missing?
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free drop incoming for Michael Kim after finding the native area on 18. sad what this tour has become
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@feedtheball But it has a short course and Himalaya style putting green. 😁
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God, double-barrell housing? Are we doing this again?
Bethpage Black Metal@BPBlackMetal
So Bluejack no longer just a course, but a brand, with the announcement of “Bluejack Ranch,” set near Fort Worth. One concern I have for Bluejack brand is that I’ve heard much more about the quality of food at Bluejack National than the golf. Don’t let that narrative continue.
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It's been more than 15 years since the Recession and real estate developers are still forcing tortured, unwalkable routings onto new golf courses.
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@feedtheball @TimGavrich This is the first partial water range that I've seen. Truly innovative. 😂
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@BPBlackMetal @Case4Cleveland This is not even a discussion, Sleepy slaps. Glad to hear they are doing something with Ian.
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@Case4Cleveland I’m still picking Manakiki in this one, but your argument is valid.
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Got wind that Ian Andrew has submitted a long-rollout master plan for Cleveland's Sleepy Hollow..."it’s probably 10 years of tree removal before anything else might happen." I'll see if I can find out more...but even such a conservative timeline is no small thing!
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A Massachusetts makeover: Bill Coore’s and Ben Crenshaw’s reimagination of the The International’s Pines course is set to debut this fall: golfcourseindustry.com/news/the-inter…
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Welcome to Brambles.
Located north of Napa Valley, this Coore & Crenshaw design is ready to turn heads and be a trendsetter for American golf. Longtime C&C associate James Duncan describes the Brambles mission
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@Top100Rick @bschneider126 @golfnorby What about the green shape and contouring, still better in '25?
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@FarrowGolf @bschneider126 @golfnorby Than the super fake and manufactured looking “sand dunes” version? Absolutely. But to each his own.
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How cool would it be to see the par 3 seventh at Pebble Beach brought back to its earlier look?
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@bschneider126 @golfnorby I thought it was cool when I first saw it, then it was ridiculous, now, I think @joshuacfsmith 's painting of it looks reallly good. If it ever looked like this 👍
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@golfnorby I can’t be the only one who thinks that looked ridiculous.
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