Chin Diesel
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Let's try this again and I guess keep it focused on golf.
Course has gotten easier and it needs some more muscle. It is somewhat geographically constrained but there's room to do some stuff to make it more challenging. Adding bunkers at 310-325 yards is kinda boring. One thing is for certain on every tour event. If there is no wind and fairways and greens are soft. These guys are going low no matter what. They'll hit 5-iron in to a green from 220 and stick it with no roll.
Here's some things I'd do.
Overall they need to toughen it 1-1.25 shots per round to lower the final score to somewhere in the mid-teens.
My top changes would be:
1. On the northeast corner of the course near 10's green, 11 and 12's tee. Clear out the trees and make 10 a Par 5 dogleg left. You can add 70-80 yards. Change 11 180 degrees. Instead of 11 a northeast shot, make it southwest. You can then move 12's tee back 30-40 yards. There is a maintenance access road which would have to be re-routed a bit to the north closer to the parking lots in the fields.
2. Move #9 tee box directly to the left of the #8 green. that will add 50-60 yards to that tee shot and keep players from flying tee shots over the dog leg. Need to make an adjustment on Field Rd but that shouldn't be hard either.
3. #16. Make it 10-15 yards longer. Essentially a one club lengthening. You can move the green complex a bit further up and make the lake adjust to have the same shape and contour.
4. #17. Need a bunker to the left of the green or the back of the green. Right now players can bail out left, right or back. Too many options for them.
5. #14. There are some trees behind the green which can be removed to lengthen it 30-40 yards.
I'm sure this will require moving some dirt around, but it's doable. You can plant new trees to replace the cut down trees (and yes I realize it takes time for new trees to mature). One thing the property does have is open fields around the perimeter for all the parking to add some yardage.
6. #8. Room to add a tee box 20-30 yards further back. Not sure if the big tree impacts it, but there's room.
Course has gotten easier and it needs some more muscle. It is somewhat geographically constrained but there's room to do some stuff to make it more challenging. Adding bunkers at 310-325 yards is kinda boring. One thing is for certain on every tour event. If there is no wind and fairways and greens are soft. These guys are going low no matter what. They'll hit 5-iron in to a green from 220 and stick it with no roll.
Here's some things I'd do.
Overall they need to toughen it 1-1.25 shots per round to lower the final score to somewhere in the mid-teens.
My top changes would be:
1. On the northeast corner of the course near 10's green, 11 and 12's tee. Clear out the trees and make 10 a Par 5 dogleg left. You can add 70-80 yards. Change 11 180 degrees. Instead of 11 a northeast shot, make it southwest. You can then move 12's tee back 30-40 yards. There is a maintenance access road which would have to be re-routed a bit to the north closer to the parking lots in the fields.
2. Move #9 tee box directly to the left of the #8 green. that will add 50-60 yards to that tee shot and keep players from flying tee shots over the dog leg. Need to make an adjustment on Field Rd but that shouldn't be hard either.
3. #16. Make it 10-15 yards longer. Essentially a one club lengthening. You can move the green complex a bit further up and make the lake adjust to have the same shape and contour.
4. #17. Need a bunker to the left of the green or the back of the green. Right now players can bail out left, right or back. Too many options for them.
5. #14. There are some trees behind the green which can be removed to lengthen it 30-40 yards.
I'm sure this will require moving some dirt around, but it's doable. You can plant new trees to replace the cut down trees (and yes I realize it takes time for new trees to mature). One thing the property does have is open fields around the perimeter for all the parking to add some yardage.
6. #8. Room to add a tee box 20-30 yards further back. Not sure if the big tree impacts it, but there's room.