[Carl Rogers]

Tom, you explain well how the routing in around the quarry works was developed.
But my immediate reaction was why the two nines we're ordered as they were. The quarry, being the most memorable feature of the site being the center piece of the back nine and thus the most memorable element of the course.


Was there debate about the ordering of the nines?


Also a lesson that underscores the logic of routing par 3's over difficult property.

[Joe Bausch]

For those interested, here is a photo album of Quail Crossing from way back in 2008 when I was just started photographing golf courses:

http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/QuailCrossing/index.html

[Tom_Doak]

Tom, you explain well how the routing in around the quarry works was developed.
But my immediate reaction was why the two nines we're ordered as they were. The quarry, being the most memorable feature of the site being the center piece of the back nine and thus the most memorable element of the course.

Was there debate about the ordering of the nines?

Carl:


It's funny how often this question comes up for other people -- even Bill Coore asked me about why I hadn't ordered the nines the other way at one of my better-known courses.  But I generally don't think about it too much once I've got my mind made up.  [Our new project in Ireland is an exception to that -- Don Placek suggested switching the nines when he was drawing up the routing, and I decided to go with that.]


For Quail Crossing, the decision was basically that I thought #10 going around a boundary on the right would be too difficult of a starting hole, plus I didn't want everyone going across the road to the first tee -- the first tee as we built it is more easily controlled by the pro shop.

[Nigel Islam]

18 is a better closing hole than nine as well.

[Carl Rogers]

Has anyone played the course?

[Joe Bausch]

Has anyone played the course?

Uh-huh.

[Carl Rogers]

Has anyone played the course?

Uh-huh.

Sorry, I should have said lately.

[Chris_Blakely]

I played Quail Crossing and Cambridge (a very good Tim Liddy course) two years ago.


Chris

[Joe Bausch]

I played Quail Crossing and Cambridge (a very good Tim Liddy course) two years ago.


Chris

Cambridge photos from a visit a decade ago:


http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/Cambridge/index.html

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