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Quote from: PCCraig on August 28, 2019, 11:50:09 AMQuote from: Jason Topp on August 28, 2019, 10:28:52 AMDon't hide behind lists. Let me know where you stand on the courses you list.I think Mammoth Dunes is pure eye candy. It has a decent set of par-3's, but the negatives outweigh the positives. The fairways are so wide you would think there would be strategic interest in going a certain direction, but there is not. And the putting surfaces were built with zero imagination.Pat, I respectfully disagree and I only need to go to the first three holes to make my point.Hole 1. Hit speed slot on high right hill of FW and ball releases down to where the green is just open for you with a wedge in your hand, take the low road left and you have 2-3 more clubs in.
Quote from: Jason Topp on August 28, 2019, 10:28:52 AMDon't hide behind lists. Let me know where you stand on the courses you list.I think Mammoth Dunes is pure eye candy. It has a decent set of par-3's, but the negatives outweigh the positives. The fairways are so wide you would think there would be strategic interest in going a certain direction, but there is not. And the putting surfaces were built with zero imagination.
Don't hide behind lists. Let me know where you stand on the courses you list.
Pete,I think non-GCA types thing KC is a bit tricked up and unfair. I hear bifurcated opinions of either love or hate.Perhaps not here, tho.As for CK...to me, it falls into the Old Head category: amazing piece of property but too bad they built THAT there.Caveat: never played it but my best friend has repeatedly and I trust his view.
Quote from: Kalen Braley on August 28, 2019, 12:48:30 PMIn general Jim Engh courses often have same effect in terms of love/hate kind of thing...I've played a good handful of Engh courses around CO and I like them. I find a few holes here and there to be brutal (there's a couple at Fossil Trace, a nutty long par three at Pradera, etc.), but I generally think it's avant-garde and fun.Engh does seem to be very forgiving to shots that are just offline, but very penal to those way off-line. Makes for very low scores for good players, and very high scores for high-handicap players. That's been my experience.
In general Jim Engh courses often have same effect in terms of love/hate kind of thing...
If more of you ever played Ballyhack, Roanoke, VA, it would be on the list. Every shot is a potential card recker, w/ no recovery options & lots of time looking for balls.Visually stunning.