Comments on: “It might…have more good holes than even Bandon and Pacific Dunes.” http://www.earthgolf.com/2007/04/29/it-mighthave-more-good-holes-than-even-bandon-and-pacific-dunes/ Golf Course Design, Architecture, News and Commentary Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:16:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jason Payne http://www.earthgolf.com/2007/04/29/it-mighthave-more-good-holes-than-even-bandon-and-pacific-dunes/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Jason Payne Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:23:21 +0000 http://wire2.wirenine.com/~earthgol/golf/?p=31#comment-163 Chambers Bay looks sweet, but it also seems like a want to be Bandon Dunes. Not that it is not as good, but Bandon is Bandon and less is more. In true Robert Trent Jones fashion the moved a ton of stuff and created a course that was not there. WIth that much land being moved, they could have built that course any where. Chambers Bay looks sweet, but it also seems like a want to be Bandon Dunes. Not that it is not as good, but Bandon is Bandon and less is more. In true Robert Trent Jones fashion the moved a ton of stuff and created a course that was not there. WIth that much land being moved, they could have built that course any where.

]]> By: Robertthompson http://www.earthgolf.com/2007/04/29/it-mighthave-more-good-holes-than-even-bandon-and-pacific-dunes/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Robertthompson Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:41:27 +0000 http://wire2.wirenine.com/~earthgol/golf/?p=31#comment-4 I'm surprised at Newman's take that to create a great golf course, you must move a lot of earth. Seems to me not to have been the case at most of the so-called "great" courses on the planet. I guess he needs to talk to Bill Coore about Sand Hills.... Of course hyperbole always occurs when a course of this sort opens. The photos look interesting -- it'll be intriguing to see if it plays as well as it looks. I’m surprised at Newman’s take that to create a great golf course, you must move a lot of earth. Seems to me not to have been the case at most of the so-called “great” courses on the planet. I guess he needs to talk to Bill Coore about Sand Hills….

Of course hyperbole always occurs when a course of this sort opens. The photos look interesting — it’ll be intriguing to see if it plays as well as it looks.

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