06-21-2016, 10:57 AM
Pasatiempo is one of my favorites courses anywhere, and I haven't been able to play it in many years. Didn't they have a scare related to disease in the trees throughout the course? The last time I played it, 75% of the trees on the course were marked with little silver disks. I was told that each marked tree was in danger of being removed. I have been relieved to hear that that never happened, but I never knew why they ducked a bullet.
MacKenzie had a remarkable gift. I think one of his interesting successes was the Meadow Club in Fairfax. I have played it many, many times and am continually learning more about its play. The setting is gorgeous and it is on a fairly tiny parcel of land by golf course design standards. It invites a player to try to conquer it, and then punishes each flawed swing w/ a proportionate consequence. Many is the day that I felt I was swinging well and making good contact, only to end up shooting 5 or 6 strokes over my handicap. You definitely need to be into your round mentally as well on his courses.
MacKenzie had a remarkable gift. I think one of his interesting successes was the Meadow Club in Fairfax. I have played it many, many times and am continually learning more about its play. The setting is gorgeous and it is on a fairly tiny parcel of land by golf course design standards. It invites a player to try to conquer it, and then punishes each flawed swing w/ a proportionate consequence. Many is the day that I felt I was swinging well and making good contact, only to end up shooting 5 or 6 strokes over my handicap. You definitely need to be into your round mentally as well on his courses.
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