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    Review by John Theiss in course William Yates Sprint DGC

    4.00 star(s) a couple new improvements Being a school course there are issues with funding and sometimes you have to be patient or creative to make improvements. We have been waiting on volunteers to help out with certain issues and in the last year there has been some major improvements. EPIC church has...
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    KCWO 2015 June 19-21

    Bar B Que Not trying to start an off topic fight....but KC has the best Que. Hands down...sorry Texas but the grand champion of the circuit BBQ contests are crowned in KC and the American Royal is a spectacle. Gates AB's Arthur Bryants Joe Bar B Que Jack Stack LCs WW1 museum Power and...
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    What do beginners value most on tees- distance or par?

    So this post started as a way for me to try to solve the problem of an over crowded tee sign with too much info for rec, adv and open skill levels. I have found over the years that when installing a course we have goals and aspirations for how special we can make our courses, but often times due...
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    What do beginners value most on tees- distance or par?

    I would rather use the term REC than beginner. Thanks for so many responses. My goal is to build courses that allow all types of players to be successful at their present skill level. And success on a course to me means that there are opportunities from different tees to achieve some pars...
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    What do beginners value most on tees- distance or par?

    I would like to get a poll going but am not sure how to do this? I want feedback from beginner players or try to think back when you knew very little about the game. My question involves a course that has two tees for most holes. The shorter tees are red level tees while the longer tees are...
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    Designing Your First Course: Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned

    Access points -one other important thing to try to incorporate on heavily wooded corridor type courses/holes is to think about how you can have several access points throughout the course for machinery and vehicles. This can be difficult to have without messing with the integrity of the hole...
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    Designing Your First Course: Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned

    Machinery -If you need to clear a lot of woods, i recommend a T-300 forestry cutter by Bobcat. i love this machine. I have used a similar machine made by Takeuchi and it was a major disappointment. Even if you have limited funds, this piece of machinery will save so much time and additional...
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    Fox Hill Fliers discussion

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  9. Fox Hill Fliers 616 mi (from your location) Kansas City, MO
    2.9612 reviews
    Good conditions
    Holes / Baskets: 18 / 18
    Length: 3000 ft
    Hole Type: Lightning DB-5
    Tee Type: Gravel
    Course Type: Permanent course
    Landscape: Mostly Flat
    Terrain: Heavily Wooded
    Multiple Tees / Pins: Yes / No
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