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Juaire? Thank you for the link, Chuck Soooo, who are Roger and Ann Marie Juaire? Because basically them, and a Carl and Christie Dale own almost all of this land according t When i was up at Highbridge years ago, John mentioned that when he was building the ball golf course originally, he...

Agreed on flow. One way to improve flow would be to play hole 3 after hole 1, and play hole 2 between 11 and 12, since you have to walk by it anyways after 11. A few questions? Is the area to the right of hole 5/tee 7 available for use, because if so, it might help the flow, and safety to...

Yes. You ARE lucky in the Twin Cities. The choice of quality courses is amazing!! and the weather is great all summer, and long days. I used to take the bus from downtown after work, and still get two rounds in at Acorn before dark, even as crowded as it gets. As the sport grows, things will no...

If you loved Brown Deer and Dretzka, you will love Root River. (Dretzka was my favorite when i lived there, my review says why) UW Parkside is worth the drive, and it actually has 2 courses, the lovely technical 18-holes on campus, and the 21 hole "Orchid" course thats more rough-cut, longer...

Here's a crude idea of how you could maybe reroute some holes if you eliminated 10 and 11, and used more of the woods. Red boxes are possible replacements for 10-11, rest are tweaks of exiting holes

Even if you have visibility of the paths, I think its still risky to be crossing them, far away from the tee. Its one thing to not throw when someone is about to walk 5 ft in front of you, but even if its clear, the spray pattern of where possible shots can land mid fairway, and towards the...

Volunteering YES!! THIS. Soooo, to all of the people who think they should just "add another course" or "have two tournaments back to back"? If Am Worlds was being held within 100 miles of your town, how many of you would take 2 days off of work to volunteer at the tournament, much less 1 or...

Theres a situation here that may be related to what you are talking about, and perhaps a more specific way to accomplish what you are trying to do, with significantly less capital outlay A 27 hole country club here in town fell on hard times about a decade ago (urban flight & whatnot), and the...

I see it as being a range of difficulty, whether its a par 3, 4 or 5. In ball golf, they have a handicap number assigned to each hole based on difficulty (1 being hardest hole on course, etc), and the hardest hole is not neccesary a par 5. Some par 5s will be eaiser than others, so will some...

Thanks for posting the links to both broadcasts

Ive played Conifer and Highbridge as well as other former Worlds sites like Lemon Lake and the Twin Cities coures, and the proximity and quality of the courses at Highbridge is hard to beat. The lodging is not a 5 star resort, but its amazing how much John does by himself, and honestly what...

I think the thought of graveyards as places to be avoided is something kinda specific to the US, and related to our worship of youth and vitality here, and aversion to death. In other cultures, death is seen as a celebration of someone's life. When I was in Mexico City on Dia de Los Muertos...

3.00 star(s) Great course for big arms The redesign added alot of different holes to the course that were not there before, and reworked the old holes to add more distance to them. The course starts with several holes that force some controlled distance with scattered mature trees in play. Then, the course...

I think what many are failing to factor in here is not only what land you have to work with, but what you are allowed to do to that land. Saying " we'll just plant a line of trees here" is nice, but it takes time for anything to grow in, and there are the mowing patterns to consider, and...

3.00 star(s) Long open champ course This course will test even big arms. The several par 4's and many of the par 3s are on the long side, and this course is clearly geared towards intermediate to open players. The course plays through the open fairways of the former ball golf course, utilizing the...