Well, one of my favorite courses got its lowest-ever review, in part because there's a net on one hole that prevents overhand throws:
Now, I'm a firm believer in the sanctity of opinions, and that reviews should reflect honest opinions. This one is fine. And it has a negligible effect on the course's rating, so no problem there.
But I'm also a thumber-detractor, so I laughed when I read it. It brought to mind the first time I saw the net, and immediately coveted it for my own course.
The funny thing is, I later found out, on good authority, that the main purpose of the net isn't to stop overhand throws. Not exactly, anyway. Apparently, it's to keep high throws from careening over a fence and on to a cantankerous neighbor's property, thus causing issues for that hole and the course in general.
It also left me to muse that, if the course was docked 1 disc for restricting forehands on just one of its 40-some-oldd tees, imagine the review if it had them on, say, half the tees.
Pros: Beautiful scenery, great use of elevation, and some well-placed decorative elements. Good mix of holes, i.e. left to right, right to left, up, down, etc. No gimmicky stuff like elevated baskets.
Cons: Loses one star for no red tees. Loses another for putting up netting to prevent overhands, which is a really weak move.
Now, I'm a firm believer in the sanctity of opinions, and that reviews should reflect honest opinions. This one is fine. And it has a negligible effect on the course's rating, so no problem there.
But I'm also a thumber-detractor, so I laughed when I read it. It brought to mind the first time I saw the net, and immediately coveted it for my own course.
The funny thing is, I later found out, on good authority, that the main purpose of the net isn't to stop overhand throws. Not exactly, anyway. Apparently, it's to keep high throws from careening over a fence and on to a cantankerous neighbor's property, thus causing issues for that hole and the course in general.
It also left me to muse that, if the course was docked 1 disc for restricting forehands on just one of its 40-some-oldd tees, imagine the review if it had them on, say, half the tees.