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I think the "fuzziness" is an illusion caused by most of the shades of green being very similar. I noticed that right away, and there are no (or few) flower beds or other contrasty objects such as bare lodge-pole pines. It gives the course more of a 2D appearance in some views. But everyth...

Banff is one of the most beautiful courses in the world and the view of the Banff Springs Hotel across the street from the 14th green (with the mountains behind it) is gorgeous. For many veteran Linksters it was the first course we played. Hi Jimbo, when I was 16 (in 1969), I spent the summer at th...

pmgolf wrote: ↑February 10th, 2020, 12:47 pm Don't confuse Colin Jones with Sage. Sage is the one that cranks out courses - Colin Jones did a quality job on the re-do of Banff.

Pete

Hi pmgolf, yes I was thinking of Sage Vanni re "cranking them out", but forgot it wasn't he that did Banff Springs.

I find his courses to be of very good quality especially in light of how many he's cranking out in such a short time. In fact I was shocked the first one I played, I was thinking well this won't be much good, the guy's listed five courses in just two weeks (or whatever), but I was very pleasantly su...

Funny thing is, on those severe doglegs I gave it my usual treatment, which is to hit a driver as hard as I can with draw or fade -- and immediately hit the trees 50 yards out I hadn't previously noticed. You made sure no one can "cheat" their way around the course

Hi, I've just played a round, and I have to say it's a very nice-looking course, looks very natural. No obvious flaws such as floating trees, concrete rough, etc. I did find a few holes to be what I'd consider "tricked up", that figure-8 fairway on the (4th?) hole for example, and some ver...