It’s in south Louisiana. Outside of spending an insane amount of money most courses down here are gonna be flat. They could put a bunch of oaks along the fairways but then the course would probably be in worse condition. IMO they should have put more hazards, but I think part of the design was to make it playable to all skill levels.

We just have poor topography in S. LA for golf unfortunately.

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Posted by ell_13

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Posted on 1/25/21 at 2:23 pm to Swagga

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most courses down here are gonna be flat

Flat can still be interesting. And a little dirt work can help, too. I learned this week that the flat lies we get down here can be a real issue when you go play hilly courses and have no clue how to handle a 10* downhill lie.

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Posted by doubleb

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Posted on 1/25/21 at 3:02 pm to Swagga

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It’s in south Louisiana. Outside of spending an insane amount of money most courses down here are gonna be flat. They could put a bunch of oaks along the fairways but then the course would probably be in worse condition. IMO they should have put more hazards, but I think part of the design was to make it playable to all skill levels.

Go play U Club and you can see how a good design can be had out of a flat piece of land.

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Posted by dpd901

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Posted on 2/1/21 at 12:12 pm to Swagga

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IMO they should have put more hazards

I feel like they are hoping maybe the PGA of America decides to host a championship there and does some investment in preparation. I really wish they’d have given the design to a Tom Doak, Gil Hanse, Coore Crenshaw or King/Collins and we’d have gotten a more interesting golf course. The game has just passed Rees Jones by. He’s stuck in the 90’s.

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