Apart from the tees, repaint of baskets, new tee signage, ob, lakes, mandos, can you think of anything else that needs attention?

Ideas please.... and any offers to help!?

Things I've mentioned to Rich already:
- Replacing the missing chain on #6
- Putting a high flag on the basket of #13 to help with picking it out from this side of the hill

Things I haven't:

Mando markers
I make it 5 in total
- One on #12
- Three on #14
- One on #17
- I think it's ok, but need to confirm on the ground, that one is not needed on #11 to stop anyone trying to go hyzer up the 10th fairway.

OB ropes/tape
#1 A line starting on the play park fence, going across the tee to the right corner, going down the fairway to the right of the bush, behind the basket and back to the play park fence
#5 The hedge-line (inc the hedge beyond the gap at the footpath too)
#7 The line down the right side of the fairway
#11 If the fence-line within the hedge is continuous then a rope/tape won't be needed
#12 As #11
#15 Line needed from play-park fence by tee of #1 all the way across to behind the tee of #17
#16 As 11, but it wouldn't hurt to tape up the fence specifically around the tree on the right than many drives hit and drop under
#17 As 11

Strimming
All tees, greens and baskets - strimming of any long grass left after the main cut, in particular tees so a 1m x 4m teebox can be painted

Rough - Strimming of anything left after the main cut, plus attending to areas the main cut won't touch such as:
#1 Nettles around the bush
#2 Some of the crap on the ground behind the basket that would make overshoots hard to find
#3 Nothing
#4 Some routes into the crap behind the basket for overthrown drives
#5 A clear gap down the hedge line if req. so the OB rope/tape is visible
#6 Low branches on the oak removed giving some semblance of a route to the basket from some angle
#7 Nettles and crap by the basket and down the right side of the fairway
#8 Loads of nettles on the ground and low branches now making many good drives un-puttable
#9 Some routes into the crap on the right
#10 Nothing
#11 Crap around the bottom of the two individual hawthorns thickets to help disc spotting and retrieval
#12 Nothing, if the green is properly cleared by the cut. Players take their chances with the stuff on the left
#13 Crap around the bottom of the four main trees in the fairway to help disc spotting and retrieval
#14 Crap around the bottom of the three mandos to help disc spotting and retrieval, plenty to thin out at the basket on the ground and low hanging branches
#15 Nettles around the big tree on the right, routes into the crap on the left
#16 Nettles around the tee, anything that isn't a tree around the green
#17 Crap around the bottom of the big tree on the left to help disc spotting and retrieval
#18 Nothing

This is an ambitious strimming plan I know, some things are higher priority than others, but I'd be keen to come down and help do some between now and the event.

That's everything I can think of for now.

Lets just hope that the strimmer... if it comes back... lasts longer than 15 minutes then :roll:

richard wrote:


Comes back? Where did it go?

It broke after 15 mins of work at the nettles on hole 7... sheared the drive shaft off at the head. It has been couriered back to the manufacturers, we are awaiting report.... will call today.

Rich,

Last week you mentioned that you were reconsidering whether there would be a mando on 12 as the tee of 13 was now going to stay where it was. Is that correct?

ultiali wrote:


I am considering this move to a 12th hole mando. It is a safety move, to ensure that we dont get players on 13 knobbled... as we havent moved the 13th tee as yet there is a possiblity that we can leave it but I want to consult the masses before doing it.

Bruce, Jester.everyone else.. any thoughts?

richard wrote:


When you mentioned before the proposed mando on #12, Rich, I took that to be on the grounds of improving the hole by not allowing the 'chicken' shot over the top for big arms and making everyone go down the tunnel. I don't think the position of the #13 tee for me comes into it, I think madoing #12 just to make everyone have to play the tough route is the right thing to do.

I agree but it is a valid route for those who have the big arm. I am happy for the tunnel shot mando, but as always I like to get a concensus

richard wrote:


On days without too much wind, those who can go over the top have a much easier route.I feel mandating everyone down the middle limits the impact a big arm can have and rewards control and accuracy over power. There are other holes like #6, #17 and #18 where having a bigger arm is rightly an advantage, but IMHO #12 shouldn't be one of them.

I agree with Jester, We have enough long holes to favor the big arms, the mando would make it a hole that favours control.

Also that is the way the hole was designed, looking back it is an evloution of the hole as it was when it was played to the red tree. When there were about 5 of us blindly chucking discs in the park with little idea of what we should be doing I don't think anyone ever spotted the hyzer route as not one of us was capable of it.


MANDO! MANDO! MANDO! MANDO! etc. :twisted:

:edit: - just realized that this morning I uploaded Jesters (thanks) new course map and it's on there! I'll just shut up then....