We’ve had clear and sunny weather for over a week.; some warmer, some cooler, some windier, but all great for golf.
Today was a day to review the walk-through from yesterday, squabble over a few parts of the design and finalize the machine list. Squabbling over the design will probably continue to the end of the project, and that’s a good thing. You can only plan so much, building isn’t just building; it is the most permanent and expensive design phase. It's what makes potentially average projects very good, and good projects great.
‘By hand or cad, no architect will ever produce perfect plans but even if one did, a constructor left alone for days, weeks or months will never build the golf course the way the architect envisioned. For these reasons, planning and construction are not separate tasks, but different parts of the same task.’
Tony Ristola
Value That Money Alone Cannot Buy
Golf Course Architecture, A Worldwide Perspective Vol. 3
Tony,
Nice to hear from you...
I have to admit we use this quote in every masterplan we do - it is perfect - and its amazing how many committees seem to think it’s an exact science that can be done on paper.
Mike Clayton, Golf Architect
Golf Course Architecture, A Worldwide Perspective Vol. 3 can be purchased through Paul Daley at www.fullswinggolf.com.au Yours truly has contributed Institutionalized Fraud, Prostituting the Royal and Ancient Game for Volume 1, The Test of Our Time for Volume 2 and Value That Money Alone Cannot Buy
For Volume 3. All three volumes, plus other excellent books can be purchased through Paul Daley at Full Swing publishing.
