Hudson Mills Metropark

thanks scott. the problem i have with massive changes is getting board approval for massive projects. the park is ok with us doing anything as long as we are on the same page. they don't want to be ... show more ›

thanks scott.
the problem i have with massive changes is getting board approval for massive projects. the park is ok with us doing anything as long as we are on the same page. they don't want to be beat up by complaints when work is done after the fact. invariably any work done will not please anybody if we go to the extreme.
i always hear the that is not how it looked when it was installed in 92, 99 respectively. I firmly believe these courses do not look at all like they did then but some people claim that it looks very close now to what it did then. i personally doubt this but i am saddled by a vote on the board to make the work happen.
a few years ago somebody wacked that olive bush on monster D i think the one in the middle of the fairway and the firestorm i had to listen to was not pleasant.
We cannot please everybody and won't be able to we will do the best we can as allowed.
The olives are considered invasive and the park would love to see every one of them gone, but they do not have the staff to remove the stumps if we chop the tree down to the ground. plus we would need volunteers with truckS!!!! to haul the crap to the dumping area for an operation that large.
some of the growth is not olives and they would frown on removing any of those, sure i remember spotting on the A hole in the early 2000's and watching the spike hyzers and thumbers there, i haven't seen any of those type of shots for years now.
scott going back 4 years wouldn't paint the best picture we would need pic's from further back to see the changes on the holes.
overall the original is in pretty good shape while the monster is horrible in my opinion.
remember i am an AM4 so i see things differently then most of you guys, but usually everything you talk about i can see if i could throw that far. Johnny V does the bulk of the work on the course and he is an AM1, he sees lines differently then I do but he takes the minimalist approach, while i attack the crap. i hate all olives but that kind of drastic change may have to take place sooner rather then later.

oh greg i am not color blind, i just never bothered to learn the color references to the various layouts, i only know champ black. to much more important stuff to know then the color codes for the various layouts.