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HOLY HELL!

Obviously they meant TEES that range from 5,000 to 7,000 yards… but ha! That was a funny bullet point to read.

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Geez the distance from today's balls is getting seriously out of hand. The maintenance expenses for this course must be astronomical 😉

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7 minutes ago, billchao said:

Geez the distance from today's balls is getting seriously out of hand. The maintenance expenses for this course must be astronomical 😉

Eh. Most of the expense is in the greens, tees, and bunkers. And as you can see, their bunkers are carefully placed.

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I could probably break 90 on one those 7K holes. No problem. :whistle:

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15 minutes ago, iacas said:

Eh. Most of the expense is in the greens, tees, and bunkers. And as you can see, their bunkers are carefully placed.

Yea but mowing a 90k yard course has got to be expensive.

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I hope they offer some "stay and play" packages. Would probably take at least a week to play the whole thing!

This is what happens when you farm out work to people who are ignorant of the subject.

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51 minutes ago, billchao said:

Yea but mowing a 90k yard course has got to be expensive.

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Sounds like a damn good job for local prisons to start. Bus the inmates around..having 20-30 guys at a time to do maintenance. Maybe even a future job for those who get out in a reasonable time. Better job than cleaning highways I would think. Much cheaper labor.

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48 minutes ago, Buckeyebowman said:

I hope they offer some "stay and play" packages. Would probably take at least a week to play the whole thing!

This is what happens when you farm out work to people who are ignorant of the subject.

You'd have to pitch a tent after a couple holes, sleep for the night and play a couple more the next day. Maybe you could get three short "holes" played in one day. They'd have cabins and camp sites for rent behind every green. Even with a cart it would take 3 days to play, because you figure the 5000 yard holes are almost 3 miles (280 yards short of it), and the 7000 yard holes are almost 4 miles (40 yards short of it). So it would be like a 60 mile course? 

I realize that this is an obvious typo on the information sheet. But it would be great if their intent was to make it a golf course, campground, and fishing getaway. You'd need to be about your own township to pull this off.

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I'm curious how far they play as a par 3. Probably not the best course for walking.


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