A question for our course design experts and commentators.
When designing a course, do the architects take the position of the sun into consideration?
I was wondering because this weekend in the afternoon I played a course where on the front 9 there were 2 holes looking directly east which would 'blind' a player in the morning.
And only 1 hole that looked directly west on the front 9.
However there were 5 holes out of the last 10 that were looking directly west and therefore would 'blind' players in the late afternoon/evening. We experienced this.
Yet there was only 1 hole on the back 9 that looked directly east.
And the course designer was one of the most well known of the current big name Canadian designers.
So is this a flaw? Should these 9's be reversed to reduce the number of times that players are playing directly into the sun? Or might this have been done on purpose?
When designing a course, do the architects take the position of the sun into consideration?
I was wondering because this weekend in the afternoon I played a course where on the front 9 there were 2 holes looking directly east which would 'blind' a player in the morning.
And only 1 hole that looked directly west on the front 9.
However there were 5 holes out of the last 10 that were looking directly west and therefore would 'blind' players in the late afternoon/evening. We experienced this.
Yet there was only 1 hole on the back 9 that looked directly east.
And the course designer was one of the most well known of the current big name Canadian designers.
So is this a flaw? Should these 9's be reversed to reduce the number of times that players are playing directly into the sun? Or might this have been done on purpose?
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