Fairway Crossing

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Permalink Reply by Ben Calhoun on January 19, 2010 at 9:46pm

Never do it.

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Permalink Reply by Chad Curtis on January 19, 2010 at 9:56pm

You would know--you've played a few courses, I hear. We rearranged a course and in the process lost 3 cool holes. Because of roads and park boundaries there is no other way to access the lost holes without crossing a fairway. It isnt something we MUST do so I agree with you. Never do it.

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Permalink Reply by Coolhand on January 19, 2010 at 10:08pm

Brackett's Bluff in Davidson, NC is a private course that is setup this way. hole 9 plays across hole 18's fairway. awesome course. pristine.

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Permalink Reply by Branden Tuhey on January 19, 2010 at 10:09pm

We have a course in Ozark Missouri that they just made into a 18 hole course, after it being 10 holes for awhile. The 18 holes are nice and its a well put together course, but they crossed fairways on one hole and they have tee pads kinda close on a couple holes. Just saying that it will make things interesting for their up coming tournament.

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Permalink Reply by Rescue on January 19, 2010 at 10:20pm

Golden Gate Park has some teepads that parallel some fairways. They are approx mid point on some of the fairways. A few times I've thrown over and past the teepads. Now we are talking a city park so space is a premium. So for these holes/teepads, they have put up netting to protect the players on these teepads. Not an ideal set up, but I'm also quite comfortable and worry free when throwing from them.

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Permalink Reply by Disc Golf Live on January 20, 2010 at 9:49am

Sounds like a bum deal, Chad. I'm OK with Xing fairways but only on private courses with small numbers of players.

Hope all is well over on the West side. Did you get off the bad list at your local access station yet? Just wondering.

Joe

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Permalink Reply by Chad Curtis on January 20, 2010 at 11:09am

I think I am finally off the "banned "list at the Access Station! I'll check on that and let you know.

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Permalink Reply by Steve West on January 23, 2010 at 7:16pm

If you have players crossing a fairway, you're not done solving all the problems of your design. Get back to work and fix it.

It's like saying you've "done" a Sudoku, except there are a couple of 3's in the first row. Asking if it's OK won't make it so, even if you can get someone to tell you it is.

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Permalink Reply by Chad Curtis on January 26, 2010 at 1:35pm

Point made, sir.
I think we have officially nixed the idea. The course does not have a high attendance but it is better not to cross.

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Kennedy on January 26, 2010 at 2:02pm

There's a way to still have crossing fairways but just not have them in the installed design. There are safari layouts known to the locals who play these safari routes that may include crossing fairways when the course has little or no traffic.

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Permalink Reply by Chad Curtis on January 26, 2010 at 2:20pm

We might use the layout during club tourneys. . .maybe even in the winter.

For the record--the fairways do not cross. The golfers must walk across one fairway en route to the following hole.

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Permalink Reply by Disc Golf Live on January 26, 2010 at 2:28pm

Sweet! Moving targets, more challenging.

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