Arrowhead Golf Club

[sagevanni]

A little update..................

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Sage.......

[sagevanni]

Here is a playable version of the course.
I'm hoping to get some helpful suggestions on improving what I already have.
Anything is welcome....................

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8olv79og ... qxbg9&dl=0

Sage.......

[aeerph]

Hi Sage,

I took a spin on the course. I live in Denver, and I used to play it 2-3 times a year, before it got so expensive after COVID. I even had an IRL hole in one on the 3rd hole back in 2015. I think you did a great job as always. It's funny how your perspective changes playing a course in Links vs. real life. It is totally subjective, but it seemed like 10 was more uphill to the green from the fairway IRL. I always seemed to be stuck behind the rock after hitting it on 15 after my drive, so that didn't seem as easy in real life as well.

Other than planting, I don't see anything to improve. There are a lot of fences on the real course that aren't there yet in the links version. You don't have a Roxborough State Park pano to the south of the course, but that is totally understandable.

Like I said previously, you did a great job.

-Andy

[sagevanni]

Hi Andy,
Thanks for the comments.
I watched flyovers of all the holes looking for rock formations and fences and any other detail the course might have that I could include. Do you think you might remember where the fences are that I missed?

Sage.....

[aeerph]

Hi Sage,

Going back and playing the course again, I think you got most if not all of the fencing. Hole 10 used to be cart path only, and the fence ran along the cart path to keep the carts off the fairway. I am not seeing that fence in the flyover videos either, so they may have removed it. There was also fencing along the back of the tee boxes on 11, 12 and 15 too, just because of the tee congestion there to make sure people used the correct tees, but I couldn't find any photos of the area. I don't think any of those fences would make your rendition any better though.

-Andy

[sagevanni]

Thanks Andy......good info to know.

Sage.......

[pmgolf]

I can't believe no one has mentioned that the sand traps appear to be filled with white pebbles! I'd prefer sand - any kind!

Pete

[Jimbo]

I figured that as long as we were talking about Arrowhead I'd slip in a question about Art's course in Florida (When I'm King every golf course will have a unique name).
I just want to confirm that Art's two versions refer to the same 18 holes...Arrowhead Flirida is 3 nines.

[ChuckH]

Had to take a couple of pictures.

[badgolfer1]

I figured that as long as we were talking about Arrowhead I'd slip in a question about Art's course in Florida (When I'm King every golf course will have a unique name).
I just want to confirm that Art's two versions refer to the same 18 holes...Arrowhead Flirida is 3 nines.

ABOUT BRINGING UP ANOTHER COURSE WITH SIMILAR NAME IN ANOTHER STATE, NOT EVEN GETTING THE LOCATION CORRECT AND WONDERING ABOUT THE OTHER COURSE WHEN IN FACT THE INFORMATION WAS THERE PROVIDED IN COURSE NOTES EXPLAINING JUST WHAT ART PATSCHECK DID WAY BACK IN 2001 HAD Jimbo JUST HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH HIMSELF. THE SECOND VERSION WAS NAMED Arrowhead Country Club SE TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE FIRST ONE NAMED Arrowhead Country Club AND BOTH VERSIONS WERE LEFT IN COURSE DIRECTORY, WHEREAS IN TODAY'S TIME THE FIRST VERSION MOST PROBABLY WOULD BE DISCONTINUED.

https://linkscorner.org/courses/course.php?crz=22, par 72-6646 yards release date 2001-01-09
https://linkscorner.org/courses/course.php?crz=477, par 72-6646 yards, release date 2001-07-15
FROM COURSE #477 REVIEW NOTES
Reviewed by James Wood
July 2001
Course History:
Located only minutes from downtown Myrtle Beach, SC is a 27-hole golf complex that has earned a reputation for its challenging layout and superior maintenance. Arrowhead Country Club features three unique 9-hole tracts: The Waterway, The Cypress and The Lakes, each one with a feel all of its own.

Working closely with architect Tom Jackson, Ray Floyd has designed one of the most unique and challenging courses in the Carolinas with the feel of a course set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Floyd's competitive spirit clearly flows over to his design philosophy as he challenges players to think strategically and rewards good course management.

For Art's rendition of the Arrowhead complex, he has taken The Waterway as the front 9 and The Cypress as the back 9.

THEN IF Jimbo WAS WONDERING IF THE REVISED COURSE MIGHT HAVE CHANGED WHAT WAS SETUP---THEN HE COULD HAVE PLAYED BOTH VERSIONS PUT OUT IN 2001, BUT A TELL WITHOUT PLAYING WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DESCRIPTION OF OLD AND NEW VERSIONS HAVING BOTH THE SAME COURSE PAR AND YARDAGE.

REMARK FOR SAGE.
THE PREVIOUS VERSION OUT OF YOUR COURSE HAD MOWER CUT LINES ON TEE AREAS MAKING THEM APPEAR AS SLOPED. THE NEW LOOK OF TEE AREAS IN MOST RECENT VERSION DOES NOT LOOK AS IF IN CONGRUENCE WITH REST OF GRASSED AREAS SINCE TEE AREAS ARE SO DISTRESSED IN THEIR LOOK.