Here's the simple solution- many of the old course holes got moved to the right, turning former left hooks into now right hooks. Simply move 3,4,5 ..of those baskets back where they were, and the course is close enough to balanced out again.
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I'm not sure what you mean. Objectively, a course that heavily relies on one type of shot is not as good as one that requires many different shots. Isn't the whole point of reviewing courses to compare them objectively against one another?
Seems to me that this course would be rated low becuase it is not challenging or interesting. Putting a course in the middle of a flat field is not good use of land, its a bad choice for a course location. When people are speaking of the best use of the land they are talking about layout, using elevation, creeks, shule etc to craft interesting and challenging holes.
I am still not convinced that a 'fair balance' of lefty and righty holes is necessary. If the majority of Americans were left handed therefore most courses in the country had a majority of left handed holes I would love to come across a right hand dominated course. Now I understand you want a balance on this specific course, but since it is so rare to have a left hand dominated course it seems to be justified.
Here's the simple solution- many of the old course holes got moved to the right, turning former left hooks into now right hooks. Simply move 3,4,5 ..of those baskets back where they were, and the course is close enough to balanced out again.
this has nothing to do with the original topic but I totally disagree with your statement about objectively comparing courses. a review by definition is someone's opinion and as such cannot be objective. It is your subjective opinion no mattger how you slice it. the only way to be objective is to create a checklist and go down it item by item. either a course has it or it doesn't but even then that might be open to opinion as to whether it was there and also what was on the checklist might be open to opinion as to something's importance. Maybe this does relate after all since the original post offered an opinion of what he felt like a course should be. You might not agree with that opinion but it does come from someone who has played more courses than just about anyone.
My point is that there is no such thing as objectivity when doing a review. i have my standards (what i like or what i think a DG course should be) and you have yours. Dave242 lists what his criteria are and reviews accordingly. he gives his honest OPINION according to his criteria. that is what almost everyone does but your opinion is not mine. You might think lots of OB is acon while I might list it as a pro. All subjective. You like chocolate ice cream, i don't subjective not objective.I dont think i would find much help in a review that did not try to be objective. If a reviewer doesnt make a review based on his own set of standards, hopefully standards he has thought about, then i'm not sure i could trust it. i mean, if a reviewer who can only throw backhand and is just not very good says that the design is poor because there is no fairway to throw down. that is kind of bogus. if the reviewer weights what he feels to be important than that is completley objective, as long as the reader knows this. but if you review a course based on your feelings, your mood, and your hidden or unkown biases then what good is that going to be?
There is for a good review. A purely subjective review is useless to others.My point is that there is no such thing as objectivity when doing a review.
My point is that there is no such thing as objectivity when doing a review. i have my standards (what i like or what i think a DG course should be) and you have yours. Dave242 lists what his criteria are and reviews accordingly. he gives his honest OPINION according to his criteria. that is what almost everyone does but your opinion is not mine. You might think lots of OB is acon while I might list it as a pro. All subjective. You like chocolate ice cream, i don't subjective not objective.
Objective means facts without feelings,prejudices or interpretations. the very word value implies my opinion my bias towards. To me it is all in the definition of objective. i include facts in my review but the conclusions i draw from then are subjective ie open to my likes and dislikes interpretations etc.ok, i got ya, but if you say in your review of ice cream that you consider fruit to be your highest value and then you review vanilla or choclate and give it a low rating i will know it was becuase you place a high value on fruit. if fruit flavored ice cream is important to me then your review will be helpful, that seems pretty objective to me
Exactly! 100% agree. Give the info and then your opinion. the info can help someone make a decision about the course for themselves. my issue is that many people on the site say not helpful just because they don't agree with the opinion.All reviews will state the opinions of their authors for a given course. Good reviews will also add justifications for those opinions. This gives the reader a point of reference to make their own judgements for the worth of the course.
For example, I might prefer tight, technical courses carved out of cedar forests, so I'll give Mary Moore Searight in Austin a favorable review because of that. You might dislike that type of course so you may decide to skip that course when in Austin. We may disagree on the rating for the course, but the real value is the information given in the review so that the reader can judge for himself.
I base my decision on a review's helpfulness by the information that's given, not whether I agree with the author's opinion.
I can't argue with that.my issue is that many people on the site say not helpful just because they don't agree with the opinion.
I dont like it because most holes consist of open fairways, thick woods on each side, and some holes are way longer than they should be for how tight they are.
What??! Are the holes open or narrow or thickly wooded?
Objective means facts without feelings,prejudices or interpretations. the very word value implies my opinion my bias towards. To me it is all in the definition of objective. i include facts in my review but the conclusions i draw from then are subjective ie open to my likes and dislikes interpretations etc.
All reviews will state the opinions of their authors for a given course. Good reviews will also add justifications for those opinions. This gives the reader a point of reference to make their own judgements for the worth of the course.
For example, I might prefer tight, technical courses carved out of cedar forests, so I'll give Mary Moore Searight in Austin a favorable review because of that. You might dislike that type of course so you may decide to skip that course when in Austin. We may disagree on the rating for the course, but the real value is the information given in the review so that the reader can judge for himself.
I base my decision on a review's helpfulness by the information that's given, not whether I agree with the author's opinion.