Is native becoming natural? The use of native landscape in golf design.(The Green Selection)

From: California Fairways | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Golf course architects around the world spend their careers seeking spectacular natural settings upon which to weave fairways, greens, and tees. The greatest and most spectacular of golf's treasures feature memorable natural settings, settings upon which the introduced elements of the game become part of the native landscape. In recent times, as spectacular existing natural sites are hard to come by, there has been significant effort by golf architects to create a native look.

The use of either existing or created natural landscape is particularly important in California, and ...

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