If you've ever been watching a golf tournament and thought to yourself, "Wow, that's the dumbest looking hole I've ever see, what idiot designed that," you could soon be that idiot!
The PGA Tour and the TPC network of clubs, that include TPC Sawgrass and such, are having a contest of sorts to allow any average Joe to design a hole at TPC San Antonio, set to open in 2010.
The TOUR is inviting aspiring golf course designers to submit an original, hand-sketched design of the 13th hole on the AT&T Canyons Course at TPC San Antonio, which is being designed by renowned architect Pete Dye. Entries will be judged by Dye and Steve Wenzloff, Vice President of PGA TOUR Design Services, Inc. One winner will be selected from all entries received to have his or her design integrated into the project, and will also receive a trip to TPC San Antonio to tour the course with Dye prior to the club's grand opening.See, this might be the most exciting thing to happen to San Antonio since Santa Anna.
As much fun as it would be to submit a 440-yard par-4 with two fairway bunkers right and an undulated green, why don't we mix this up? Wouldn't TPC San Antonio love to be the first course on tour with a par-7. Lets make it so long it will be one of the only holes with a snack shake in the middle of it. Anyone on board for water traps around the greens? Can we have a Venus Flytrap in the hole?
Entries should clearly illustrate yardages, tee box, fairway, green and other elements, with a clear scale and topography of the hole. The various elevation levels and angles of the hole should be noted, along with a description of landscaping and other design/environmental factors.Oh. That's like, really complicated. I guess I'll stick to my regular job of making fun of stuff. Did you guys see what Violeta Retamoza made on her 6th hole today? Who is she, Phil Mickelson?
