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Originally Posted by jamesinaz
Good thoughts and if I were designing a place now it would factor. I live in a golf community with 2x18 courses designed 50 years ago. It would not work for us to try and change as you note the 9th holes are not near the clubhouse.
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Yeah, I mean I think when most golf courses were designed, the throughput and such wasn't really much of a thought vs the challenge and beauty.
Modern times, modern designs.
Also just to play with the math above -
Supposing you don't count playing front 9 / back 9 in different orders as really playing a different course in a 2x18 setup. Having a 3x9 still gives you 3 different 18 hole layouts regardless of order, having 4x9 gives you 6, and having 5x9 gives you 10 different 18-hole courses. Half the numbers if the order matters, but still twice the variety of just the 18 by themselves.