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<blockquote data-quote="JogginFrog" data-source="post: 3154646" data-attributes="member: 4994"><p>Barranca is a natural drainage channel that is usually dry. The restoration concept is to take areas that have been semi-filled in and grassed over--probably for erosion control and ease of maintenance--and return them to more of a ditch-like state with native vegetation. As [USER=73495]@Putt4Purple[/USER] said, places you don't want your ball to go. Barrancas are a key feature of a lot of the L.A.-area courses like <a href="https://thefriedegg.com/wilshire-country-club-review/" target="_blank">Wilshire CC</a> and <a href="https://geekedongolf.com/2017/09/linksgems-walker-cup-course-preview/" target="_blank">LACC North</a>. Part of the strategic value is that players may or may not have a shot out of a barranca.</p><p></p><p>The bunker removal appears in most cases to be combined with expanding green areas, with more pinnable locations near the edges. That should increase the difficulty for pros, who prefer a comfy lie in a greenside bunker to a closely mown runoff.</p><p></p><p>While architecture buffs like to remove trees to open up strategic options, I suspect some of the intent at Colonial is to increase airflow to the bentgrass greens--which really have no place in a climate like Fort Worth's, but are the <a href="https://www.colonialfw.com/" target="_blank">reason for Colonial's existence</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JogginFrog, post: 3154646, member: 4994"] Barranca is a natural drainage channel that is usually dry. The restoration concept is to take areas that have been semi-filled in and grassed over--probably for erosion control and ease of maintenance--and return them to more of a ditch-like state with native vegetation. As [USER=73495]@Putt4Purple[/USER] said, places you don't want your ball to go. Barrancas are a key feature of a lot of the L.A.-area courses like [URL='https://thefriedegg.com/wilshire-country-club-review/']Wilshire CC[/URL] and [URL='https://geekedongolf.com/2017/09/linksgems-walker-cup-course-preview/']LACC North[/URL]. Part of the strategic value is that players may or may not have a shot out of a barranca. The bunker removal appears in most cases to be combined with expanding green areas, with more pinnable locations near the edges. That should increase the difficulty for pros, who prefer a comfy lie in a greenside bunker to a closely mown runoff. While architecture buffs like to remove trees to open up strategic options, I suspect some of the intent at Colonial is to increase airflow to the bentgrass greens--which really have no place in a climate like Fort Worth's, but are the [URL='https://www.colonialfw.com/']reason for Colonial's existence[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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