More than three people build any one golf course, and one individual not playing the right notes can screw up the music.
No architect ever has or ever will produce perfect plans. And no builder will construct the course as envisioned by the architect... when left alone. That's why the best courses have had the author of the music conduct the symphony. He knows what changes fit and has the authority to make the call.
Construction is when ideas are realized...optimized... or not.
Each feature being constructed can be improved upon. Ideas that just don't work in the designed state can be altered quickly with the architect overseeing the individual doing the building... in real time.
Sometime these improvements are simply stopping an individual before they make a feature too perfect, or too engineered looking, as nature is rough, raw and ragged.
Opportunities are not documented on paper, so they are either seized or not during construction.Somebody has to see them, evaluate them and act on them. Someone with authority... the architect. Opportunities do not limit their appearances to only "site-visits"... they present themselves daily if you only look.
All this requires tremendous observation, communication, and oversight, like a conductor. Daily participation by the architect of course is best, especially because today's equipment can make great changes swiftly.
Tony Ristola
agolfarchitect.com
agolfarchitect@yahoo.com
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