NWO Golf Links March 2017

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Tidewater, you are a member
for a day.”
The best way to summarize the
Tidewater experience is that it’s
part coastal and part country.
Nine holes play along either
the Intracoastal Waterway or
the confluence of the saltwater
marsh and ocean inlet. The
other nine is played inland in
a parkland-type setting.
The nine holes bordering
the Intracoastal Waterway
and marsh, are reminiscent
of a links golf experience.
An interesting aspect of the
Tidewater is low tide. Many
of the golf balls which have
drifted into the marsh and
are now half-plugged into the
tidal basin, resembling darts
on a dartboard.
Architect Ken Tomlinson gave
golfers plenty of room to
avoid the marshland, thereby
avoiding the inconvenience
of having to drop another
ball. At high tide, however,
you only see the splash of a
wayward shot disappearing
into the water-based plant life.
you stay out of the wetlands,
you will avoid any encounters
with the Swamp Fox or the
Hidden Moccasin.
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