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Fazio GoIrcoulase Designers, 111C. <br /> Manch 2, 7012 <br /> Mr. Tim Johnson <br /> Spring Hill Golf Club <br /> ' 725 County Road 6 <br /> Wayzata, MN. 55391 <br /> Dear Tim, <br /> It is our understanding that the club is being asked to submit tin "Application of Sequence" <br /> which defines to the governing bodies our reasoning for the intended scope on hole 13. <br /> In 1997 in early design stages, our mandate from (lie governing bodies was to impact the least <br /> amount of wetlands; and as a result we created over 20 routing plan versions in an attempt to <br /> satisfy this objective. Our final plan submitted requested impacting the cross hazard wetlands <br /> ' that occurs on holes 10 and 13. The request was denied and as a result discussions evolved <br /> around a"banked"wetland credit for use in the future. <br /> Observing the game, we have come to understand that golf would be more enjoyable for most <br /> people if cross hazards were kept to a minimum. As mentioned earlier, hazards that lie <br /> perpendicular to the line of play add penalty shots to the scores of most golfers, and, to our way <br /> ' of thinking, a golf course doesn't need a lot of penalty shots to be challenging. For this reason, <br /> the majority of the creeks, wetlands and ravines on our golf courses are designed parallel rather <br /> ' than perpendicular to the line of play. <br /> When one encounters a site containing expanses of wetlands such as Spring Hill, our objective in <br /> lying out a golf course is minimizing impacts of wetlands and avoiding perpendicular cross <br /> ' hazards created by these same wetlands. When perpendicular cross hazards cannot be avoided in <br /> a routing as the case at Spring Hill, we have a better chance of controlling the outcome of the <br /> ' golf shot if we locate the teeing areas close to a perpendicular cross hazard. These teeing area <br /> allow the golfer to "tee up" the golf ball, which is easier to hit than a golf ball lying on the <br /> ground, while the closer proximity creates a shorter distance of carry required by the golfer, thus <br /> ' offering a greater success rate to advance the ball over the hazard. In our routing at Spring Hill <br /> we were able to achieve this on the following golf holes 2,5,7,8,10,11,12 and 15, as seen by the <br /> attached exhibit. <br /> U 17755 S.E. Federa111iglnwrtY. Tequesto, P'1. 33469 •561-746-4539 "late• 561-746-;50.3 <br /> ❑ 401 North Ahnn Streer, Ste. 400, (lender sow,484, i1`C M79,? *828 693-0052 *Firv: 828-6934071 <br />