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Many courses have been in the ground way longer than Downriver and have been changed due to many circumstances. We have a fairly young course compared to most in the state and it's not a surprise that things would be changed one day. I have loved and grown my roots at Downriver but I feel that a change could do us some good. If it can be done for cheap than even better. Figuring out a patch job for our current course just serves to me a painful reminder of what we used to have. Every time I walk by hole 6 and 8 I am wishing I was launching instead of traipsing through the woods. The course has gotten easier and easier and another patch job pretty much renders it useless for a professional level tournament. I will always remember the old course but a new course can still help make us all better golfers.
It doesn't make sense to keep spreading ourselves thinner and thinner. With no projects actually completed we do not have one concrete course we can point to as our gem. Sort of sad to think of that since we have been here for 10 years. I do feel that there is a resurgence of club members getting involved and the more efforts we get from everyone the more can be accomplished which is very exciting! I recommend that we forget about dollars and cents. That we strongly look at what Eric is proposing and what Christopher is proposing and ask ourselves 2 questions.. 1) Will this course make better golfers? 2) Will this course be something we can all be proud of? We are raising money at a very good clip right now and spending a little extra to have a nice finished product seems to have the biggest payoff.. Unless everyone in Spokane is just so used to everything being unfinished that we are all ok with it..