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8.5 Easy Playability <br /> It is important that the course be relatively easy to play (but still challenging for highly <br /> skilled golfers). Fairways that cross natural obstacles can result in golfers hitting balls into <br /> sensitive habitats. These natural obstacles are often features that were left with good <br /> intentions -- such as an old heritage tree left in place for its real or perceived environmental <br /> value. Unfortunately, a possible negative outcome of planning for single-tree preservation <br /> is that more damage can be done to adjoining habitats than the benefits accrued by leaving <br /> the heritage tree intact. Making the course playable need not restrict challenge to the more <br /> experienced golfer. <br /> At Buckeye Ranch, the wide open, sweeping nature of the golfing landscape suggests that <br /> the course will be very playable. <br /> 8.6 Fairways That Follow or Create Ball-Constricting Contours <br /> In order to minimize the possibility of balls of going into sensitive habitats, it is often <br /> important that fairway contours not roll the ball out of play. Good design and construction <br /> seeks this characteristic. In critical areas,contours that slope up into adjoining sensitive <br /> areas are preferred to those that slope down into them. Correctly contoured fairways and <br /> short rough in landing areas will therefore help to restrict ball movement away from <br /> sensitive habitat areas. <br /> The grading plan for the Buckeye Ranch Golf Course will incorporate these features into <br /> the design. <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 219 <br />