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This past weekend, my family had a golf tournament. While I did a lousy job, I realized something very interesting about design. What I am referring to, is the layout of the course. How many different ways can you hit a ball, and put it in a gopher hole? Some holes are par 3, some 4, and some are even a par 5. And, although the course we played had very similar appearances in holes 5,6,and 7, they were very very different. Sand trap here, water hazard there.

I played at Balm Beach Golf Course on Friday, sort of as a warm up round, and then Saturday was the tournament at Brooklea Golf & Country Club. Both places are so different. They have the same amount of yardage, but the holes at Balm Beach are significantly easier to play.

On another note, design plays a big part in the golf balls. Small dimples for control, Large dimples for distance, micro dimples within the large dimples for a faster ball. At least this is what THEY claim. For me, I could probably get away with using a ping pong ball, and my game would not get any worse.

I suppose that the purpose of this blog was simply to emphasize how design is all around us, in things as large as geography, and small as a golf ball.

PS - I am intentionally not posting my score on the game. Maybe I should consider using a ping pong ball.