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From: Tim on 19 Jul 2010 00:04 On Jul 18, 10:20 pm, "Frank Ketchum" <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > "Tim" <delaney.timo...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > > news:3531809c-a2d1-48d7-b044-0083ae2680a2(a)g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > > > The Old Course at St. Andrews may be steeped in history, > > but I would no more want to play it every week than I would > > want to drive a Model T. Quite frankly, it's ugly. > > > The announcers made all the obligatory comments, and > > perhaps links golf has its place in professional competition, > > but the vast majority of golfers play the game for enjoyment. > > I don't know how one could enjoy playing a course that > > looks like a sheep ranch. > > I guess you don't understand much about the evolution of the game. There is > a reason that links courses look like sheep ranches, most of them were at > one point. St. Andrews is a course I would love to play before I punch out. I agree. It would be awesome to play it once. Great to play it a few times. Would you want it as a steady diet, however? Every Saturday? Not me. > > > > > Treeless might be just fine for Easter island and Haiti, but > > a golf course without trees is just barren. (If it weren't for > > an occasional patch of gorse, how would you manage to > > take a leak?) > > > This sort of terrain forces the architect to trick up the > > course with insanely punitive bunkers, and crazy slopes. > > What kind of sense does it make to penalize the player > > a full stroke for being one foot more off line than his > > fellow competitor when they both hit it down the > > middle of the fairway? Isn't there enough luck in the > > game? > > That is links golf dude. The "architect" in a true links course is God.. But I'm an atheist. And I would prefer Augusta National as a steady diet. > When old golf courses were built, they left the native terrain alone and > basically just made some greens. This was all done by hand and by horses > with scrapes. They did not have the technology to build or remove large > amounts of offensive mounding easily so they didn't. > > If you don't think there is any sense in penalizing the player by missing a > foot, then how in the world do you watch a US Open? They do it on purpose > there. > > > But I must say that Oosty (I dare not attempt to spell > > his name) was just magnificent. I was particularly > > appreciative of how he played 17. > > True dat! Yes, he is a really worthy champion. Tim
From: dene on 19 Jul 2010 02:22 "dsc-ky" <Dudley.Cornman(a)eku.edu> wrote in message news:c68c8d1c-98c4-42d5-af94-c5e8c9023598(a)m17g2000prl.googlegroups.com... > If you don't think there is any sense in penalizing the player by missing a > foot, then how in the world do you watch a US Open? They do it on purpose > there. Furthermore, I get penalized very often for missing a putt by a foot, when my buddy knocked his in. :) St, Andrews and all the old courses are different. Doesn't have to be better or worse, more or less fair, etc... just different. I can see that some people probably wouldn't like it... and that's fine. I'm not sure what I would think of playing those courses all the time, but I sure as hell would like to try it once. ------------------------------------------------------------ We have a links course in Portland. It's ok. Bandon is a few hours as well. I'd play it if the price were right but I wouldn't trade it for a good desert course or the ones in central Oregon. I like beautiful scenery and being warm. My game is depressing enough without the addition of ugly surroundings and cold, marine air. -Greg
From: Alan Baker on 19 Jul 2010 05:18 In article <0683d450-0dd1-42c7-acd6-3ceade5f7b7f(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, crapyking <crapyking1(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Not my cup of tee either. Golf is about hitting greens in regulation > then taking TWO strokes to roll it in, that's how the scorecard was > designed. Any course that has a 50yrd putting green is ridiculous. And > 5-6 foot deep bunkers, get real. Not fun to play or watch in my > opinion. We do play/watch the game for enjoyment don't we? Do you have any idea how stupid you come across from saying that? Scotland is where the game was *invented* and to suggest that a scorecard is "designed" to tell you what strokes to play is just... ....idiotic. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Frank Ketchum on 19 Jul 2010 07:02 "Tim" <delaney.timothy(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:b693cdb2-6bd3-4ee8-ae8e-e2292ce6d037(a)w12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... > I agree. It would be awesome to play it once. Great > to play it a few times. > > Would you want it as a steady diet, however? Every > Saturday? Not me. I couldn't say having never set foot on it. I know I couldn't afford it. > But I'm an atheist. And I would prefer Augusta National > as a steady diet. I am a theist as well. I would love to donate a couple golf balls at ANG.
From: BAR on 19 Jul 2010 07:27
In article <alangbaker-50070D.02182719072010(a)news.shawcable.com>, alangbaker(a)telus.net says... > > In article > <0683d450-0dd1-42c7-acd6-3ceade5f7b7f(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, > crapyking <crapyking1(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Not my cup of tee either. Golf is about hitting greens in regulation > > then taking TWO strokes to roll it in, that's how the scorecard was > > designed. Any course that has a 50yrd putting green is ridiculous. And > > 5-6 foot deep bunkers, get real. Not fun to play or watch in my > > opinion. We do play/watch the game for enjoyment don't we? > > Do you have any idea how stupid you come across from saying that? > > Scotland is where the game was *invented* and to suggest that a > scorecard is "designed" to tell you what strokes to play is just... > ...idiotic. There is debate as to origins of the game. |