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From: bknight on 19 Jul 2010 22:41 On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:37:15 -0400, William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: >In article <vqu946hf1if43bkaufj8rkfiftlgeaaesh(a)4ax.com>, > bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:56:24 -0400, William Clark >> <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: >> >> >In article <sK11o.33592$3%3.3817(a)newsfe23.iad>, >> > "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: >> >> >> Just imagine if the British Open were nearly as important to American >> >> golfers as the Masters or the US Open! >> >> Tiger might not use it as an experiment for a new putter. >> > >> >You obviously weren't watching over the weekend, when every US player >> >kept saying this was the tournament they wanted to win above all others. >> >I didn't hear any claimants for the PGA, nor even the Masters and the US >> >Open. The fact that TW changed his putter after all these years actually >> >indicates just how desperate he was to win it, not that he had kissed it >> >off. Sorry. >> >> Get real Clark. Would you expect them to say that they'd rather win >> the Masters, U.S. Open or the PGA? They make the same kind of remarks >> at those tournaments. >> >> BK > >How many of the greats say that St. Andrews is the favourite course os >all? The majority of them do. Only when asked at St. Andrews. BK
From: BAR on 19 Jul 2010 23:09 In article <alangbaker-FFFA72.17390519072010(a)news.shawcable.com>, alangbaker(a)telus.net says... > > > > > ...but it doesn't change the fact that they've been playing golf in > > > > > Scotland for nearly three times as long as there has been a country > > > > > called the United States of America. > > > > > > > > Have you bowed to your Queen lately? > > > > > > Alan wins. > > > > > > By a mile. > > > > Isn't the Queen of England also the Queen of Canada? > > Yup. > > But you still can't figure out why asking me if I'd bowed to my Queen > makes you the loser in a discussion about what constitutes how golf was > "designed", do you? Just poking you with a stick about your comment about the youth of the USA. You Canadians have only had your own country, almost, since 1982.
From: dene on 19 Jul 2010 23:30 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-2A6D08.22321219072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <8aka95Fqq5U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > > news:wclark2-AC86AE.20101719072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > > In article <8ajsnpFi5qU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > > > "Eric Ramon" <ramon.eric(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > > news:601a515d-a181-41ac-a1ff-04d6b8312f21(a)z15g2000prn.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On Jul 18, 11:22 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > > "dsc-ky" <Dudley.Corn...(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 > > > > > > > > > > which course in Portland do you consider a links course? Heron Lakes? > > > > > That's the only one I can think of that comes close. I'd like to play > > > > > Bandon one of these days but that's pretty expensive, as you mention. > > > > > We can get in 6 or 7 rounds at a city course for the price of one > > > > > round in Bandon. > > > > > > > > Yep...Heron Lakes. I don't even think their Links course is work the > > extra > > > > money, compared to their other courses. > > > > > > > > -Greg > > > > > > Which is why the great UK links courses are mostly public. I don't think > > > you quite get it. > > > > All the courses I referred to are public. Duh! > > > > -Greg > > Fine - why don't you try to walk on at Muirfield Village, or Oakmont, > then? I don't give a fig about either course. -Greg
From: dene on 19 Jul 2010 23:32 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-DB0C45.22354519072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <8akaggFrqfU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > > news:wclark2-67224E.20043719072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > > In article <avO0o.11775$KT3.664(a)newsfe13.iad>, > > > "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > > > > > > "Tim" <delaney.timothy(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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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?) > > > > > > You sound like so many of the US pros after their first visit to an Open > > > on a true links course. After a round or two, in changing conditions, > > > the good ones come to realize that this is actually a better test of > > > golf, and the creativity it demands, than playing target golf on an > > > artificial TPC layout, and come to love it. You have obviously never > > > played a links course on a fresh day. Sea air coming in off the ocean, > > > magnificent views, and an envigorating walk over the terrain. How does > > > that compare with sweating round a 95 degree swamp in a cart as we are > > > at the moment? Try it some time - you'll be a better person for it. > > > > You know little about Central Oregon courses, surrounded by real mountains, > > warm temps, and little humidity. > > > > -Greg > > Whoopee. Central Oregon is very beautiful, but it is not on the coast, > and so does not have the constant changes of vista that links courses > do. But if staying there is more in your comfort zone, please do so. I don't like the Coast much, even though I live an hour from it. -Greg
From: Carbon on 19 Jul 2010 23:51
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:09:31 -0400, BAR wrote: > In article <alangbaker-FFFA72.17390519072010(a)news.shawcable.com>, > alangbaker(a)telus.net says... >>> >>>>> Have you bowed to your Queen lately? >>>> >>>> Alan wins. >>>> >>>> By a mile. >>> >>> Isn't the Queen of England also the Queen of Canada? >> >> Yup. >> >> But you still can't figure out why asking me if I'd bowed to my Queen >> makes you the loser in a discussion about what constitutes how golf was >> "designed", do you? > > Just poking you with a stick about your comment about the youth of the > USA. You Canadians have only had your own country, almost, since 1982. Well, not really. The Monarchy has had nothing to do with governing Canada for a very long time. |