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From: BAR on 20 Jul 2010 07:56 In article <wclark2-2A6D08.22321219072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... > > > 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? You really are a sore loser aren't you Billy?
From: William Clark on 20 Jul 2010 07:58 In article <8akjb0F53cU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "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 OK, I win.
From: bknight on 20 Jul 2010 07:58 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:48:11 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >In article <4c451d40$0$4859$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, >nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... >> >> >> >> 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. >> > >Why is the Queen of England your head of state? > Do you think that the Queen of England governs either England or Canada? Buy a dictionary. Look up the word "figurehead", or have someone do it for you. Nitwit. BK
From: William Clark on 20 Jul 2010 07:59 In article <PcadnVymEqXDtdjRnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d(a)nventure.com>, Jim Lovejoy <nospam(a)devnull.spam> wrote: > William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in > news:wclark2-7E20B3.20071019072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu: > > > In article <d9W0o.28870$4B7.5018(a)newsfe16.iad>, > > "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > > >> "Tim" <delaney.timothy(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > >> news:b693cdb2-6bd3-4ee8-ae8e-e2292ce6d037(a)w12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com > >> ... > >> > >> > I agree. It would be awesome to play it once. Great > >> > to play it a few times. > >> > > >> > Would you want it as a steady diet, however? Every > >> > Saturday? Not me. > > > > Ah, but yes. Because every Saturday you play it, it is a different > > course. On the same hole you might hit 5-iron downwind one round, and > > 3-wood into it on another. These courses are never the same two rounds > > in a row. That's their beauty. > >> > >> I couldn't say having never set foot on it. I know I couldn't afford > >> it. > >> > >> > >> > But I'm an atheist. And I would prefer Augusta National > >> > as a steady diet. > > > > It's nice, but June through September? In that heat? No thanks, give > > me the fresh air. > > > > You wouldn't have to worry about that "Augusta National Golf Club is closed > during the months of June until October." > > So the implied choice would be 'and don't play golf from June til October'. QED.
From: William Clark on 20 Jul 2010 08:00
In article <8akjenF5itU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > news:wclark2-DB0C45.22354519072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > In article <8akaggFrqfU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > > > news:wclark2-67224E.20043719072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > > > In article <avO0o.11775$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 I guess all that water reminds you too much of washing ;-) |