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From: William Clark on 20 Jul 2010 08:02 In article <g63a465evlj4ktu0c42ndhh2hkhtvndlnn(a)4ax.com>, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > 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 Oh, no! You are not implying that these heroes might play fast and loose with the truth, are you? Heavens!
From: bknight on 20 Jul 2010 08:12 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:02:08 -0400, William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: >In article <g63a465evlj4ktu0c42ndhh2hkhtvndlnn(a)4ax.com>, > bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:37:15 -0400, William Clark >> <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: >> >> >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 > >Oh, no! You are not implying that these heroes might play fast and loose >with the truth, are you? Heavens! Its called being nice to your host. BK
From: Moderate on 20 Jul 2010 09:22 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-430C41.20092019072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <8ai92cFjdnU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: >> >> 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 > > No, you don't. You have a course set up to resemble a links course, but > it is not a links course in the sense that St. Andres, Carnoustie, > Troon, Muirfield, and the rest are. That takes a couple of hundred > years, a lot of sheep, and striking natural beauty. ********************************************* How did sheep make those bunkers and that ugly ditch? That course is an eyesore.
From: dgold1958 on 20 Jul 2010 10:12 On Jul 19 2010 3:12 PM, dugjustdug wrote: > On Jul 19, 11:00�am, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio- > state.edu> wrote: > > Perhaps this mentality explains why we can't find any Americans near the > > top of the leader board? > > This may not be far from the truth, William. I was lucky enough to > play over there with friends last year. It is a totally different > game than played here. And the wind - oy. Scotland's coastal 30 MPH > is far different than an inland US 30 MPH. The US players simply > aren't used to this type of course and condition. How can a 30mph wind be different anywhere? I guess you are the type who would rather have a ton of feathers fall on them than a ton of bricks ;-) > Heck, I think the fact that 11 Yanks had red numbers was pretty good! David ----� : the next generation of web-newsreaders : http://www.recgroups.com
From: dsc-ky on 20 Jul 2010 10:21
> > This may not be far from the truth, William. I was lucky enough to > > play over there with friends last year. It is a totally different > > game than played here. And the wind - oy. Scotland's coastal 30 MPH > > is far different than an inland US 30 MPH. The US players simply > > aren't used to this type of course and condition. > > How can a 30mph wind be different anywhere? I guess you are the type > who would rather have a ton of feathers fall on them than a ton of bricks > ;-) 30 mph wind on open course with no trees is different from 30 mph wind on a course with fairways lined with tall trees... how much different depends on how tall and how dense the trees are. |