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From: MNMikeW on 20 Jul 2010 10:43 "BAR" <screw(a)you.com> wrote in message news:MPG.26aeb722a87defe498a130(a)news.giganews.com... > In article <wclark2-53187E.19564619072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- > state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... >> >> In article <MPG.26aeaa107e9992f698a12d(a)news.giganews.com>, >> BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >> >> > In article <alangbaker-522FFA.10254819072010(a)news.shawcable.com>, >> > alangbaker(a)telus.net says... >> > > >> > > In article <MPG.26ae009a7601a1ae98a12c(a)news.giganews.com>, >> > > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > > 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. >> > > >> > > There always will be... >> > > >> > > ...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? I thought all Canadians were queens. ;-)
From: MNMikeW on 20 Jul 2010 10:47 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-A448E6.08001420072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > 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 ;-) What the hell would a brit know about washing. :-)
From: Moderate on 20 Jul 2010 11:02 "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:8alr7cF8f4U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > news:wclark2-A448E6.08001420072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... >> In article <8akjenF5itU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >> "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: >>> >>> 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 ;-) > > What the hell would a brit know about washing. :-) Evidently they bathe in the ocean :-(
From: Alan Baker on 20 Jul 2010 11:25 In article <MPG.26af570659772b6798a136(a)news.giganews.com>, 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? Respect for our heritage. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: William Clark on 20 Jul 2010 12:32
In article <MPG.26af590bdbe273b498a138(a)news.giganews.com>, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > 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? "Losing" what, pray? Greg's minimal subset of Oregon courses does not compare with the Open rotation. In any way. |