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From: Alan Baker on 19 Jul 2010 13:25 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. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: dsc-ky on 19 Jul 2010 13:41 On Jul 19, 5:18 am, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote: > In article > <0683d450-0dd1-42c7-acd6-3ceade5f7...(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, > > crapyking <crapyki...(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? Let me fix it for him... "Not my cup of tee either. Not fun to play or watch in my opinion. We do play/watch the game for enjoyment don't we?" Now it's a perfeclty legitimate opinion (although in the vast minority) with the stupid parts left out. dsc
From: Alan Baker on 19 Jul 2010 13:57 In article <da20f551-458e-42a0-87e0-a007869e60a1(a)i28g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, dsc-ky <Dudley.Cornman(a)eku.edu> wrote: > On Jul 19, 5:18�am, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote: > > In article > > <0683d450-0dd1-42c7-acd6-3ceade5f7...(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, > > > > �crapyking <crapyki...(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? > > Let me fix it for him... > > "Not my cup of tee either. Not fun to play or watch in my > opinion. We do play/watch the game for enjoyment don't we?" > > Now it's a perfeclty legitimate opinion (although in the vast > minority) with the stupid parts left out. > > dsc And I would have had no issue with such a statement. I wouldn't have agreed with it, but it wouldn't have been idiotic. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: William Clark on 19 Jul 2010 14:00 In article <alangbaker-522FFA.10254819072010(a)news.shawcable.com>, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: > 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? Perhaps this mentality explains why we can't find any Americans near the top of the leader board?
From: dugjustdug on 19 Jul 2010 15:12
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. Heck, I think the fact that 11 Yanks had red numbers was pretty good! |