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From: Frank Ketchum on 19 Jul 2010 15:40 "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message news:clark-F14917.14001219072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > 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? Perhaps it explains why there are so many American flags on this list in the last 40 years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Open_Championship_champions 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.
From: William Clark on 19 Jul 2010 15:41 In article <d0a263b2-a527-4704-b9ac-03a9dd2da6ad(a)g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, dugjustdug <prestigerealty(a)yvn.com> 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. > > Heck, I think the fact that 11 Yanks had red numbers was pretty good! Yes, but I am only semi tongue-in-cheek here. When our perception of the game of golf is target golf played on lush country club courses, with receptive greens, then we have lost the ability to compete on the links courses. It is always interesting to see how the young Americans react to playing in an Open. Some complain bitterly that it is "unfair", but the good ones come to realize a) it is a different game, and b) it is a more demanding game, and come to relish it. I was impressed with how Fowler came back this week to finish so well, after one disastrous round in the wind. He will do well in the future. Others, not so much.
From: Eric Ramon on 19 Jul 2010 16:03 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.
From: dsc-ky on 19 Jul 2010 16:11 On Jul 19, 1:57 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote: > In article > <da20f551-458e-42a0-87e0-a007869e6...(a)i28g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, > > > > > > dsc-ky <Dudley.Corn...(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>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I agree, his examples sucked pretty bad. dsc
From: golfbum18 on 19 Jul 2010 16:54
On Jul 18, 8:50 pm, 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? The course was "designed" before the scorecard. YOu're bassackwards. |