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From: dene on 19 Jul 2010 17:04 "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
From: BAR on 19 Jul 2010 19:30 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?
From: Alan Baker on 19 Jul 2010 19:35 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? No. Have you? -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: William Clark on 19 Jul 2010 19:56 In article <sK11o.33592$3%3.3817(a)newsfe23.iad>, "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > "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 This year? The point being made is about the current generation of young US golfers, not their elders who take the Open so seriously. > > 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.
From: William Clark on 19 Jul 2010 19:56
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. |