Thursday
Aug212008
And Then There Were Eight...
The Golfweek staff does a nice job of summing up the 3rd round NCAA Summer Match Play U.S. Amateur Championship.
I haven't watched a second, any thoughts? I can only take the sod-farm look of Pinehurst No. 2 in small doses. It's a shame to see all of that turf on such a sandy site, but hey, they've got herds to move through in under 5 hours.
And they wonder why it's slipping in most of the rankings...
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 07:34 PM
Reader Comments (8)
i was at Pinehurst a few months ago for the first time, and can honestly say I have never been as disappointed in a golf course as I was in #2. Perhaps my expectations were inflated, but a "Doak 10" led me to expect greatness.
The greens are very cool, but you're bang on with the sod farm comments. It is such a shocking lack of vision and creativity. The mowing lines are tragic, and have eliminated so much of the intended strategy.
I was hoping to hear course chatter with the Amateur there, but its been pretty quiet.
Of course, #2 was 1000% better than the renovated #4. Whoa.
I'm glad I didn't pay $400 or whatever it is. Why go here as a "resort" when there are places like Bandon? I don't get it.
if you're worried about mowing lines then you're right, "you dont get it."
Absolutely. Check out the old photos. It used to have wider fairways and sandy scrub. Now it's narrow fairways and big areas of rough. Not only is it strategically less interesting with the loss of width, but aesthetically it's just not very impressive. I hope Greg is right!
when your "strategies" are lost 20 yards into the rough, then yes, i am worried about mowing lines. and you should be too.
$'s aside I'd take Bethpage Red 6 of 7 days in a week, $'s factored in I'd take the Red 365 days per year.
ES