When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
A GolfClubAtlas.com thread confirms recent rumors that South Dakota's Sutton Bay, a Graham Marsh design ranked 85th on Golf Magazine's Top 100 list, appears to only have a couple of years left in its current iteration before a replacement course is built.Steve Elling with excerpts of Nick Faldo's letter to the International Golf Federation pitching a mass collaboration of some of the biggest do-nothings on the planet: player-architects.
Though short on specifics as to how this boondoggle would work (since many of these people couldn't find one of their projects with a GPS device), it sounds as if Sir Nick is suggesting the Olympic course design consist of a collaboration of many appearance fee specialists.
"What a tremendous, ongoing, global and historic story we could write for our sport as a truly international team of men's and women's champions create the venue for golf's return to the Olympics in 2016. Certainly some of the most-respected course designers in the world come from a global pool of the most-recognized champions.
"It is understood that the complexity of the site and the demands of the Olympic event would necessitate a unified and experienced process architecturally; as they say, egos should be checked at the door, but please imagine the worldwide interest and appeal this Olympic course as the truest collaboration of men's and women's champions -- from every continent.
As long as we can see a reality show out of it, I'm in!
"Consider for yourself, the major-champion designers from the continents of Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
Oh let's not.
The announcement of this collaboration alone would generate true and positive worldwide interest and press in a truly Olympic story."
Until you actually all try to coordinate your site visits, assuming some of the lugs (Faldo not included) even know what a site visit entails!
The young lad has another leg up on a certain cheapskate golfer, or so it seems. John Mulgrew with the vital details (thanks reader David):
Doug Ferguson on Adam Scott's opening 62 at Firestone and post round claims that he hasn't followed the Tiger-fires-Stevie-for-disloyalty story.It sure sounds like the Greenbrier's chances of landing a future Presidents Cup have improved with their home-run of an operation and the obvious need for some kind of reward for becoming the Old White Guys TPC. Sean Martin, writing about why players enjoy the Greenbrier week so much, slips this in toward the end of his column:
He has big plans for his resort, hopeful that it can host the 2017 Presidents Cup. (The Tour declined comment.) You have to like his chances. Pazder said Justice has been a perfect partner with the Tour; his club joined the TPC network this year. Crowds for practice days were larger than some tournaments on Sundays. Volunteers welcomed guests with a smile and a greeting.
Tom Watson, the club’s pro emeritus, first saw the resort at the 1979 Ryder Cup. He left before the competition began for the birth of his daughter, Meg, but had fond memories.
“I just liked the way people treated you here,” he said.
And that’s the main reason the prognosis for this PGA Tour event is a strong one.
Alex Myers reports on Charles Barkley airing his disdain for Tiger post-accident and in particular post-Stevie during an appearance on the Mike Lupica Show.
They didn't take his comments about the weather very seriously and now the shock is evident as some of the UK's finest golf scribes grapple with the shocking turn of events in Rory McIlroy's world.Thanks to Jeff Ritter at golf.com for finding this compilation video of golf cart accidents and other assorted unsafe user error. I must say as a blogger one of the great shocks is the monthly story about a golf cart death, but after watching this I have a better idea how these things happen.
And as Dave Shedloski notes, it's not just our hot muggy weather, but our wonderful, bowling alley, soft, inland golf courses. (If he's looking at Lake Nona then let's face it, the allure of the Tavistock Cup was the deal sealer.)Under doctor's orders, the one-two punch of Firestone and Atlanta Athletic Club forces me to travel internationally the next few days, so posting will be at oddball hours and fairly light. Mostly, I just want to recharge the batteries for next week's Glory's Last Chance To Promote The Fall CBS Schedule.
Brad Klein is fascinated by the increased scrutiny of today's PGA Tour loopers, but just wishes there would be more attention paid to caddies.
Jeff Silverman reports on the Sankaty Head Caddie Camp on Nantucket Island experiencing a fire after an accident. Photographer Jensen Larson was there photographing for a story and a gallery of depressing images is posted. Good news is, the camp goes on, bad news is that the truck driver who caused the accident is in bad shape.Doug Ferguson seizes on Tiger saying he has the itch to play again.
He said he started hitting balls a couple of weeks ago, without giving an exact date, and that he got the itch to start playing soon after. Woods said he thought about playing The Greenbrier Classic last week, but decided to wait a li
That Soltau did it again!
"Tiger asked me to work with him this week and I'm glad to do it," said Bell. "Although I have a busy schedule with Tiger Woods Design, it's fun to come out here again. We've had success on the course together before. I hope I'm a good asset for him while he searches for a permanent caddie, and I'm looking forward to Firestone."
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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