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Don_Mahaffey

Who said this???
« on: February 13, 2003, 02:05:39 PM »
"We regard the present tendency to stretch golf
courses out to greater lengths than ever before,
as an unfortunate and mistaken policy. To make our
courses generally more enjoyable to the great
majority, we rather incline to the conviction
that shorter holes and smaller greens would be
much better. The average golfer, who cannot begin
to get the prodigious length of the mighty ones,
does like to encounter holes that are not beyond
the range of two of his best efforts."

I know there has been lots of posts like this and I hope this isn't too easy for most of you.
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Rick Shefchik

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Re: Who said this???
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2003, 02:12:30 PM »
Annika Sorenstam?
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"Golf is 20 percent mechanics and technique. The other 80 percent is philosophy, humor, tragedy, romance, melodrama, companionship, camaraderie, cussedness and conversation." - Grantland Rice

StanL

Re: Who said this???
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2003, 02:54:03 PM »
Mrs Bobbit?  ;D
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Tom MacWood (Guest)

Re: Who said this???
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2003, 03:06:08 PM »
The language sounds old fashion. The use of 'we' might be a clue. George Thomas?
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Michael Dugger

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Re: Who said this???
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2003, 03:11:43 PM »
Agree with Macwood.
Maybe Hunter, if not Thomas.
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What does it matter if the poor player can putt all the way from tee to green, provided that he has to zigzag so frequently that he takes six or seven putts to reach it?     --Alistair Mackenzie--

Don_Mahaffey

Re: Who said this???
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2003, 07:16:27 AM »
OK, so no one really cares. Maybe because we've read plenty of similar quotes recently. I thought the Annika guess was timely and she may say something similar Friday afternoon. The correct answer is, Tillie, 1935.

What I'm struck by as I read more quotes like this is the fear of improving technology that seems to have existed as long as the game has been played. And history shows that the governing bodies are reluctant to do much about it, so why are so many expecting them to do anything now?  
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