redanman:
On the Old Course we agree - legends are made
there without a doubt. I have a fine deuce on
#11 that my kids are already sick of hearing about.
And well... let's just say that a certain shot of mine on 16CPC
sure has provided great argumentative fodder here...
the day I so foolishly went for the green
into a 3-4 club wind when the obvious
proper strategic choice was to lay up... the fact that I made it
over and made a three not negating the fact that I so
obviously made the wrong play, in the mind of one
other player anyway.
In any case I believe you're wrong about 16CPC. What's
the first question anyone asks when you return from
playing the course? I'd bet 9 times out of 10 it's "how'd
you do on 16?". Why? Because it's such a soul-stirring
shot, one that every golfer has seen in pictures, but
so few have played.
Seeing it in person only heightens the soul-stirring...
Maybe it's just me but I was week at the knees playing
it, each time. On #10 WFW, I just figured it was a tough
shot with a 4iron but when I inevitably miss the green, well...
whatever... just another missed green at a brutal course...
no knee weakening, no soul stirring, just more resignation
that this course requires more game than I have.
BTW, getting up and down out of greenside bunkers
for pars on 15 and 16 at WFWest is a pretty fun thing
also. My kids don't know WF enough to care about this
story though... not YET, that is... just wait until we see
it on TV again....
TH