[Brian_Gracely]

As the year winds down, everybody and their brother seems to compile annual lists of the best, worst, most unique, etc...

And creating this thread will probably assure that Ran will ban me for 2005, but oh well.....

Accepting nominations for the following categories (or add your own):

Best post of the year

Most interesting thread of the year

The thread that most inspired you or taught you something

Architect of the year

Course of the year (doesn't have to be new)

America's Guest 2004

GCA member that you'd most like to vote off the island

Most interesting newcomer to GCA for 2004

Course that most inspired you, or taught you something new

Best re-tellable story you heard from a GCA'er this year

Best GCA outing (official or unofficial)

Most enjoyable round with another GCA member(s)

Best picture you saw on GCA

[Phil_the_Author]

Most enjoyable round with another GCA member(s)

10/27 on Bethpage Black with Wayne Morrison, Steve Lapper, Geoff Childs, Rick Wolffe, Bob Trebus & a number of others!

[Joe Perches]

Best GCA outing (official or unofficial)
Most enjoyable round with another GCA member(s)

I vote for the Hickory loop at Cuscowilla for both entries

[ian]

Best post of the year

from the great Mike Cirba............

Re:Renovations at Seawane/Holes 7 -9
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Quote from: TEPaul on November 24, 2004, 11:53:12 am
Mike Cirba, you research genius:

That's the most amazing photo imaginable and so apropos to  this discussion. This website never ceases to amaze me by the incredible things some of the contributors can produce at a moment's notice!

Good Show!!
 
Yes, Tom...

This clandestine photo was hidden from the public for years by the President's key advisors due to a few very obvious factors;

1) Emmett's whispered reputation in certain circles as a "Pansy", and how that might look to voters and the genteel public of 1914.

2) Emmett's obvious physical excitement evident in the photo, almost certainly caused by his physical proximity to the Great Man himself.  

3) The location of Emmett's right hand in the photograph cannot be verified with any authenticity, leading to much speculation.

4) T.R.'s obvious "winking" to the cameraman (speculated by others to be more akin to a "wince") similarly served as a source of internal administration gossip and speculation.

I have yet to laugh that hard at anything on this site. It was the perfect follow up to Tom Paul's "Dandy" rant from November of the previous year.

Most interesting thread of the year

16th hole pond at Garden City. This was likely dull to most, but the detailed arguement from Tom Paul, Tom MacWood, Pat Mucci and Rgkeller was wonderful to follow. There was no answer, but it was fun to follow and particpate briefly in the debate. I saw the pond this fall, and I'll leave it at that.

The thread that most inspired you or taught you something

Without a doubt the Tom MacWood photo contest that featured only Donald Ross work. That was a wonderful lesson, one of the best the site has seen.

Architect of the year

Tom Doak or Bill Coore, they remain head and shoulders above the others.

Course of the year (doesn't have to be new)

Friar’s Head impressed the hell out of me, near perfect routing, and a wonderful use of detail work. Very few courses exceed expectations and this one did.

America's Guest 2004

It must be Tom Huckaby, after all his name even rhymes with free . Canada's greatest guest remains Mr. Robert Thompson, ah the life of a golf writer!

Most interesting newcomer to GCA for 2004

Martin Bonner, interesting and funny always works for me
If you've been here longer than that then....opps

Course that most inspired you, or taught you something new

Garden City was massively eye-opening for me personally. It solved many of the missing features from other Travis courses. A great golf course with many unique features and ideas. A course that no one will build now.

Most enjoyable round with another GCA member(s)

I enjoy any round with Rob Thompson, Ben Dewar and Jeff Mingay. The conversation always exceeds the golf. Ben's crazy shoes remain the only negative.

Best picture you saw on GCA

Eastward Ho! Posted by Paul Turner. Paul will always be a personal favourite for all the new places he shares. Thanks Paul!

[Cory Lewis]

Most interesting thread of the year

The thread I most enjoyed reading this year was the great debate about the Golfweek ratings.

Architect of the year

Tom Doak

Course of the year (doesn't have to be new)

The best course I played this year was Garden City.  

Course that most inspired you, or taught you something new

Peachtree gave me my first look at the Augusta style of bunkering.  I thought the routing of the course was truly spectacular.

Best GCA outing (official or unofficial)

Cuscowilla

Most enjoyable round with another GCA member(s)

Playing Rolling Green with Wayne Morrison was an amazing experience.

Best picture you saw on GCA

Somebody posted some old pictures of Pine Valley that my boss really enjoyed seeing because he used to work there and loved seeing the old historic shots.

[wsmorrison]

Thank you Philip and Cory, it was my great pleasure to meet and play golf with you guys as well.  I'm glad I made your lists for 2004.  Let's try to top it next year.  Philip, you're coming down to Philly and Cory, I'm coming down to Beechtree!

[TEPaul]

Ian:

Thanks for nominating that post of mine above but respectfully I'll have to withdraw it from consideration. I can't imagine why but for some reason my attempt to identify,  highlight and discuss, contrast and compare that truly amazing time and style of Emmet's "GAY ARCHITECTURE" did not go over at all well on here!  

[mike_malone]

 Best round with GCAer? Easy--Mike Sweeney at NGLA.

[Mike_Cirba]

It is with a strangely incongruous sense of pride and humbleness that I accept your gracious nomination.  I wish to thank everyone here for their consideration and I also just want to say that I could never have done it without the neverending MacWood/Paul debates on Garden City, Pine Valley, Seawane, Aronimink, et.al., but epecially without the rumored lascivious esacapades of that darling dandy of the early 20th century, Mr. Devereaux Emmett.  

Thank you all.    

[TEPaul]

Mike Cirba:

Does this mean you at least recognize that particular and fascinating type and style of golf architecture now referred to as "Gay Architecture"? And who would you say is the Father of Gay architecture? And what would you say are its most salient and noteworthy features?

[wsmorrison]

Tom,

Please don't tell me that the noteworthy feature of "Gay Architecture" is such that play is dictated behind the green for a "backdoor" approach to the hole  

[Mike_Cirba]

Wayne;

Where do you think the kickback feature came from?  

[JakaB]

As the year winds down, everybody and their brother seems to compile annual lists of the best, worst, most unique, etc...

And creating this thread will probably assure that Ran will ban me for 2005, but oh well.....

Accepting nominations for the following categories (or add your own):


Most enjoyable round with another GCA member(s)

My round with John Goodman and his friends at the excellent Rees Jones course at Greystone in Birmingham, Al....I hadn't seen a recent original course by Rees and was very impressed with the simplicity of the design combined with outstanding and different values of shot.

[Michael Moore]

Best post of the year
The one in which Sweeney announced my hole-in-one.

Most interesting thread of the year
The thread about my hole-in-one.

The thread that most inspired you or taught you something
The thread about my hole-in-one.

Architect of the year
Donald Ross

Course of the year (doesn't have to be new)
Bald Peak Colony Club

America's Guest 2004
??

GCA member that you'd most like to vote off the island
??
 
Most interesting newcomer to GCA for 2004
??

Course that most inspired you, or taught you something new
Bald Peak Colony Club

Best re-tellable story you heard from a GCA'er this year
My strange behavior after the hole-in-one as told by Sweeney.

Best GCA outing (official or unofficial)
Bald Peak Colony Club, July 3

Most enjoyable round with another GCA member(s)
Bald Peak Colony Club, Mike Sweeney, July 3

Best picture you saw on GCA
Me retrieving the ball after my hole-in-one.

[A_Clay_Man]

While it wasn't a post and he isn't a poster, I thought that that guy Berman's erroneous comments about SHGC, during the u.s. open, were pricelss.

Sticking with this theme, the post of the year wasn't a post but was the article written about the top ten architectural blunders.

Either that, or the couple of posts revealing the real influence of this open discourse.

[Dave_Miller]

As the year winds down, everybody and their brother seems to compile annual lists of the best, worst, most unique, etc...

Accepting nominations for the following categories (or add your own):
 
 
America's Guest 2004

THIS HAS TO BE THE HUCKSER AND IT SHOULD BE A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Best to all

Dave

[Mike Benham]

I would like to nominate Brian_Gracely for the "Most New Topics Started"[/i] Award, specifically for the past few months.

Perhaps it is the shorter days of the fall or the impending fatherhood but I think Brian may have knocked Mucci from the top this year ...

[THuckaby2]

I am humbled and honored and will accept the award with complete humility if the academy grants it.  All I have ever attempted to be was like my idol Mike Cirba.

 

[Brian_Gracely]

Huck,

How many courses did you play this year...as a guest?  I thought Jim Franklin said he's played something like 100 courses (and a bunch of GREAT ones!!)...can you top that?

[Mike Benham]

Best picture you saw on GCA (self-photographed category)

[Mike_Cirba]

I am humbled and honored and will accept the award with complete humility if the academy grants it.  All I have ever attempted to be was like my idol Mike Cirba.

 

Tom;

I knew you had dethroned me when I saw the pic of you at Winged Foot.    This year has been a great one for me personally, but the downside of a lot of changes in my life has been much less time for golf over the past months.

But, as the perennial runner-up Brooklyn Dodger fans used to say, "wait til next year!"    

[Dale_McCallon]

Posts of the year (golf related)--Huckaby criticizing the 10th at Winged Foot caused some people to have a coronary

Post of the year (non golf related)--I have no idea what the history is between these guys, but Barney and John Conley's argument about Cuscowilla was classic--not real mature, but damn funny

Photo of the year--call me cheesy, but I really thought Brad Swanson's photos at Wild Horse with wife and dog were really cool.  Pictures were even better after meeting Brad at Cuscowilla and getting full story

[TEPaul]

I'd like to nominate PATRICK of MUCCI for an award for something in 2004 but for the life of me I can't figure out exactly what it should be for.

Can I throw the nomination of PATRICK to be nominated for SOMETHING out to the floor?

[JSlonis]

How about...

Patrick Mucci:  CGA's "QUESTIONER" of the year.  From what I've seen, you better have your facts straight or Mr. Mucci will take you down.

I think Pat should have been the moderator for the Presidential debates...Heck...

If he was, Bush & Kerry would still be stuck in some College Auditorium in the Midwest trying wriggle themselves out of all their BS answers.  It would make for great TV Viewing.

[Mike_Cirba]

Mike Cirba:

Does this mean you at least recognize that particular and fascinating type and style of golf architecture now referred to as "Gay Architecture"? And who would you say is the Father of Gay architecture? And what would you say are its most salient and noteworthy features?

Oh Tom, YES!!!

Why, I think Gay architecture has been around since Devereaux Emmett's time and it's about time for it to come out of the closet and shout, "Here I am world...I am what I am" and say it loud and proud.

It should be stylish and flamboyant, of course, with more than a hint of urbane sophistication.  Since physical appearance is paramount, there should be an almost narcissistic attempt at molding the land under the loving hand of the man pulling the strings...a nip here, a cut there, creating aesthetic beauty akin to a Greek Olympian.  

Natural?  Pshaw!

Let's instead make it fair and faux, something to be gazed upon in admiration, even if that initial sense of awe fades under careful scrutiny.

I think if you look at the pictures under the neo-classic thread, you might catch a hint of it.  

Seriously, I hope everyone realizes that I'm only having fun here by taking a bit of silliness and stereotyping to its logical conclusion and I certainly don't want to offend anyone.  Under no circumstances should anyone actually think my little satire is serious or ill-meaning, and tolerance is something we should all practice more of in our real lives.  

But, am I the only one who thought that Teddy and Dev looked pretty good together?  

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