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Mike_Young

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a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« on: February 12, 2005, 07:56:24 AM »
After reading all of the Purist threads.......
I can say I am not what I call a purist but I wil side with the purist anyday over those with the "Rodney" Danger(to the)Fields of golf syndrome.
You may be a Rodney if:
You think the club needs three guys to pick up your clubs from the bag rack
You go to a resort , like the shoe shine department and decide this would be a major improvement to your golf operation over the one person you have now
You go to resort and decide a "naked room" for watching TV would help your golf operation
You go to TPC and tell green committee how great it is but when Merion is mentioned you say "I've never heard of that place"
You consider it a major talking point and improvement when your club adds 8 ft wide concrete paths with curbing
You believe that Food and Beverage is a bigger money maker than the golf course at your club
You believe your 1 handicap buddy can beat a guy that has been off the tour for 3 years with no problem
You consider improvements to your course the purchase of new carts.
You consider the member/guest a bigger tournament than you club championship

WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE?

« Last Edit: February 12, 2005, 07:58:43 AM by Mike_Young »
"just standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona"

Kyle Harris

Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2005, 09:17:31 AM »
...every divot you take out of the driving range has its own zip code

...you complain because someone left an empty water bottle in your golf cart

...you bring an accountant to keep track of all your side bets

...you believe the hole should actually be three feet wide, so anything within three feet of the hole is "holed"

...you complain the the fairway is cut too tight, therefore, you are having trouble hitting your 11 wood

...you wait for the green to clear from 270 out on that par five... just in case...

TEPaul

Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2005, 09:20:51 AM »
Mike:

I love the name Rodney for a complete "anti-purist". But if we're gonna give these two terms names why don't we just go ahead and call the "purist" a "MacWood" and the "anti-purist" a "Rodney"

You know what you get when you put a "MacWood" or two in a room with a bunch of "Rodneys"? You get a typical restoration master plan committee!

TEPaul

Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2005, 09:22:31 AM »
You know what you get when you actually cross a "MacWood" and  "Rodney" into the same person?

Well, I'll just totally set-up MacWood himself to answer that one!

What sounds better a "MacRod" or a "Woodney"?
« Last Edit: February 12, 2005, 09:24:20 AM by TEPaul »

Jeff_Brauer

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Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2005, 10:18:16 AM »
Mike,

Great thread, but I think if the room is called the "nekked" room, its a redneck thing.....


TePaul,

I vote for a Woodney.....I think the MacRod is the newest sandwich from MacDonalds, no? :D
« Last Edit: February 12, 2005, 10:19:33 AM by Jeff_Brauer »
Jeff Brauer, ASGCA Director of Outreach

jeffwarne

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Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2005, 12:13:04 PM »
You ask if you can go off the back nine because there's a group on #1 green-despite the fact there's 2 groups on # 9
You refuse to join anpther another twosome on Saturday morning,then complain about the place of play
You want daily lasered yardages from every teeing area to every flag on the practice area-
You sit down, order, and eat lunch at the turn while your caddies wait-
you think valet parking is a good idea at a club
you complain about anything(or everything) in Scotland
You take Mulligans on every hole and expect your caddie to retrieve them and their divots
You come back with an idea for your course based on something you saw in "Boca"
"Let's slow the damned greens down a bit, not take the character out of them." Tom Doak
"Take their focus off the grass and put it squarely on interesting golf." Don Mahaffey

Rick Shefchik

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Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2005, 01:28:02 PM »
You hold up the group behind you at least four times per round by ordering from the beer cart in the middle of the fairway.

You take (or make) a half-dozen cell phone calls per round, always when it's your turn to play.

Your hat is on backwards, your blue jeans are sagging and your tank top includes at least one obscenity.

You leave 6-inch deep footprints in every bunker, but bitch like hell when your ball lands in one.

You ignore the signs, arrows and ropes and drive your cart wherever you damn well please, because you paid for it.

You can easily be located at any point during your round simply by following the sound of the constant conversational f-bombs.

If by some miracle your group catches up to the group ahead of you, you hit into them.

Your idea of proper on-course bathroom etiquette is to turn your back when you urinate -- if there's a woman nearby.

If forced to let a faster group play through, you pick up your pace and push them for several holes just to prove that the play-through was not justified.

You never, under any circumstances, warn other players if one of your shots is about to hit them. If the person you almost hit was in plain sight and asks why you didn't yell fore, shrug and say, "I didn't see you."

On a particularly busy day, you make sure to ball-hawk for five minutes at every water hazard.

While warming up for your round, you hit 30-yard pitching wedges to the practice putting green.

At the end of the round, you add up your score on the green.


 





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Mike Hendren

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Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2005, 01:55:08 PM »
Mike,

Great thread, but I think if the room is called the "nekked" room, its a redneck thing.....

Jeff,

From the late Lewis Grizzard:

"Naked" means you don't have any clothes on.
"Nekked" means you don't have any clothes on - and you're up to something.

Mike
Two Corinthians walk into a bar ....

Mike Hendren

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Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2005, 01:56:53 PM »

Your idea of proper on-course bathroom etiquette is to turn your back when you urinate -- if there's a woman nearby.

Rick,

While my father always recommended employing as much foliage as possible, he did firmly believe that "if they're truly ladies, they'll look the other way."

Mike
Two Corinthians walk into a bar ....

TEPaul

Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2005, 03:00:08 PM »
How could I have ever thought GOLFCLUBATLAS.com lacked sense of humors? Or is it senses of humor?

Mike_Young

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Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2005, 05:03:43 PM »
TE,
I been calling these clowns "Rodneys" for years.  But I don't know Mr. MacWood so I'll let you handle those conversations and mixtures.

Jeff B,
You are right...it is nekked room.
Hey they are filming Blue Collar next wendesday night and I am there again.  Right here in Athens.

Jeff Warne,
How have you been.
Hey you 've been here I know you can identify  and you are right on with the "Boca" thing

You might be a Rodney if:
The cart attendant can't lift your bag from the bag rack because you got 300 balls in it
You blade a pitching wedge 160 yards and start telling people how much further you hit the new clubs.
You work all year to fix your handiicap foor the Oldsmobile Scramble
You consider the Oldsmobile Scramble one of the four majors
You go to the tanning booth so you can sit in the nekked room and watch TV without feeling insecure
You consider your favorite and all time best course to be in Las Vegas
You tell the green chairman not to worry about fairways because we place the ball anyway and would rather you spend the money on some of those "GSP" things for the carts.

« Last Edit: February 12, 2005, 05:05:50 PM by Mike_Young »
"just standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona"

Ken Fry

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Re:a "Purist" or a "Rodney"??
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2005, 08:50:04 AM »
You might be a Rodney if:

You ask the pro if your ball retriever counts as one of your 14 clubs.

As a point of pride, you spent $10,000 on a new golf cart, but picked up an entire set of golf clubs from a buddy who makes them in his garage for $200.

You think the course supt. has it in for you because you don't believe in that "frost thing"

Signs that say "Keep cart 30 feet away for all greens" tests your visual perception that 30 means 3

Ever urinated on a tee marker or in the cup (I've seen both done while on the job)

Rate a golf course for the "elegant dining experience" or the "bitchin' cart girl"

Forget that new fairway mower, when is the fountain on 18 going to be replaced?!?

"You think I'd join this crummy snobitorium?  I'm only here because maybe i"ll buy it!!"