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wsmorrison

Re:Even More New Books
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2005, 08:04:09 AM »
Thanks, Tom.  Can the rule change be pin-pointed to a specific incident or was it a long time coming?

Can you give me a call?  We're all awake here and I don't want to wake Susan with a call.
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TEPaul

Re:Even More New Books
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2005, 08:23:42 AM »
"Thanks, Tom.  Can the rule change be pin-pointed to a specific incident or was it a long time coming?"

That kind of thing is mostly anecdotal. There are some rules changes that can be pinpointed to various incidents but certainly not all or even most----at least probably not then back then. The one who may know is Frank Hannigan, though. I believe he said he looked through ever known record of that type of thing at one time or another. Lew Blakey might have that info too---as he probably is their primary rules research guy these days. Perhaps in more modern times the joint R&A and USGA keeps some records of why they decide to do the things they do in those joint rules meetings. There's also a lot of rules meeting preparation from both organizations before the representatives of both organizations meet in those joint meetings. To effect decisions at least they must be based on an actual circumstance. The two organizations also appear to be pretty proprietary even still today about where things happen.

For instance, I called the USGA's Rules Committee to ask them a technical question for Rich Goodale about an incident. We'd been discussing the rules ramification of the incident for about 15 minutes when I happened to mention the incident took place in Scotland. The rules guy at the USGA said in that case I should contact the R&A and not the USGA and he almost hung up on me.  ;)  
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peter_p

Re:Even More New Books
« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2005, 10:49:59 PM »
It's not architecture, but "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tees Off on Golf" should be in your library.

Charles Lindsay's "Lost Balls (Great Holes, Tough Shots and Bad Lies) is a good photo essay, but some shots might be staged. The Standing Stones at Lundin Ladies Course is a unique hazard. At least two of our contributors are acknowledged, Ken Nice and Mike Vegas (sic) from Bandon and Kiawah.
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