God, right on Mike. Sharp-edged ovals.
They are EVERYWHERE out here.
BTW, not that we haven't discussed this many times
before, but re the choice or Torrey-South for the US Open,
the following parameters were assumed:
1. West-coast municipal course;
2. Balance off against US Opens past and future
at Pebble and Olympic, meaning it really can't be NorCal;
3. Needs all the other normal US Open logistics in terms of
space, etc.
4. Normal US Open difficulty, either as is or can be made
to be such.
What other course could they have chosen?
Really the only other viable candidate is Rancho Park, and
it's hard to believe they could make that US Open type
tough enough no matter what they did.
So say what you will about Torrey as a golf course... and
complain about those parameters, sure... but if you do
accept them, well I'd like to know what other course it
could have been.
TH