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William_G

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Re: The case AGAINST the restoration of Pinehurst #2
« Reply #50 on: September 07, 2012, 01:34:55 PM »
Quote from: Ben Sims on September 02, 2012, 04:38:48 PM
Just got off the phone with a friend.  He was the captain of our golf team at the USAF Academy, and he had a reunion this weekend at Pinehurst with a bunch of dudes from the golf team.  All of them--save the team manager--are current handicaps in the +1 to -3 range, and all played D1 golf.  I asked his opinion of #2.  Here's what he said
 Do you think his opinion has merit about the course being harder now for higher 'cap golfers and easier for better golfers?

Easier and more fun for all golfers
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David Cronheim

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Re: The case AGAINST the restoration of Pinehurst #2
« Reply #51 on: September 07, 2012, 02:10:54 PM »
Quote from: Rich Goodale on September 02, 2012, 10:24:33 AM
Good post, Mark

Un-tumbling tumbleweeds in the middle of bunkers are a stupid "design" feature.  Was DJR responsible for this at ye olde Pinehurst?  If, on the other hand, some thnk they are an intelligent design feature, why restrict them to bunkers and waste areas?  Why not patches of "wire grass" in the middle of the fairway?  We could call them "center-line un-tumbling tumbleweeds" and half or this DG would find a supportive quote from an article by Major Humblenot-Travesty in the Aug. 1897 issue of Country Life and salivate in anticipation of watching others play courses with these "features."

Rich

Just getting to this thread, but Rich this has to be the post of the year!
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Michael Dugger

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Re: The case AGAINST the restoration of Pinehurst #2
« Reply #52 on: September 07, 2012, 02:42:45 PM »
Quote from: Rich Goodale on September 02, 2012, 10:24:33 AM
Why not patches of "wire grass" in the middle of the fairway?  We could call them "center-line un-tumbling tumbleweeds" and half or this DG would find a supportive quote from an article by Major Humblenot-Travesty in the Aug. 1897 issue of Country Life and salivate in anticipation of watching others play courses with these "features."

That's been done.  See Castle Course and Tetherow!
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