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paul cowley

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.....I think I'm going to give up......
« on: October 04, 2006, 09:34:19 PM »
I think I'm going to give up my efforts to get Tom Paul to finish his book on Flynn [I know you will Wayne ;)], and instead concentrate my energy in an earlier than usual effort to get Tom Doak in the ASGCA.

As many any of you probably know, Mr Doak recently opened a new course named Ballyneal, in northeast Colorado, one of many new courses he has opened of late that have...........................................................................................
« Last Edit: October 04, 2006, 10:21:34 PM by paul cowley »
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Gary Daughters

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Re:.....I think I'm going to give up......
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2006, 10:03:26 PM »

-------------------- plaid jackets?
THE NEXT SEVEN:  Alfred E. Tupp Holmes Municipal Golf Course, Willi Plett's Sportspark and Driving Range, Peachtree, Par 56, Browns Mill, Cross Creek, Piedmont Driving Club

Michael Dugger

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Re:.....I think I'm going to give up......
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2006, 10:06:54 PM »
...........solidified his place amongst the best designers of the era?
What does it matter if the poor player can putt all the way from tee to green, provided that he has to zigzag so frequently that he takes six or seven putts to reach it?     --Alistair Mackenzie--

paul cowley

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Re:.....I think I'm going to give up......
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2006, 10:07:47 PM »
Gary......plaid jackets might be 'de rigur'.... but I'm working on that.
« Last Edit: October 05, 2006, 04:48:32 AM by paul cowley »
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Adam Clayman

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Re:.....I think I'm going to give up......
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2006, 10:29:08 PM »
Short grass as the dominate hazard?

Amorphous teeing grounds?

Wild internal green contours?

Holes that illustrate the irrelevance of par?

"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing your whole life." - Mickey Mantle

paul cowley

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Re:.....I think I'm going to give up......
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2006, 10:40:08 PM »
....my biggest kick of late [well, one of], were the amorphous teeing grounds and no tee markers; ie........freedom.
« Last Edit: October 05, 2006, 04:50:09 AM by paul cowley »
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Adam Clayman

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Re:.....I think I'm going to give up......
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2006, 11:49:14 PM »
Which requires you to Think... think (piling on the Franklin references)
"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing your whole life." - Mickey Mantle

RJ_Daley

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Re:.....I think I'm going to give up......
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2006, 12:07:06 AM »
............. made other archies sit up and take notice, and rethink their conventional business models and design management approach.
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