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Tim Bert

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"The Cliffs of Doom"
« on: June 19, 2010, 08:26:52 PM »
Have they always called these holes at Pebble the clffs of doom or is this new?  If this is not a new name, are they over-using it this year?  I mus say I have never heard it and I'm not a fan. It just sounds silly to me.
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Nick Cauley

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2010, 08:49:47 PM »
I second that thought!!
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Mac Plumart

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2010, 08:53:04 PM »
Dude man...the Cliffs of Doom is an awesome moniker!!  Who can't see the genius in that?

BTW...how about Tiger's cut 3 wood on 18?!?!? :o
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PThomas

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2010, 09:34:30 PM »
believe it was - get ready for this!- Brent Musberger :o ::) who first called them that during the 92 Open
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Tim Gavrich

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2010, 09:41:26 PM »
I am just praying fervently that Chris Berman's nickname "Cannery Row" doesn't take root...
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John Kirk

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2010, 10:40:42 PM »
It is essential to the success of the tournament that the hardest three hole stretch has a catchy name that rolls off the tongue with GUSTO.
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Wyatt Halliday

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2010, 10:44:58 PM »
I remember something about Abalone Corner. Was it Jenkins?
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Tim_Cronin

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2010, 10:45:31 PM »
Dan Jenkins named it Abelone Corner way back, but what does he know?
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mike_beene

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2010, 11:20:48 PM »
12-16 could be "real estate row"....
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Matthew Rose

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2010, 12:23:50 AM »
Yeah, it was Jenkins.

It was an article called "The Best Things in Golf". The category was "Best three holes in a row", which was Amen Corner. Then the very next one was "Best three holes in a row that aren't at Augusta", which was 8-9-10 at Pebble, or "Abalone Corner".

Then there was a third one, which was "Best three holes in a row that aren't at Augusta or Pebble Beach"... I think that one might have been 16-17-18 at Merion.
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Mike Cirba

Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2010, 12:36:16 AM »
Isn't that name redundant?

Cliffs of Doom.

Duh!   ::)

Did I mention that I'm not sure yet which announcer this week I find more annoying?  Chris Berman is the leader in the clubhouse, and the bald-headed, bespactled guy who argued that they needed to flatten the 14th green only pales in airtime comparison.
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Gary Slatter

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2010, 07:55:17 AM »
Quote from: Mike_Cirba on June 20, 2010, 12:36:16 AM
Isn't that name redundant?

Cliffs of Doom.

Duh!   ::)

Did I mention that I'm not sure yet which announcer this week I find more annoying?  Chris Berman is the leader in the clubhouse, and the bald-headed, bespactled guy who argued that they needed to flatten the 14th green only pales in airtime comparison.

Mike, here in the Caribbean we are getting the tourney in Spanish!   And the World Cup is in Chinese or Farsi !
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Tom_Doak

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2010, 08:44:19 AM »
John Garrity from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED called me early this week and asked me if it was true that I came up with the "Cliffs of Doom" moniker.  It was the title of the U.S. Open preview piece I wrote for GOLF Magazine in 1992, and someone in the pro shop at Pebble told him that I had written the term and then one of the broadcasters that year started using it at every opportunity.

I told John that as I best I could remember, the name wasn't in my actual story, but the headline writer [maybe George Peper, who was still the editor] came up with it for the title.

I think it's a pretty cheesy sounding name for such a great stretch of golf holes.
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Anthony Gray

Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2010, 09:02:35 AM »


  I think just the name PEBBLE BEACH says it all. Do we need to give monikers or nicnames?

  Anthony

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Mac Plumart

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Re: "The Cliffs of Doom"
« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2010, 09:03:16 AM »
+1
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