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Craig Van Egmond

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Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« on: March 07, 2011, 02:07:47 PM »
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Alex Miller

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2011, 02:11:11 PM »
Should've tried 17 instead...:D
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Mark McKeever

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2011, 02:15:15 PM »
Very interesting...Thats one way to make yourself feel better about a short missed birdie effort.

Mark
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Tim Nugent

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2011, 02:33:34 PM »
Ridiculous that a "Golf" blog would would refer to PB as "housing the elite of the elites" while lauding the "public" beach below.  This infers that somehow PB is restrictive or ultra private when, in actuality, you could cash your welfare check and get on.
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Dan_Callahan

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2011, 02:35:22 PM »
Not cool at all. I'm traveling to Pebble in 3 weeks. Never been on the course before and am really psyched to see it. That would suck to go all the way out there only to find a big-ass crater.
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Rick Shefchik

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2011, 02:41:41 PM »
Eco-terrorism, perhaps? Maybe the same kind of people who liberate minks from their cages now want to liberate beach-front property from golf courses.
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Adam Clayman

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2011, 03:18:55 PM »
Or the right to lifers who kill doctors?

I seem to recall that the Japanese ownership stabilized that green with a sea wall. It may not have been the 9th and could've been either the 10th or both. Either way, they showed exceptional stewardship.
« Last Edit: March 07, 2011, 10:48:49 PM by Adam Clayman »
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Mike Hendren

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2011, 03:22:28 PM »
It begs the question:  Had they succeeded would a permit be issued to restore?  I'm guessing the coastal commission and the town of Carmel would consider the golf course a non-conforming permitted use but the issue is whether its being grandfathered includes restoration rights.

Mike
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Anthony Gray

Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2011, 06:19:11 PM »


  I would have found it because I never hit that green.

  Anthony

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Philippe Binette

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2011, 07:51:18 PM »
2 possibilities:

1) Donald Trump... wanting to make sure HE owns the most spectacular courses in the world, so he decided to rip Pebble apart

2) GCA.com fanatics, finding the course lack a deep bunker
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Brian Marion

Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2011, 08:23:53 PM »
I have two close friends playing there today. I'll find out the goings on.
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Jason Hines

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2011, 09:27:39 PM »
In the immortal words of Colonel Kilgore from Apocalypse Now, “F******* Savages”.
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Mark Saltzman

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2011, 09:45:28 PM »
I think I may have to check to see if my father took any trips out to Monterey lately.  The last time we played there (and into a 2-3 club wind), I swear he said "I don't care how pretty this hole is, it's too f***ing hard.  Someone should blow it up and make it 50 yards shorter"
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Mark McKeever

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2011, 09:46:53 PM »
Thats ironic!!

Mark
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Adam Clayman

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Re: Somebody tried to blow up the 9th hole at Pebble!
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2011, 10:50:51 PM »
Quote from: Michael_Hendren on March 07, 2011, 03:22:28 PM
It begs the question:  Had they succeeded would a permit be issued to restore?  I'm guessing the coastal commission and the town of Carmel would consider the golf course a non-conforming permitted use but the issue is whether its being grandfathered includes restoration rights.

Mike

Bogey, I believe you have hit on the only conceivable motive. Which wouldn't surprise me if the next logical step is to look in house.
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