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Brett_Morrissy

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Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« on: October 05, 2011, 05:08:37 AM »
G. Norman said this morning on a radio interview in Melbourne  that the recent PGA Major tournament venue in Atlanta(Athletic Club) shares some DNA with Royal Melbourne.

Anyone care to comment on what he is referring to?
Is there a Mackenzie connection, apart from Augusta being in the same State?
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Mike_Clayton

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2011, 06:43:02 AM »
Brett,

I heard the last half of the interview on my way down to Torquay to see the new work there.
If that Melbourne to Geelong road is is not the most sleep inducing road in the world I don't know what is. There are barely enough servos to keep up the Red Bull intake.
I missed that bit and have not played the Athletic Club but from the television it did look like it had 18 holes just like Royal Melbourne.
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Mac Plumart

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2011, 07:03:49 AM »
See, I told you the AAC was not as bad as you guys were saying.   :)
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Mark Pearce

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2011, 07:32:46 AM »
It isn't just that they both have 18 holes.  Both courses feature tees, fairways AND greens.  As if that wasn't enough both courses have bunkers, too.  The similarity is really quite astonishing.
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Scott Warren

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2011, 07:35:10 AM »
If you close one eye and squint with the other...
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Jason Topp

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2011, 08:22:37 AM »
Quote from: Scott Warren on October 05, 2011, 07:35:10 AM
If you close one eye and squint with the other...

and look backwards through your legs
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Mike_Young

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2011, 08:58:22 AM »
maybe they have some of the same grasses....the DNA would match that way...
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BCrosby

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2011, 11:10:58 AM »
This is further confirmation of why pictures of a course can be so misleading.

None of the lakes located hard against greens and fw's show up in the pictures I've seen of RMGC. They don't show many tight LZ's. And whoever did those pictures must have edited out the thousands of trees in play.

You can't trust anyone these days.

Bob   
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Mac Plumart

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2011, 08:11:58 PM »
Yeah, but other than that they are pretty similiar. 
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Philippe Binette

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2011, 08:38:26 PM »
I think Norman was talking the course he did at TPC Sugarloaf that used to host the bellsouth near atlanta...

if not, Greg needs to buy a HD television... his 14 inch black and white one isn't great anymore

Or

was he talking about the bar and the locker room
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PThomas

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Re: Norman says Atlanta Athletic Club shares DNA with Royal Melbourne GC
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2011, 12:22:07 AM »
Greg is recently married (again) so this is proof that his brain is still focused on all that lovey-dovey crap
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