DM
I have not misquoted anyone – what are links courses famous for? What protects TOC and makes her bit back, the weather, the wind, the conditions. A sunny day with little wind can make a links course perform like a pussycat, introduce the conditions and you have a Tiger by the tail.
Links courses are a mixture of weather conditions, the best games of golf – by that I do not mean sitting on your backside riding around a course taking it easy using your toys and technology to make your shots for you. I mean rising to the challenge, facing not just the course but the routing, Man’s and Natures hazards then the overall conditions that makes the game that exciting raw experience that only links golf can produce on a regular level.
It’s the Nature of the Beast, we on this site are aware of the links and what a little weather can do. Those who have been to South Uist know the voracity of the weather, even on a fine day.
The whole point is that the Conditions DO suit golf, that’s how the game has become so popular. The conditions are that final unknown hazard that takes the game to the next level – its galled Golf – links golf, the heart of The Open. The 2008/9 Opens with Norman and Watson showed that the weather conditions are no problem to the seasoned links golfer, these old guys took control of the game and showed how to play in what some called bad conditions, leaving all the rest to follow and they only caught up when the weather improved and stopped offering that unknown hazard. They could not do it or catch the old guys until the weather changed showing how golf was and is played.
How can you guys forget those great moments when the majority of the player were out performed by the old guys like Norman & Watson – that’s the magic of links golf and that unknown factor.
Too much riding and not enough thinking is have an effect upon the old game proving that some just can’t face what the game can throw at them, so seek the easy route on their electric carts, electronic aids and high tech equipment. A little bit of weather and the moans start – these are players not Golfers.
No I do not think I have misunderstood the comment no matter which way you look at the comment.
Melvyn