Oosthuizen's Double Eagle Golf Ball Traded for a Round at ANGC

[ANTHONYPIOPPI]

I'd say he made  good deal!

http://tinyurl.com/86msyru

Anthony

[Sam Morrow]

How many rounds would he have gotten if he'd won?

[Garland Bayley]

I don't think he understood how much ANGC wanted the ball.

[Jeff Taylor]

Who would you bring if they agreed to a 4some?

[Sam Morrow]

Who would you bring if they agreed to a 4some?

Highest bidders

[JLahrman]

Who would you bring if they agreed to a 4some?

Virginia Rometty
Martha Burk
Rush Limbaugh

[Sam Morrow]

Who would you bring if they agreed to a 4some?

Virginia Rometty
Martha Burk
Rush Limbaugh

On second thought I would not allow chicks, that way I'd get my own thread on the site that would go 19 pages.

[Jeff Taylor]

To avoid charges of discrimination, all play is from the same tees.

[Tim Leahy]

Hope he gets a weekend at Butler cabin along with course access with at least one friend. If it were me, being a Notre Dame fan I would ask to play with Lou Holtz, who I think is a member.

[Jeff Taylor]

Thanks Tim. I was really hoping for someone serious responses.

[Bill Seitz]

I wonder if they'd allow a cart.  I'd love to take my dad, but he can't really play or walk the course anymore.  It's actually a good question, because I can think of people who would really love it for the golf experience, and others who would really love it for the experience of being at the club.  If I had the badges, too, I suppose I could bring golfers to play the course, and people like my brother, who appreciate golf, but don't really play anymore, to the actual tournament.  With the approval of the club, I'd be tempted to auction off a spot or two for charity. 

[Jeff Taylor]

Thanks Bill.
I would have the same concerns about my father. Respecting Melvyn, a cart would be a must.

[Howard Riefs]

If the club was already offering two lifetime badges, I'd push that they *also* add in a round on the course. You have the upper hand in negotiating. I doubt they'd say "forget it ... the ball's not that important ... and get off the grounds now!"

As for the foursome, I imagine you'd have to play with a member. To dream for a moment:

* Warren Buffett or Bill Gates (member)
* Brother-in-law
* Charity high-bidder, per Bill's suggestion, if permissible.


FYI - One of the few known lists of members to be disclosed, USA Today from 2000:  
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/masters/2002-09-27-augusta-list.htm

[Garland Bayley]

Thanks Tim. I was really hoping for someone serious responses.

For a thread jack?

[Mark McKeever]

If he was a guest of Dow at the tourney, I assume he would bring them when he plays if he gets guests.

Mark

[cary lichtenstein]

1. They do allow carts
2. I'd bring Obama, Romney and Glen Beck for laughs

[Mark Chaplin]

A couple of my mates used carts for one of their nines and didn't have caddies.

[Ulrich Mayring]

Funny, I had the same thought: if I had gotten the ball, I'd have offered it to the club for exactly that, a round of golf. I don't think it's right to bargain for more and suspect it would not have gone down well with the club.

After all, I would want them to have it.

Ulrich

[Kalen Braley]

I wouldn't be surprised if they set a date for the guy to play...and when he arrived, directed him over to the par 3 course to "play a round"....lol

[Bill_McBride]

I wouldn't be surprised if they set a date for the guy to play...and when he arrived, directed him over to the par 3 course to "play a round"....lol

Or maybe a good looking female so he could "play around?"

[Ulrich Mayring]

Wouldn't that be a feast for the press.

Hey, these are a bunch of grumpy, old men, but they do care about the game and would not want to come across as petty tricksters.

Ulrich

[Mark Smolens]

I wouldn't be surprised if they set a date for the guy to play...and when he arrived, directed him over to the par 3 course to "play a round"....lol

I'd be more than happy to play the par-3 course.

[jeffwarne]

I'd say he made  good deal!

http://tinyurl.com/86msyru

Anthony

I'd say Augusta got a good deal.
One round (whether he brings guests or not) is over and done with and that's the end of it.
Augusta has nothing if not capacity to allow one extra group to play.

Lifetime passes is two more in the gate, and two less you can sell/admit.

The smartest man in the room was Louis O.
He throws the ball to the gallery, Augusta gets the ball, patron gets to play ANGC.(and Louis O. is his new hero)
If he'd have not thrown it, ANGC would've gotten the ball anyway and nobody would've played.
So now it's win, win, win

[Jim_Kennedy]

Too bad the guy wasn't an exec at IBM, he could have traded the ball for a round and a  Rometty membership. 

[Tim Martin]

Although the guy had the upper hand with the ANGC officials he was also a guest of Dow and probably realized there was a limit to how piggish he could be before reflecting badly on them.  Jeff said it perfectly in that with the deal that was struck everybody wins.