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Tim Liddy

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Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« on: November 05, 2012, 09:03:00 AM »
Heard a good one today.

What is the difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?

God does not think he is a Golf Course Architect. :-*
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PCCraig

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2012, 09:11:45 AM »
Reminds me of the old "Superfans" skit from Saturday Night Live.


Leader: "A terd course at Dismal River is being considered, who could come up wit a better routing...Doak....or God??"



Rest of group "hmmm....errrr...."





Leader: "Trick question...Doak IS God"
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2012, 10:25:03 AM »
Well, their approaches to China seem pretty different

I don't think God ever lost a job to a former PGA tour pro

And, except for Pete Dye maybe, I can't think another Uncaused Cause

That's about it.

Peter

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Neil White

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2012, 01:39:00 PM »
Tim,

I believe in golf course architects?

Neil.
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Emile Bonfiglio

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2012, 01:42:23 PM »
Maybe we can get Tiger to start yelling "Doak dammit" when he hits a poor shot. I know I will from now on.
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ward peyronnin

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2012, 07:53:51 PM »
Pete

Are you positing Mr Dye is the only "Prime Mover" out there?

I would nominate a trilogy
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2012, 09:35:10 PM »
Ward - I think even trinitarians posit an Uncaused Cause (say Anslem, for example). But I can't go on with the analogy or else I'd risk being sacrilegious....

Hope all is well

Peter
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William_G

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2012, 10:23:54 PM »
God doesn't work for money
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Philippe Binette

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2012, 12:11:46 PM »
God doesn't pointlessly point in the distance to pretend he is working !!!!
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Ally Mcintosh

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2012, 12:14:09 PM »
Quote from: Philippe Binette on November 06, 2012, 12:11:46 PM
God doesn't pointlessly point in the distance to pretend he is working !!!!

Standing on the back of a 4x4 with a topo in his other hand....
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BCrosby

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2012, 12:45:10 PM »
God moves less dirt?

God cares about average golfers?

God knows what a player is thinking on every shot?

God gets paid less?

God knows what lives in the bottom of the quarry on the 16th at Merion?



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Peter Pallotta

Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2012, 01:04:26 PM »
tee hee...

God really does believe that par is irrelevant

God sees a big difference between renovations and restorations

God's associates actually do much of the work...oh, wait - never mind that one
« Last Edit: November 06, 2012, 01:09:51 PM by PPallotta »
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Pete_Pittock

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2012, 01:12:38 PM »
two Golf Course Architects were talking with God. They claimed that they could build a better golf course. God said that he could do better, from scratch. Then God asked them to show him some of their ideas, and the GCAs started to draw something on the ground.
God spoke, "get your own dirt."
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BCrosby

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2012, 03:11:04 PM »
No Peter, God understands that par IS relevant.

But like transubstantiation, he's not about to tell us how it works.

Bob 
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Dan Kelly

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2012, 03:33:23 PM »
God looked at His work and said: "It is good."

A golf course architect looks at his work and says: "It is ..."

(a) "... perfect"?
(b) "... good"?
(c) "... good enough"?
(d) "... my best work yet -- which is really no surprise, since I have never worked on a finer piece of land, and I feel blessed that ______________ gave me such a wonderful opportunity to findl the wonderful golf holes that have been here since time immemorial, just waiting to be revealed"? 
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2012, 04:00:00 PM »
ha ha, good ones Bob and Dan.

All this reminds me yet again of the Brooks-Reiner "2000 Year Old Man" skits, e.g.

"In 2000 years you must've met a lot of people..."
"Oh, I've met everyone"
"Can you tell us who...."
"Well, I met Julius Caeser, I met Moses, I met Joan of Arc..."
"You knew Joan of Arc?"
"Knew her? I went with her!"

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cary lichtenstein

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2012, 04:10:29 PM »
If only Obama were a golf architect....
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Jay Flemma

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2012, 04:18:47 PM »
Actually, God can hit a 1-iron:)
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John Kirk

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2012, 04:42:44 PM »

God moves less dirt?

False.

God cares about average golfers?

False.

God knows what a player is thinking on every shot?

True.

God gets paid less?

True.

God knows what lives in the bottom of the quarry on the 16th at Merion?

Only because God spends a lot of time there.


« Last Edit: November 06, 2012, 04:45:35 PM by John Kirk »
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BCrosby

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2012, 05:25:32 PM »
John Kirk -

You are selling God short. Not a good long term plan.

Bob
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Dan Kelly

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2012, 05:27:20 PM »
Golf course architects work within the constraints of a Master Plan.

God wrote THE Master Plan.

(Let's hope the architects have better luck than God!)

« Last Edit: November 06, 2012, 06:13:57 PM by Dan Kelly »
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Colin Macqueen

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2012, 06:06:09 PM »
God is infinitely merciful....golf course architects.......hmmm.



Cheers Colin
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Terry Lavin

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2012, 06:18:07 PM »
When playing in Mullen, Monterey, Bandon or Long Island, it's hard for me to differentiate. Then again, I ain't no Tebow, if you get my drift.
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Dan Kelly

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2012, 06:18:34 PM »
With God, there are no blind shots -- not even once.
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John Kirk

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Re: Difference between God and a Golf Course Architect?
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2012, 06:22:49 PM »
Quote from: Colin Macqueen on November 06, 2012, 06:06:09 PM
God is infinitely merciful....golf course architects.......hmmm.



Cheers Colin

So Pete Dye is an Old Testament style architect?
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