Should St. Andrews be taken out of the rota?

[John Chilver-Stainer]

Why not hold it on the Ladies Putting Green?  Stimp that baby at 15 and watch all the flat bellies cry!

That's hysterical 

[Doug Siebert]

The course doesn't have to be removed from the rota to be preserved. All you have to do is:

1) Keep the greens at normal, year round speed if there really aren't enough pin positions
2) Forget about par. Par is an arbitrary number; it means nothing. If the winner shoots -20 (which, if there is wind, won't happen) so what? The player that played the best won, aka the tournament was successful.

Or if they are that wedded to par, play it as a par 70.  The 5th is par 4 for all pros anyway, while with the new tee 14 is still a legitimate 5.  #9 can be the first >300 yard hole in championship golf.  No one will shoot 20 under on that layout.

[Jon Wiggett]

The course doesn't have to be removed from the rota to be preserved. All you have to do is:

1) Keep the greens at normal, year round speed if there really aren't enough pin positions
2) Forget about par. Par is an arbitrary number; it means nothing. If the winner shoots -20 (which, if there is wind, won't happen) so what? The player that played the best won, aka the tournament was successful.

Or if they are that wedded to par, play it as a par 70.  The 5th is par 4 for all pros anyway, while with the new tee 14 is still a legitimate 5.  #9 can be the first >300 yard hole in championship golf.  No one will shoot 20 under on that layout.

As Jeb says, if someone shoots -20 so what.

Jon

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