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Matthew Rose

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"I don't like the rough"
« on: April 12, 2019, 12:05:46 AM »
Says Jack.

“If they took the silly rough out the course would be tougher. The ball would run into the trees! Wake up, guys. Wake up.”

https://www.golf.com/news/columns/2019/04/12/jack-nicklaus-suggests-removing-rough-augusta-national/




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jeffwarne

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Re: "I don't like the rough"
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2019, 07:47:19 PM »
Quote from: Matthew Rose on April 12, 2019, 12:05:46 AM
Says Jack.

“If they took the silly rough out the course would be tougher. The ball would run into the trees! Wake up, guys. Wake up.”

https://www.golf.com/news/columns/2019/04/12/jack-nicklaus-suggests-removing-rough-augusta-national/


this
and perhaps could get by with afew less trees after following Jack's advice
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Keith Phillips

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Re: "I don't like the rough"
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2019, 09:43:03 PM »
100%.  The rough should be eliminated and / or shortened, and 90% of the trees added in the past decade should go!
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Philip Hensley

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Re: "I don't like the rough"
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2019, 05:16:42 PM »
Quote from: Matthew Rose on April 12, 2019, 12:05:46 AM
Says Jack.

“If they took the silly rough out the course would be tougher. The ball would run into the trees! Wake up, guys. Wake up.”

https://www.golf.com/news/columns/2019/04/12/jack-nicklaus-suggests-removing-rough-augusta-national/


Nicklaus had never eaten a Moon Pie before?


"Nicklaus is hopeful that Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley, a former U.S. Amateur champ and reputed course architecture wonk, will take the course back to its origins."

Is this true? I've never read anything regarding Fred Ridley as a GCA wonk. In fact, another article I read had him praising the tree planting done by Hootie Johnson in the 90s.
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Mark_Fine

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Re: "I don't like the rough"
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2019, 07:14:20 PM »
I agree with Jack on this one!  The rough makes the golf course easier especially when the greens are receptive. 
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Kyle Harris

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Re: "I don't like the rough"
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2019, 07:38:35 PM »
I am beginning to wonder what, if anything, Jack likes about the modern game.
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