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Garland Bayley

Has Tiger been reading us? AKA piling on Terry Lavin and Glenn Spencer
« on: July 17, 2007, 11:39:30 AM »
The Open Championship is Tiger's favorite

Woods explained why this unique type of golf excites him more than any other.

"It allows you to be creative," he said. "Augusta used to be like that. The U.S. Open is obviously not. And the PGA is similar to a U.S. Open setup. We play so much in the States where everything is up in the air. Over here, you get to use the ground as an ally and hit different shots. It is neat to hit bump and runs, and to putt from 50 yards off the green, and to hit 5-irons from 135 yards and run the ball in.

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"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

tlavin

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2007, 11:42:37 AM »
Variety is the spice of life.  He'd quickly tire of playing links courses if they played them every week.
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Garland Bayley

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2007, 11:49:04 AM »
Quote from: Terry Lavin on July 17, 2007, 11:42:37 AM
Variety is the spice of life.  He'd quickly tire of playing links courses if they played them every week.

Right!?! Then he would go back to playing PGA tour courses for entertainment. Gotcha!?!
 :P
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"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

Tommy Williamsen

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2007, 11:54:06 AM »
Quote from: Terry Lavin on July 17, 2007, 11:42:37 AM
Variety is the spice of life.  He'd quickly tire of playing links courses if they played them every week.

I wish I had the opportunity to "tire" of links courses.
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Adam Clayman

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2007, 12:02:11 PM »
Quote from: Terry Lavin on July 17, 2007, 11:42:37 AM
Variety is the spice of life.  He'd quickly tire of playing links courses if they played them every week.

Terry, I'm of the opposite opinion, surprise!

Those who play the anti-thesis needn't wait the full week to be bored.
Ground game opportunities change with the humidity. Nothing changes on a standardly watered canvas.
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George Pazin

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2007, 12:03:04 PM »
Quote from: Terry Lavin on July 17, 2007, 11:42:37 AM
Variety is the spice of life.  He'd quickly tire of playing links courses if they played them every week.

And after Elin, he'll move on to an unattractive woman....
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Wyatt Halliday

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2007, 01:46:54 PM »
........and toss out the AMEX in exchange for food stamps.

Heck, he may even wind up driving a Buick!
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tlavin

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2007, 02:31:12 PM »
Quote from: Adam Clayman on July 17, 2007, 12:02:11 PM
Quote from: Terry Lavin on July 17, 2007, 11:42:37 AM
Variety is the spice of life.  He'd quickly tire of playing links courses if they played them every week.

Terry, I'm of the opposite opinion, surprise!

Those who play the anti-thesis needn't wait the full week to be bored.
Ground game opportunities change with the humidity. Nothing changes on a standardly watered canvas.

Well I'll just have to ask a golf writer to ask him the question to see if I'm so off base.

Do you think he's only designing courses for the hallowed "ground game"???
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Dale_McCallon

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2007, 02:38:04 PM »
Terry may not be so far off base.  Didn't Tiger also call Firestone one of his favorite courses on tour because "Everything is right there in front of you."
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Jon Wiggett

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2007, 03:56:31 PM »
Quote from: Dale_McCallon on July 17, 2007, 02:38:04 PM
Terry may not be so far off base.  Didn't Tiger also call Firestone one of his favorite courses on tour because "Everything is right there in front of you."

Dale,

in links golf it is also right in front of you as much as at the average country club. I guess the difference is, as Tiger points out, with links you get to eat 'à la carte' and not just stew and dumplings every day.
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Glenn Spencer

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2007, 12:53:08 AM »
Quote from: Terry Lavin on July 17, 2007, 11:42:37 AM
Variety is the spice of life.  He'd quickly tire of playing links courses if they played them every week.

I agree, Terry. I also think that Tiger enjoys having another opportunity to prove that he can beat these guys wherever there is calligraphy and ropes as Shivas would say. It is just another chance to show the degree of his prowess.
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Mark_Rowlinson

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2007, 06:13:16 AM »
Don't the powers that be at Augusta ban people for criticising it?
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Matthew Hunt

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2007, 01:25:56 PM »
Quote from: Terry Lavin on July 17, 2007, 11:42:37 AM
Variety is the spice of life.  He'd quickly tire of playing links courses if they played them every week.

I beg to differ, I play nearly all my golf on links and do not bore of the challange, on the other hand I've bored of parklands in a couple of holes.
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JESII

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2007, 01:33:35 PM »
If you can tire of links golf there is no saving you...it's lost.
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Garland Bayley

Re:Has Tiger been reading us? AKA piling on Terry Lavin and Glenn Spencer
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2007, 01:54:52 PM »
I had thought this thread my gain some comments about Tiger's design career. Instead it is about silly remarks by Terry Lavin and Glenn Spencer, so I changed the title and bumped it.  ;D
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"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

Glenn Spencer

Re:Has Tiger been reading us? AKA piling on Terry Lavin and Glenn Spencer
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2007, 02:20:17 PM »
Quote from: Garland Bayley on July 18, 2007, 01:54:52 PM
I had thought this thread my gain some comments about Tiger's design career. Instead it is about silly remarks by Terry Lavin and Glenn Spencer, so I changed the title and bumped it.  ;D

Thanks for changing the title, Garland.  ;D ;DWhat can I say? Some of us like the sun.
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Phil Benedict

Re:Has Tiger been reading us?
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2007, 02:23:07 PM »
Quote from: Mark_Rowlinson on July 18, 2007, 06:13:16 AM
Don't the powers that be at Augusta ban people for criticising it?

Tiger is bigger than Augusta and they know it.
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Tim Pitner

Re:Has Tiger been reading us? AKA piling on Terry Lavin and Glenn Spencer
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2007, 02:27:11 PM »
It's nice to hear Tiger exalt links golf.  It's one thing, though, to admire links golf; it's another to design a course with links characteristics and which might stand aside the classic links courses.  I think Greg Norman and Nick Faldo, two links experts, have experienced this difficulty (btw, is there any news of Faldo's course in County Mayo?).  
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