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Your Own Personal Custodians of the Game?
Andrew Harvie:
--- Quote from: Philip Gawith on Yesterday at 02:30:04 PM ---Very surprised to see The Lido in this list! A very ambitious course in concept, that many golfers would find very challenging to play and definitely not one they would want to play every day. I can see it ticks many boxes but not sure it obviously belongs in this list.
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Lido is not on the Custodians. I believe mandatory caddies disqualify it, per the criteria.
archie_struthers:
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I'm not saying Pine Valley as it's obvious and redundant.
So I'm going to nominate Saucon Valley ....it's the way they revere the game there. They promote caddies , they maintain three , yes three championship courses and still care that the hamburger at the outside grill is just perfect
Yep , love the place
Philip Gawith:
--- Quote from: Andrew Harvie on Yesterday at 08:07:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: Philip Gawith on Yesterday at 02:30:04 PM ---Very surprised to see The Lido in this list! A very ambitious course in concept, that many golfers would find very challenging to play and definitely not one they would want to play every day. I can see it ticks many boxes but not sure it obviously belongs in this list.
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Lido is not on the Custodians. I believe mandatory caddies disqualify it, per the criteria.
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Sorry…was referring to Matt’s proposal that it be on the list, rather than the list as it stands today
Joe_Tucholski:
--- Quote from: Ben Sims on Yesterday at 11:01:20 AM ---Not to put you on the spot, but as a custodian, I wonder if you think Pinehurst has these same issues?
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I'm not living there and haven't yet so don't have the full perspective. My perspective is reading minutes and watching meetings.
There are definitely parallels. That being said, I don't think the issues at Pinehurst stem from competing priorities. The Dedman family owns Pinehurst so they're really the only ones setting the priorities at Pinehurst. I know little about the Dedman family, but they kept Pinehurst when selling ClubCorp. I like to think it's because the family loved everything about Pinehurst and understand history, competition and passionate locals invested in the courses/club are essential elements in the success of the resort. I also assume they want to make money.
As a naive kid in my 20's I made a bet it would stay on the type of list the custodians represent. Right now I am happy with that bet and hope it stays that way.
PS I know we share some less than ideal experiences, luckily there are some great ones as well. On the positive side I did get to enjoy a real golf course today. Unfortunately, with Ramadan starting soon its likely my last time while here.
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