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Brian_Gracely

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #25 on: October 13, 2004, 03:31:28 PM »
Is that a diaper pouch in the back of the buggy, or are you just strolling down the produce aisle?
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Scott_Burroughs

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Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #26 on: October 13, 2004, 03:53:37 PM »
My apologies if that's not your shirt hanging out, but some medical device.

If it's not for medical reasons (e.g., a fanny pack), then please retract my apology.   ;D

JakaB

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #27 on: October 13, 2004, 03:56:03 PM »
Michael has had a gay ass glamour shot posted on this site for years and you just now start making fun of him for using a trolley.....trolleys are good for the game...give the guy a break.

Scott_Burroughs

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Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #28 on: October 13, 2004, 04:06:52 PM »
trolleys are good for the game

I agree.

That's twice in one thread.  Soft, I tell you.....

JakaB

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #29 on: October 13, 2004, 04:15:21 PM »
I bet you agree with me three times....Moore's glamour shot is half a hozel short of a shank...

Brian_Gracely

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #30 on: October 13, 2004, 04:18:29 PM »
What is the USGA doing to prevent the proliferation of wheels on trolleys?  The two wheel trolley seems to be commonplace in the UK and I would assume it conforms to the R&A's guidelines for minimal turf destruction.  But the USGA obviously is allowing the growth of the three-wheel trolley.  And with more turf potentially damaged, the only option is more water and fertilizer on courses.  Where does it all end?

Scott_Burroughs

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Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #31 on: October 13, 2004, 04:32:07 PM »
Brian,

I believe all trolleys have 3 wheels.  Any fewer and they wouldn't stand up.   And they do far less damage to turf than carts do.  If they watered more, then there'd be more damage, as it would be soggy/more prone to damage/ruts.


John,

Michael's pic originated from a byline picture from an online magazine he wrote for.  Doesn't change the picture, but I don't know the origin of the shot.  I don't think it's too offensive.

Brian_Gracely

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #32 on: October 13, 2004, 04:48:22 PM »
Brian,

I believe all trolleys have 3 wheels.  Any fewer and they wouldn't stand up.   And they do far less damage to turf than carts do.  If they watered more, then there'd be more damage, as it would be soggy/more prone to damage/ruts.





Brian_Gracely

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #33 on: October 13, 2004, 04:55:18 PM »
and that thing isn't a buggy, it's a stroller.  a buggy is a CART and a pull cart is a TROLLEY.  

...but at least you're still using persimmons, so I'll give you that. ;)

Scott_Burroughs

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Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #34 on: October 13, 2004, 04:56:07 PM »
 :-[ My bad on the wheels.  I see how they work now.  Can you tell I've never used one?

No, I never worked at a course growing up.  A paper route was my job.

I have used the modern 3-wheel once, at French Creek for 9 holes.  It was OK.  I don't like that your hands aren't free while you walk.  I save time by cleaning my clubs, putting on head covers, etc. while I walk, and you can't do that with a hand on the trolley.

Still, with 3 wheels, that's less weight/pressure per square inch than two wheels, while in motion.
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Bob_Huntley

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Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #35 on: October 13, 2004, 04:57:47 PM »
The dumbest excuse for golf trolleys are those used at the Nantucket Golf Club. They resemble cermonial gun carriages with two huge, thick bicycle tires. They have no triangular support and blow over in the wind. Quite the most useless pieces of golf equipment I have seen.

JakaB

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #36 on: October 13, 2004, 05:07:21 PM »
Shivas,

I am currently on a super secret five year plan to get pull carts (specifically electric Kangaroo Kaddies) allowed at one of the courses I play.....My best shot is to use the word Trolley....Pull Carts will never fly...

Brian_Gracely

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #37 on: October 13, 2004, 05:10:46 PM »
Are us jerkoff Amercan's ever allowed to call the Brits/Scots/S.Africans when they appear to be overly-British?  For example, when should Mr.Huntley say that it's a PROPER TROLLEY vs. just a TROLLEY, or is PROPER only be used with things like PROPER GENTLEMAN'S CLUB or PROPER DRAM OF SCOTCH?  I know that I usually have to look up at least one word in each of Bob's posts, but I'd like to know when someone from lesser background is just trying to pull a Hugh Grant on me?

John_Cullum

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Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #38 on: October 13, 2004, 05:37:34 PM »
Iconoclast that I am, I always call them wagons.

By the way, has anyone any experience with the Kangaroo Kaddie? I would love one of those if they really work well.
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Michael Moore

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Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #39 on: October 13, 2004, 07:05:18 PM »
The stroller was rented for an afternoon on account of the broken knee. As soon as Sweeney clicked the shutter I knew that I was in trouble.

Speaking of English golfing terms, every time I play with someone from England and I miss a putt on the low side they go "hard lines, hard lines".

What does that mean?

Metaphor is social and shares the table with the objects it intertwines and the attitudes it reconciles. Opinion, like the Michelin inspector, dines alone. - Adam Gopnik, The Table Comes First

ForkaB

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #40 on: October 14, 2004, 05:11:06 AM »

Speaking of English golfing terms, every time I play with someone from England and I miss a putt on the low side they go "hard lines, hard lines".

What does that mean?



Michael

I think you'll find that they'll say also "hard lines" if you miss a putt on the high side or long (i.e. if you hit one of those screamers that hits the back of the cup, pops up and finishes outside the hole).  Cruel Brits will say "hard lines" even if you leave a putt short, particularly if it is "in the jaws."

It means the same thing as "What a pity."

Only Moe Norman wannabes say it twice.



dsilk

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #41 on: October 14, 2004, 06:04:59 AM »
I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to play at Myopia earlier this week in the Special Olympics Benefit. MHC is truly special (imho). I would not do the venue justice with a hole by hole review- suffice to say that while the classic track would be considered short nowadays, it will test and confound you, as to what to hit, both off the tee and on approach shots. With both the wind and weather up on tuesday, it felt as though we were across the pond bumping and running shots into tiny greens. Of note, the par threes, (#3 plays 250yds into the wind) the bunkering, and the number of greens and tees that are in play from one another.
All in all, a special day for a great cause!

TEPaul

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #42 on: October 14, 2004, 09:41:53 AM »
Rich:

"hard line" means the same thing as "What a pity"??

Do you think those wonkers over there on the other side are ever going to learn to speak proper English?

TEPaul

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #43 on: October 14, 2004, 09:51:46 AM »
dsilk;

I've been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to play Myopia numerous times. The only problem is I haven't yet embraced that fortunate opportunity (at least not in about 45 years). But I just might any day now. It's said that Herbert Leeds watched golfers play the course and then went back out and placed bunkers where their balls ended up. Anyone who loves Myopia should play it before I do because after I play---in the spirit of Herbert Leeds it's very likely the club will contemplate adding a couple hundred more bunkers!

Kenny Lee Puckett

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #44 on: October 14, 2004, 10:37:33 AM »
I had a great time discovering Myopia Hunt this past Tuesday while benefiting the Massachusetts chapter of the Special Olympics!  The course revealed and compounded character at the step to every tee box.

It was great to meet Peter H. and the rest of the GCAers (About 12 in all) who showed up to brave the 52 degree spitting rainstorm for the first 7 holes or so.  By the end of the day, it was sunshine gorgeous!

The course was every bit as good as I had heard, and I appreciated all of the knowledge imparted from this board.  My one regret was not landing in a single of the bunkers (Played too well).  I was very impressed with their look and depth - Especially on #9 and #10.  

One of the GCAers eagled #6, a drivable par 4 that offers a myriad of strategic selections.  #12 was as hard as it gets as we played it, #15 and #17 into the blowing wind.  The upside down salad bowl green on #12 is an awesome challenge to hold with a 200 yard+ approach shot.  Beyond the obvious choices of #3, #4, #9, #10, #12 #15, I thought that the downhill par 4 5th hole was as pretty a setting that I have seen on a course in quite some time.  One thing that helped me was that the putts did not break as much as they looked.

Overall, many thanks to the members and the club personnel  who allowed us on to play an American Treasure while benefitting a great cause!!!

Hope to see the GCAers again in the not too distant future!!!

JWK

bakerg

Re:Myopia Hunt Club
« Reply #45 on: October 14, 2004, 10:45:44 AM »
James,

I know the feelings about the bunkers.  I played Garden City not too long ago and missed out on getting to play out of one of those monsters.  As for Myopia, I had played that the day before I played Garden and only got to play out of the bunkers surrounding the 9th green.  I really would have liked to drop a few balls at both courses and see if I could escape from those bunkers.