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Mark Bourgeois

Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« on: June 29, 2007, 09:42:10 PM »
I've certainly seen worse.  Click here.
« Last Edit: June 29, 2007, 09:42:46 PM by Mark Bourgeois »

Rich Goodale

Re:Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2007, 03:13:48 AM »
Thanks for the link, Mark.  Any course that has Kinghorn ("The Ballybunion of Scotland") on it must be taken seriously.  In fact, I have a distinguisehd GCA guest staying in Aberdour right now and I might just steer him there today!

I also like the course ratings.  Not as complex or confusing as the Arble system, but producing much more satisfying results.

Mike Sweeney

Re:Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2007, 06:25:48 AM »
Richard,

I am confused, some background on Askernish? Is it a course today?

http://www.askernishgolfclub.com/askernish_leaflet1.pdf

Ed Tilley

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Re:Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2007, 07:08:15 AM »
Sean,

Sandwich is £65 from the 1 November - it's certainly worth that.

Ed

Rich Goodale

Re:Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2007, 09:07:56 AM »
Mike

Sean's right.  Martin Ebert (of Mackenzie and Ebert) fame is trying to recover an original OTM that apparently lies under the land of the current course.

Sean

I find your rating system droll rather than offensive, except when you blatantly disrespect mud by comparing it to your system's "clarity."

Rich

Joel_Stewart

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Re:Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2007, 09:16:42 AM »
Humerous.  I'm not sure its serious.  Jupiter Hills #10 with St. Andrews #16 followed by world renowned Poipu Bay at #17.

Jim Nugent

Re:Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2007, 12:31:11 PM »
Does anyone know how he bases his ratings?  

Is it a joke, or is it serious?  

Tom_Doak

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Re:Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2007, 03:25:51 PM »
I'm sure there is some kind of formula being used to arrive at the numbers, but I doubt it is a serious formula.

Interesting too, that the courses are mostly in order by their "score", but there are a few which are not ranked correctly ... in fact, there are a handful (Merion and Royal Melbourne included) which had a higher "score" than the #1 ranked course ... but they wouldn't have made anyone notice.

And, even though it's not serious, I will bet anyone who wants to take the action $100 that within a year I can find an advertisement or another article which mentions that Carne, Fancourt, or Poipu Bay were ranked in the top 20 courses in the world.
« Last Edit: June 30, 2007, 03:29:15 PM by Tom_Doak »

Mark Bourgeois

Re:Askernish Old is the World's Greatest Course
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2007, 05:19:46 PM »
"Finally, a ranking that makes sense!" It must be serious because each course has precise score next to it.

Tom D, I thought about it when you only had Carne up there, but then I remembered you mentioning a while ago you had upcoming college expenses. I could see you calling up the pro shop to offer the services of your printer.

Mark

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