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Sean_A

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British Isles Top 100
« on: December 17, 2004, 06:20:14 AM »
I found this site www.top100golfcourses.co.uk a while back and forgot about it.  They are slowing building up a useful catalogue of information.  In addition, these guys do a unique ranking system.  They also give a punters' rating of up to 6.  It is interesting to see what the punters think compared to the experts.

Ciao

Sean
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Mark_Rowlinson

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Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2004, 12:55:00 PM »
There are actually 253 courses rated.  I know I've said it before but we have some wonderful courses which never make the ranking lists.  The Addington is somewhere beyond 200.  There are rather a lot of Oxfordshires and Hanbury Manors, Carden Parks and Londons too high up the rankings for my taste, but who am I to argue with them?
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BCrosby

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Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2004, 02:59:46 PM »
Sean - How would you translate "punter" into American? I've heard it often and have never been quite sure what sort of baggage the word carries.

Bob
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BCrosby

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Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2004, 03:11:58 PM »
"Punters are the chaps who pay for their pints and green fees!"

Sorry to be so thick-headed, but do you mean as opposed to club members who put it on their tab?




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Marc Haring

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Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2004, 03:13:47 PM »
Punters. A horse racing term wasn't it, anyone that bets on the geegee's.

Hey, my course comes in at joint 253rd.
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Brian_Gracely

Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2004, 03:19:59 PM »
So are you saying that in English terms, comp'd raters are considered experts?
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Marc Haring

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Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2004, 03:49:00 PM »
Sean
Nothing so famous I'm afraid. I am course manager at Cumberwell Park in Wilts.

As for that hants hampshire quandary.............Pass.
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BCrosby

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Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2004, 04:10:27 PM »
Sean -

Let me ask the question a different way. If I were playing Cumberwell Park, how would I be able to spot the punters?

Or is it the case that if you are looking for punters, you won't find them? ;)

Bob
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Marc Haring

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Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2004, 04:39:49 PM »
Anyone that parts with their dosh/hardearned/wedge, is a punter.
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Mark_F

Re:British Isles Top 100
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2004, 09:45:40 PM »
BCrosby,

I think our British friends are 'taking the piss'.

'Punter' is simply a slang term for people/fans/customers, whether they pay or not, although generally it does refer to paying customers.  

In Sean's case, as in comparing punters to experts, I believe he is simply referring to you and I, the 'ordinary' everyday folk, whereas the 'experts' are magazine raters.

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