KPIV Pics From The Grillroom

[Evan Fleisher]

Just a few other pics I had taken, post round celebrations for Ace McBride's incredible feat as well as the handing over of the trophy to the winning side...

"Ace" consumes his just rewards


Full table shot #1


Full table shot #2


The proud captain accepts his prize

[Brent Hutto]

Full table shot #2

I think this picture sums up my non-contribution to the ultimately winning cause. I'm sitting across from Mr. Huntley thinking "All I needed was that stinking three-footer on eighteen to finally win half a point from this guy". I'm glad my RotW bretheren were able to retain the putter with no points from your truly.

[Tommy_Naccarato]

I think I missed a really good time.

[Mike Benham]

I believe this scene was staged and not historically correct.  Since the overall points were tied, the South retain the King's Putter and there is no need for the North to hand over the putter to the South.

It is, obviously, just another opportunity for that devilishly handsome Mr. Huckaby to be photographed ...

[Mike Benham]

A few more pics ...

I hasn't been mentioned much but Stevinson Ranch features large areas of fringe around the greens similar to Rustic Canyon where the putter can be used liberally.



What has been mentioned is that there is heavy rough around the greens and in some grass bunkers that are almost unplayable.  Here is a photo of the 15th green that has a shelf right of the green, about 3 feet below green level that is closely mown.  An interesting feature ...





The sweet swing of Joe Perches ...



And in a moment of foreshadowing (or is that nightshadowing), Evan is practicing his Cup winning chip with Mr. Goldman and Fortson ...

[Evan Fleisher]

I'll vote for foreshadowing...  

[ed_getka]

The grass in the bunkers is not normally that nasty, but given the heavy spring/winter rains the course is not in its normal maintenance mode. Under usual conditions, no one would have noticed the grass bunkers, other than to note that there is grass instead of sand.
  I find the expanded aprons that have only fractionally longer grass than the greens make distances harder to gauge, and they introduce an element of doubt.

[Brent Hutto]

I find the expanded aprons that have only fractionally longer grass than the greens make distances harder to gauge, and they introduce an element of doubt.

Ed,

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I guess ultimately it becomes a form of local knowledge. To me, the difference in the speed the ball rolls and the way in which chip and pitch shots react on the fringe versus green was just enough to require careful visualization. That came at the cost of not really being able to tell where the edge of the actual putting surface was until you were within 40-50 yards of it.

Question. Were the chipping areas the same grass as the greens or same as the fairways? They seemed the same as the greens to me with only the cutting height different.