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Steve_ Shaffer

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Quiz
« on: June 23, 2006, 07:02:15 AM »
Who said this and do you think he'll be invited to play Shinnecock again?

“Shinnecock is a nice, solid course,” he said. “But I do feel Winged Foot is the crown jewel of New York courses.”
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TEPaul

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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2006, 07:09:30 AM »
Could it have been Tillinghast's biographer, Phil the Author?

If so, I wonder if he might consider changing his opinion of Shinnecock if an old magazine advertisement could be found from Tillinghast claiming he also designed Flynn's Shinnecock----as Tillie did with Flynn's Cascades?  ;)
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JESII

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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2006, 07:09:37 AM »
Matt Ward?
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wsmorrison

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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2006, 07:17:30 AM »
Mike Malone  ;D  Honestly, I can see why a small segment of the population would see it that way but I don't know anyone who would make such a claim.  A member of both Winged Foot and NGLA?

That's a good one, Tom.  You got me to chuckle early this morning.

Sully,  I think Matt Ward and I agree on one thing, and that is how great Shinnecock Hills is.  I think it is his favorite American course.  Of course, if it were in Pennsylvania, he wouldn't think as highly of it being the jingoist he is for all things New (Jersey and York that is).

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Steve_ Shaffer

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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2006, 08:19:20 AM »
Hint:

The person who made this statement is a golf course architect.
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JESII

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Re:Quiz
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2006, 08:48:26 AM »
Wayne,

I was just throwing out a needle, all in good fun.


Steve,

Rees Jones?
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Sean Remington (SBR)

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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2006, 08:52:19 AM »
 Was it Jack?
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Dan Kelly

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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2006, 08:59:41 AM »
Quote from: Steve_ Shaffer on June 23, 2006, 08:19:20 AM
Hint:

The person who made this statement is a golf course architect.

Hint No. 2:

Is he still alive?
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Steve_ Shaffer

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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2006, 09:01:38 AM »
Yes,he's still alive and no, none of the aforementioned.

Have fun with this. I'll be away from computer access for most of today.
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Jordan Wall

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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2006, 09:38:18 AM »
It would probably be Donald Trump.

He LOVES WF.
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wsmorrison

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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2006, 10:18:43 AM »
I think Jordan nailed it.  Given his membership there, it sounds very much like something The Donald would say.
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cary lichtenstein

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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2006, 10:25:42 AM »
Donald Trump is my guess
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JESII

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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2006, 10:27:10 AM »
Does anyone other than The Donald consider The Donald a Golf Course Architect?
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wsmorrison

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« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2006, 10:33:08 AM »
Sully,
I wouldn't, but he sure might.  The Donald probably said it, but I guess I stand corrected and Steve is referring to somebody else.  I didn't see his later clue.  I'd sure like to know what architect thinks that SHGC is but a "nice, solid course" and WF the crown jewel.  Maybe AW Tillinghast IV  ;)
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Tommy_Naccarato

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« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2006, 10:33:12 AM »
Sully,
Bite your tongue! The Donald has in fact masterfully crafted some amazing architecture right here in Palos Verdes. Yes, some of it's prevously fallen down a cliff into the deep blue waters of the Pacific, but Donald has since saved this proceless gem.

Here is another one that is completely dillusional. Don't get me wrong, I love Winged Foot, but this similar statement, well you read it and tell me.

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“Shinnecock just doesn’t have the history or quality of this golf course,” said member Buck French, a former partner at J.P. Morgan. “Winged Foot is the top New York course, maybe even the world. It’s the Yankee Stadium of courses.”
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john_stiles

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« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2006, 10:47:29 AM »
Is it someone who nows lives in northern California ?
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JohnV

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« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2006, 10:48:37 AM »
I smell something.  A rat? Cheese? An architect?  Sure is stinky.
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JESII

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« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2006, 10:50:08 AM »
Tommy,

I too would defend Winged Foot against any criticism. I simply love the place. But Shinnecock is Shinnecock.


"Priceless gem". Words to remember. Beautiful.
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TEPaul

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« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2006, 10:59:11 AM »
"Quote:
“Shinnecock just doesn’t have the history or quality of this golf course,” said member Buck French, a former partner at J.P. Morgan. “Winged Foot is the top New York course, maybe even the world. It’s the Yankee Stadium of courses.”
 
Hey, fellas, this kind of thing is just the "Big World" theory in effect. Live with it.  ;)

It can get a whole lot more dramatic than that quote. The point is there're people out there with all kinds of different tastes and there should be architecture out there to accomodate those differing tastes. And in America there should be architecture out there that accomodates people with really bad taste----God knows we have plenty of bad taste in America to accomodate.

Do not even attempt to deny that truism. As long as Las Vegas is a reality there's no way in hell any American can deny that plenty of Americans have the worst taste in the history of the Universe.

Matter of fact, if we ever did catch Osama Bin Laden the worse conceivable punishment we could inflict on the man is not to blow his brains out but to put him in a cage and suspend it in one of Las Vegas's most garrish casinos. That would definitely totally fry that evil cat's ass and fulfill his worst nightmares.

I mean, you want to talk garrish!? Did you know that Las Vegas is so garrish that Lucky Luciano put out a hit on Bugsy Segal for creating the place.   ;)
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rjsimper

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« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2006, 11:04:59 AM »
Nah - Trump would never have said anything was the crown jewel of NY golf without including Bedminster in the same statement.

I'm putting my money on the man of the moment, Geoff Ogilvy
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Michael Moore

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Re:Quiz
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2006, 11:31:20 AM »
Robert Trent Jones, Jr. said that.

The context was an "us vs. them, this vs. that, nyah nyah nyah the USGA burned up your couse, we're better, no we're better" article in the gossipy New York Observer.

There was a link to this on geoffshackelford.com. I love that site and consider it in the top ten of golf websites. But I do get tired of seeing regurgitated shackelford.com material on this site.

Maybe Winged Foot is the crown jewel of metro NY.

So what?




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Garland Bayley

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« Reply #21 on: June 23, 2006, 11:35:12 AM »
Yeah,

RTJ Jr. loves those airport landing strip tees at WFW. Sorry Jr. IMO you got this one wrong.
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Tony_Chapman

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Re:Quiz
« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2006, 06:09:11 PM »
One of the funniest things I have ever read was in Shackelford's Grounds for Golf book. He has a quote in there from Snead that goes, "Hey Trent, you'll love this hole. You stand on the tee and drop the ball over your shoulder."

Funny.
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