Tommy:
I'll put my mouthpiece and head gear back on the self (well maybe not my mouthpiece
) . . .
The one club challenge is a great way to play a loop of holes . . . take the one Laura and I do at Cuscowilla, up the par 5 14th, down the par 4 10th, the par 3 11th, par 4 12th and end at the par 4 13th green. At sunset with a couple of clubs and a couple of cool beverages it's just about pefect.
George:
Re read one of the first DR posts and the comment was made how it essentially degrades the neighborhood . . . that type of comment lacks all intelligence and is the primary reason for my criticism.
Tom D.:
You're right on about the ground game being different for different people. I also identify as ground game what others may not. Using green contouring for instance and playing away from the hole to get it close to the hole is a perfect example of ground game to me (the most observed by the public is likely the 16th at ANGC and the Redan and Nader approaches are likely the most obvious examples to the treehouse.
Take the front left pin at number 10 at Lost Dunes and the back right pin at number 18 (first time around at number 18 I did it by mistake after cursing a pulled approach into the middle right portion of the green I saw the ball working closer and closer to that back right pin). Using green contours is the best, and most enjoyable way IMO, to work the ball close to the pin.
The middle left pin we played at Yale with Mike S.'s group a couple of months ago was another example of how one can play an approach away from the pin into a green swale (the huge one front right) and work the ball toward the hole even though a more direct option is available.
The most "butt puckering" (to use a Childsism) aerial turned running shot that I've played lately with regularity is the punch wedge I've been playing into the left hand slope of "2 or 20" to get close to back pins there.
While a putt from 30 yards short of the green is always fun . . . I often prefer ground game options that require a combination of a well executed carry, a vivid imagination and a bit of luck thrown in to pull off a shot.
Knock down wedges from under 70 yards into internal green contours or fronting green slopes requires guts, skill, vision and a good bounce or two and are often the most memorable shots for me during the course of a round.