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Garland Bayley

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Best laid plans oft go astray. (No US Open for Portland)
« on: October 13, 2011, 02:39:24 PM »
"Contemplated alterations would have reduced the course's par to 70 and increased its maximum length from 6,950 yards to about 7,200 yards."

“But realistically, that was about as long as we could make it,” Davis said. “We were sort of dropped out of the loop when the USGA decided that it wanted 7,500 yards.”

http://www.thepnga.org/sites/courses/layout9.asp?id=521&page=26704&newsID=250
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Michael Moore

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Re: Best laid plans oft go astray.
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2011, 03:12:51 PM »
On the one hand Gay Davis says "cool off the ball" and on the other hand he says he "became aware of the games's coming evolution" by watching a young, flexible, athletic, obsessed golfer using a wound ball in 1996.
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Rob Rigg

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Re: Best laid plans oft go astray. (No US Open for Portland)
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2011, 03:33:32 AM »
Their timing was brutal in terms of construction - right before distance started to ramp up significantly.

They have created a "combined" course with holes from Ghost and Witch that could stretch out to something like 7,500 yards - can't remember if par was 70 or 71. Probably 13ish holes from Ghost and the balance from Witch. Would be quite formidable and incorporates most of the better holes on both courses.

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Bill_McBride

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Re: Best laid plans oft go astray. (No US Open for Portland)
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2011, 07:28:35 AM »
Quote from: Rob Rigg on October 14, 2011, 03:33:32 AM
Their timing was brutal in terms of construction - right before distance started to ramp up significantly.

They have created a "combined" course with holes from Ghost and Witch that could stretch out to something like 7,500 yards - can't remember if par was 70 or 71. Probably 13ish holes from Ghost and the balance from Witch. Would be quite formidable and incorporates most of the better holes on both courses.



Assume in the composite course #18 Witch Hollow becomes a parking lot.  Serves it right.   ;D
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jeffwarne

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Re: Best laid plans oft go astray.
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2011, 09:24:01 AM »
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Quote from: Michael Moore on October 13, 2011, 03:12:51 PM
On the one hand Gay Davis says "cool off the ball" and on the other hand he says he "became aware of the games's coming evolution" by watching a young, flexible, athletic, obsessed golfer using a wound ball in 1996.

That young flexible athlete has nothing on the usga
Heck. They can run an entire organization with their heads buried in the sand.
Now that's flexibility.
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