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Tom_Doak

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Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« on: December 01, 2011, 08:39:44 PM »
The results should be announced tomorrow.  First person to guess all 8 correctly wins a free trip to Rio!  [You wish!]
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Tim Nugent

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 08:48:56 PM »
Well at least we will know who has a top 8 ego.  What's the over/under on golf pro designers?
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Jim Colton

Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2011, 09:00:21 PM »
Jack/Annika
Norman/Ochoa
Renaissance
Fazio
Dye
RTJ Jr
Gary Player
Nick Faldo
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Sam Morrow

Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2011, 09:03:04 PM »
Eduardo Romero
Doak
Nicklaus
Norman
Faldo
Dye
Rees Jones
Tom Fazio
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Tim Bert

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2011, 09:03:24 PM »
8 finalists?!? Seems like a large number.

I will go with:
Doak
Nicklaus
Coord/Crenshaw
RTJ II
Norman
Fazio
Schmidt - Curley (is that who is doing all the Mission Hills stuff?)
Some Brazilian guy whose name I've never heard
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2011, 09:04:04 PM »

Jack/Annika
Coore and Crenshaw
Renaissance
Fazio
Dye
RTJ Jr
Gil Hanse
Nick Faldo
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Michael Goldstein

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2011, 09:07:18 PM »
Jack/Annika
Norman/Ochoa
Renaissance
Dye
RTJ Jr
Rees Jones
Faldo
Thomson/Perret
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Mark Saltzman

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2011, 09:07:41 PM »
Nicklaus
RTJ Jr.
Tom Fazio
Player
Norman
Faldo
Doak
Coore/Crenshaw
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2011, 09:10:02 PM »
Tom - you gotta give Jim Colton something for that (first) and excellent effort!  And something to Tim for trying to sneak in "some Brazilian guy" as one of his picks.  Tough competition no matter how you slice it.  I'd assume that at least a few of the contenders would be right now cozying up to "the client" to try to figure out his tastes/expectations, except who the heck knows who the "client" really is?
Peter
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PCCraig

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2011, 09:13:01 PM »
Rees Jones
RTJ Jr
Jack N
Fazio
Pete Dye
Norman
Art Vandelay
Doak
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2011, 09:15:11 PM »
It's a bit bizarre how quickly all of this is going down, actually.

8 finalists from how many proposals received, assessed over how many weeks... by who?
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jeffwarne

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2011, 09:28:04 PM »
Quote from: Jeff_Mingay on December 01, 2011, 09:15:11 PM
It's a bit bizarre how quickly all of this is going down, actually.

8 finalists from how many proposals received, assessed over how many weeks... by who?

Isn't it obvious who's assessing?

"Some Brazillian guy whose name I've never heard" ;D ;D
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Mark Johnson

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2011, 09:32:26 PM »
I think that is an accurate assessment.  I would expect at least 2 "non-traditional" candidates.

I put the over/under on Americans out of the 8 at 5.5.
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2011, 09:39:12 PM »
Jeff - my guess is that it's more like "three Brazilians you've never heard of, a couple of wealthy Belgians, a powerful Asian contingent or two, the requisite dim-witted brother-in-law, and someone's former mistress".  Of course, no one is ever gonna tell you that, but....
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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2011, 09:42:18 PM »
You guys are so far off the mark...they are

Flemma
Moriarty
MacWood
Paul
Mucci
Nacarato
Papazian

and some Brazilian guy we've never heard of...named Melvyn...voila!
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Patrick_Mucci

Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2011, 10:15:40 PM »
Quote from: Tom_Doak on December 01, 2011, 08:39:44 PM
The results should be announced tomorrow.  First person to guess all 8 correctly wins a free trip to Rio!  [You wish!]

Tom,

I'd guess that you, Rees, C&C, Fazio are amongst the group. 
As to the other three ......

RTJ II and Nicklaus and ............

Can I get a companion ticket to Rio, or do I have to meet one in Rio ?
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Scott Warren

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2011, 10:23:07 PM »
I'm guessing RGD wins the bid, but is then subsequently disqualified after organizers discover that after Tom told us on Oct. 18:

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I won't be able to say anything more about this process, for a long while.  I've just received the first official communique -- it's a Deed of Non-Disclosure, which forbids any of the candidate architects to say anything about the process until December 31, 2016!

He then revealed on Nov. 27:

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One of the criteria for the Olympic course is that it has to be designed in two loops of nine holes.  [I believe the PGA Tour Design Services wrote the list of criteria.]
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Matthew Sander

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2011, 10:29:05 PM »
Pat C.,

AV - a real renaissance man...I thought he was an importer/exporter...
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Ian Andrew

Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2011, 10:49:45 PM »
1. Nick Faldo - Europe
2. European Golf Design - Europe
3. Ernie Ells - Africa
4. Jack Nicklaus - North America
5. Robert Trent Jones Jr. - North America
6. Thomson Perret - Australia
7. Dan Blackenship - South America
8. Takeshi Sato - Asia

That's my guess.
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RJ_Daley

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2011, 10:53:51 PM »
Oh, what the heck, let's have some fun.  
1. Ted Robinson
2.  Damian 666
3.  John Harbottle
4.  Johnny Miller
5.   Gary Baird
6.   Robert Graves
7.   Schmidt-Curley
8    RTJjr

bonus picks
Robin Nelson, Mike Peollot, Kyle Philips, Bruce Charlton.



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Tim Bert

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2011, 11:29:15 PM »
I think they should have each of the 8 finalists design two holes on the course and then require that the remaining two holes be concensus designs. That would be more entertaining than the Olympic golf scheduled to be played on the course.
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Emile Bonfiglio

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2011, 11:50:08 PM »
Quote from: Tim Bert on December 01, 2011, 11:29:15 PM
I think they should have each of the 8 finalists design two holes on the course and then require that the remaining two holes be concensus designs. That would be more entertaining than the Olympic golf scheduled to be played on the course.

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Howard Riefs

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2011, 12:17:36 AM »
Quote from: P. Craig on December 01, 2011, 09:13:01 PM
Rees Jones
RTJ Jr
Jack N
Fazio
Pete Dye
Norman
Art Vandelay
Doak

Do you really want a laytex salesman designing an Olympic golf course?

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Sam Morrow

Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2011, 01:10:08 AM »
Quote from: Howard Riefs on December 02, 2011, 12:17:36 AM
Quote from: P. Craig on December 01, 2011, 09:13:01 PM
Rees Jones
RTJ Jr
Jack N
Fazio
Pete Dye
Norman
Art Vandelay
Doak

Do you really want a laytex salesman designing an Olympic golf course?




He was also a marine biologist, importer/exporter and in the end a judge.
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Brad Tufts

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Re: Guess The 8 Finalists for the Olympic Design Job
« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2011, 01:10:48 AM »
Craig, Callahan, Broten, McClanahan, Johnson, Morrow, Silk, Eruzione.

Might be up there amongst the eightsomes mentioned in free golf and free beers experienced!!
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