[Sean_A]

"Whereas many Open courses have been aesthetic eyesores, with the omni-present rough burnt brown as a hayfield by the summer sun, Olympic (1966 Open), kept green and fresh by the moist air off the Pacific, was a treat." 

It would seem that we are trying to break a trend of at least 45 years and supported by perhaps THE doyen of American golf writers. 

Ciao

[Mac Plumart]

Just in case you are as dumb as I am:

Turgid
1. swollen; distended; tumid.
2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic:

[Mac Plumart]

Brian...agreed.

Back to the OP...

Isn't it weird how we continuely have the same experience, just in different decades/eras?  Whether is be technology, playing conditions, whatever...the same things over and over. 

[Rick Shefchik]

Okay, put me down as a fan of turgid.

I don't always understand what certain celebrated writers are trying to say, but I clearly understood that sentence. Wind's appreciation for the aesthetics of Olympic is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to the Open this year.

Then again, Olympic can look as wild and tough as the USGA wants it, green or not:

[David_Tepper]

Sean -

I think you are reading a little too much into HWH comments. I think his comments were likely just a reaction to his experiences at the US Opens of the prior few years rather than a general  comment on the proper "maintenance meld" for golf courses.

The 1964 US Open at Congressional was brutally hot. I don't know for sure, but I am guessing the 1965 US Open at Bellrive in St. Louis was more than a little warm as well.

As you probably know, the summer weather is San Francisco is very mild. Golf courses are never sun-baked or even sun burnt. Visitors to San Francisco in the summer months are regularly (and pleasantly) surprised with just how cool and refreshing the weather can be.

Rick S. -

It should be noted that the picture of Ben Hogan in the rough on #18 at Olympic is from the 1955 US Open, not the 1966 US Open.

DT

[Rick Shefchik]

Sean -

I think you are reading a little too much into HWH comments. I think his comments were likely just a reaction to his experiences at the US Opens of the prior few years rather than a general  comment on the proper "maintenance meld" for golf courses.

The 1964 US Open at Congressional was brutally hot. I don't know for sure, but I am guessing the 1965 US Open at Bellrive in St. Louis was more than a little warm as well.

As you probably know, the summer weather is San Francisco is very mild. Golf courses are never sun-baked or even sun burnt. Visitors to San Francisco in the summer months are regularly (and pleasantly) surprised with just how cool and refreshing the weather can be.

Rick S. -

It should be noted that the picture of Ben Hogan in the rough on #18 at Olympic is from the 1955 US Open, not the 1966 US Open.

DT

David,

I knew that. Figured everyone else would know that, too.

[David_Tepper]

Rick -

I was pretty sure you did, but others might not have known.

DT

[Joel_Stewart]

Okay, put me down as a fan of turgid.

I don't always understand what certain celebrated writers are trying to say, but I clearly understood that sentence. Wind's appreciation for the aesthetics of Olympic is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to the Open this year.

Then again, Olympic can look as wild and tough as the USGA wants it, green or not:

This photo changed history to a certain extent.  This was 1955 and at the time, the clubs controlled the conditioning and course set up for the US Open.  When the USGA saw this, they took control of the conditioning and set up, starting in 1956.

[Dan Kelly]

That sentence is too long....

You're right.

It's one word too long. Some editor should have deleted "aesthetic." (It's redundant. What other sorts of eyesores are there?)

But other than that, it's unimpeachable.

What is the proper length of a sentence?

How high is the sky?

Dan

P.S., in case my point is lost on the same people who thought that picture of Hogan was from the '66 U.S. Open:

There is nothing wrong with a long sentence, if the long sentence achieves what it set out to achieve.

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