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cary lichtenstein

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Re: I hope the USGA watched that
« Reply #25 on: July 18, 2016, 04:00:31 PM »
The USGA doesn't realize that torturing the players also tortures the viewers
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Live Jupiter, Fl, was  4 handicap, played top 100 US, top 75 World. Great memories, no longer play, 4 back surgeries. I don't miss a lot of things about golf, life is simpler with out it. I miss my 60 degree wedge shots, don't miss nasty weather, icing, back spasms. Last course I played was Augusta

Sam Andrews

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Re: I hope the USGA watched that
« Reply #26 on: July 20, 2016, 02:16:01 PM »
Quote from: Ryan Coles on July 18, 2016, 08:27:39 AM
I think the Open presentation ceremony is the best in all of sport.

The USGA has really embarrassed itself with their last couple. 

I think the course was softer than anyone would like, but it's been wetter than anyone would like. The R&A have got it wrong a couple of times in the last 20 years, or at least they've not had oversight of a couple of greenkeepers but they still allow the conditions to dictate the winning score, rather than trying to impose a par score in flat calm, dry and sunny conditions which seems to be the aim of the USGA.

A final word on ticket prices, I think they should look closely at them. £80 for a day ticket before anything else is probably  on the high side, even if under 16's do get in for free. Make it £60 and I think they get more in, better atmosphere and the same financial result.


Ryan,
Pay price for a day ticket on Thursday was £60. Was it £80 at the weekend?
Sam
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jeffwarne

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Re: I hope the USGA watched that
« Reply #27 on: July 20, 2016, 03:13:09 PM »
Quote from: Ran Morrissett on July 17, 2016, 09:32:26 PM

Best yet, the number of times I heard the R & A mentioned was few and far between. It was man against course & nature, as it should be.


Nuff said...for now
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Carson Pilcher

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Re: I hope the USGA watched that
« Reply #28 on: July 20, 2016, 03:37:13 PM »
This may have been mentioned, but I also liked how there was a ruling during the telecast.  They asked a R&A rules official his interpretation.  They viewed the video, and then they asked him if the ruling could be revisited later after the video reviewed.  He bluntly stated, "NO, the ruling is complete".  They pushed him again, and he said that the ruling was over and would not be revisited.


Did anyone notice how classy the awards ceremony was? :-)
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Tim_Cronin

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Re: I hope the USGA watched that
« Reply #29 on: July 20, 2016, 11:07:16 PM »
Ran, exactly right.


There are two great pitch-perfect awards presentations in sports, in no particular order: the Stanley Cup and the Open Championship. Everything else comes off as clunky.
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Josh Stevens

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Re: I hope the USGA watched that
« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2016, 07:03:05 AM »
But is that not an example of everything that separates UK and US golf - trying too hard?

How many amazing UK clubs have you visited that have clubhouses that, were they in the US, would not be deemed sufficiently luxurious to house the mowers and machinery, let alone the members.
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