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Jason Thurman

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Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« on: July 11, 2017, 10:00:45 AM »
My wife is a better woman than I deserve. Two weeks ago, she started asking me what my favorite golf holes were. It was confusing, given that she hates golf. I mean, she's glad that I play and get the hell out of the house once in a while. And she's quite a fan of one club in her hometown. But it was pretty odd for her to spark a conversation with me about golf, and even weirder when she started looking up pictures of every hole I mentioned.


I told her I loved holes like 5 at Crystal Downs, 13 at The Prairie Club - Dunes, and 8 at Prairie Dunes, but she still wanted more. So then I named a few holes I hadn't played, like 13 at Augusta and 16 at Cypress Point, but she still wasn't satisfied. I mentioned a few other holes, and she told me she had what she needed.


Two days later, I flew to Boston to win a bunch of money in the Blue Hill Member-Guest. I flew home the evening before my birthday, and found this on the kitchen island (the bag, pin, and ball are not to scale):





Name the hole!
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Brian Finn

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2017, 10:06:48 AM »
#10 at Pebble Beach
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Emil Weber

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2017, 10:12:09 AM »
Damn, not quick enough. What a great birthday present, have a good one!
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John Kavanaugh

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2017, 10:14:20 AM »
Are those candies or real pebbles...and what's with the Gillette Mach III razor?, or don't I want to know.
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BHoover

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2017, 10:26:56 AM »
Why is there rough between the green and the back bunker? Is it attributable to poor maint practices or poor design?
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Mark_Rowlinson

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2017, 12:28:38 PM »
I see that next year it will be Sandwich.
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Sam Andrews

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2017, 12:33:31 PM »
Or something on Rye...
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Jason Thurman

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2017, 12:37:21 PM »
Quote from: Brian Finn on July 11, 2017, 10:06:48 AM
#10 at Pebble Beach


So, technically, I told her 9. But I don't think the cake baker knew which was which. They clearly picked 10 despite a 9 being on the flag.


The rocks are candy, and they are delicious.


Quote from: Brian Hoover on July 11, 2017, 10:26:56 AM
Why is there rough between the green and the back bunker? Is it attributable to poor maint practices or poor design?


I think whenever you talk about Pebble Beach on GCA, the 3x5 card answer to the question "Is it attributable to poor main practices or poor design?" is "Yes."


So obviously the holes that I named originally wouldn't have fit very well on a traditionally-shaped cake, whether round or rectangular or square or whatever. It's hard to imagine 5 at Crystal Downs as a baked good of any kind, and 13 at Augusta would make a better croissant than cake.


What holes would make the best cake holes? 9 and 10 at Pebble both have to be way up there, right? Excellent, fairly straight holes that work nicely on a rectangular cake. 17 at Sawgrass could work in many cake configurations, but it's debatable how great a hole it is. My wife certainly wouldn't have commissioned a cake in its image. What else would work well?
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Emil Weber

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2017, 01:42:40 PM »
Jason, I initially thought it might be #4 at Pacific Dunes, but not sure either if that would be great enough. Haven't played it ;)
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Tom Allen

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2017, 03:22:11 PM »
What a cool idea!  Nice work, too!
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Ira Fishman

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2017, 03:34:31 PM »
My wife loves golf more than she loves me so the best I can do is pretend that a cupcake with a candle is a Volcano hole.


Ira
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Keith Grande

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2017, 04:19:37 PM »
I'm partial to Ballybunion #11, a green with two dunes in front...
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Ronald Montesano

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2017, 04:21:30 PM »
As with mowing lines, everything is resolved through the use of fondant.
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Ryan Hillenbrand

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Re: Name That Hole - Cake Edition
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2017, 05:29:23 PM »
She obviously went for the post - U.S. Open version when the USGA went on the low watering kick
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