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mike_malone

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Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« on: February 02, 2018, 08:18:18 PM »
 Truly sick I know. 
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John Kavanaugh

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Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2018, 08:44:49 PM »
Funny, I'm watching The Imitation Game and was thinking he must post on GCA.
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Tom_Doak

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Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2018, 10:14:03 PM »
Luckily, they kept the battle on the Dunkirk side and never had to fight over Deal and Prince's.
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Blake Conant

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Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2018, 12:04:04 AM »

I saved this photo a few years ago because it made me think of golf. I think it's land in France that was disturbed by bombings from WWII.



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Clyde Johnson

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Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2018, 04:53:00 AM »
Quote from: Blake Conant on February 03, 2018, 12:04:04 AM

I saved this photo a few years ago because it made me think of golf. I think it's land in France that was disturbed by bombings from WWII.



I'll let you do the shaping on that one... :o !!!
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Mark_Rowlinson

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Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2018, 06:27:16 AM »
There are some fine dunes around Omaha Beach.
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Mike Sweeney

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Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2018, 06:42:48 AM »
Quote from: John Kavanaugh on February 02, 2018, 08:44:49 PM
Funny, I'm watching The Imitation Game and was thinking he must post on GCA.


Not that there is anything wrong with that!


It is mostly folklore about Hitler, but there is a very very slight chance that golf caused WWII:


"In Derek Holden’s history of the tournament, Adolf, Arnold & Tommy: Golf and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, news of England’s comeback reportedly cut deep. “Hitler was furious,” Holden writes, “ordering his chauffeur to turn the car round and take him back to Berlin, leaving Karl Henkell to present the trophy.”

http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/hitler-invitational-inside-adolf-hitlers-1936-golf-tournament
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"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us."

Dr. Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

David_Tepper

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Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2018, 11:03:08 AM »
Mike S. -
 
Thanks for the link to that article. I played Hesketh in 1985, but missed my chance to "water" the Hitler tree. ;)

DT
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2018, 11:58:54 AM »
Interesting.
On the one hand, one of the very best westerns ever made, John Ford's "The Searchers", was filmed in Colorado. And then we got Ballyneal.
On the other hand, I have to admit I'm a little sad that several golf developers once saw "Lawrence of Arabia"....
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Kalen Braley

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Re: Watching Dunkirk and I say” nice place for a golf course”.
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2018, 05:43:09 PM »
Quote from: Clyde Johnson on February 03, 2018, 04:53:00 AM
Quote from: Blake Conant on February 03, 2018, 12:04:04 AM

I saved this photo a few years ago because it made me think of golf. I think it's land in France that was disturbed by bombings from WWII.



I'll let you do the shaping on that one... :o !!!


No Shaping needed, add a few bunkers, mow the grass and you're good to go!!
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