Watching Lytham on TV right now
certainly doesn't need replacing in the rota.
The announcers perhaps do though
20 seconds in Lanny Wadkins say it's in as good a condition as it's ever been
"It's as green as I've ever seen it"
He should have seen St Annes Old Links down the street on Monday-fiery and what I would decribe as perfectly "unconditioned"
additionally 23 mph sustained with gusts considerably higher on Monday.
One minute later Peter Jacobsen "I like Lytham because"...wait for it..."it's all out i front of you"
and his constant references to "true links" because 9 is the furthest point from the clubhouse (I guess Palmetto and Augusta CC where I grew up are "true links"
Now they just mentioned "tough conditions" -it's 89 degrees and there's barely a breath of wind(edit-12mph as the storm is approaching). The course is obviously tough as scores aren't crazy low, but more in an indoor sort've way via tough rough(point and shoot), not linksy weather or fiery fairways (gave up on fiery greens years ago and now they control fway irrigation)
Very difficult to se how the rank and file fan will ever get it with knucklehead comments like that being the norm.
mute button applied-just as the lightning horn goes off-how ironic on a variety of fronts.
As an aside-my son's and mine golf clubs were lost via the airlines late last week and we stopped in at Royal Lytham to buy some hats/stuff and Simon Avery, a professional there hooked us up with clubs so my son could at least enjoy his time there before he caddied for me on the weekend and Monday. His clubs never showed and he used the borrowed clubs Thursday and Friday-I played 9 holes Thursday with the borrowed clubs but thankfully mine arrived by Friday afternoon,.
Shout out to Simon-great hospitality and a great course.
Would've like to have been playing but they took 12 qualifiers from St. Annes(actually a lot)....not 58