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Carlyle Rood

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FINAL FORE (tm) - World's Greatest Golf Architecture Book BY AN ARCHITECT
« on: November 07, 2003, 12:07:04 AM »
Round Two is complete and the ballots have been tabulated.  Three of the top four seeds have reached the Final Fore (tm), with one notable exception: Tom Doak (#7) has upset Charles Blaire Macdonald (#2).

Of course, if Macdonald were alive today, he would dispute the legitimacy of GCA as a golf architecture body, he would denounce the results, form his own website, create a new poll, and then ultimately declare himself the first champion.

NOW THE SEMIFINALS BEGIN!  The Final Fore (tm) will match the following:

Dr. Alister Mackenzie (#1) vs. George C. Thomas, Jr. (#4)
Tom Doak (#7) vs. Robert Hunter (#3)

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George Pazin

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Re:FINAL FORE (tm) - World's Greatest Golf Architecture Book BY AN ARCHITECT
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2003, 09:05:07 AM »
Tom & George in the finals for me, with George winning by just a bit.
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THuckaby2

Re:FINAL FORE (tm) - World's Greatest Golf Architecture Book BY AN ARCHITECT
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2003, 09:28:43 AM »
The soul of golf shrieks at CBMac's defeat.  I doubt even Doak himself would put his book over this all-time classic.

 :'( :'( :'(

So now that this is completely ruined, I'm basing my votes on NAME only, as Mr. Pazin obviously has done.

George C. THOMAS v. TOM Doak in the semis, then whoever wins that matters not to me, as a studly name takes it either way.

Thomas Huckaby
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Allan Long

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Re:FINAL FORE (tm) - World's Greatest Golf Architecture Book BY AN ARCHITECT
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2003, 09:40:07 AM »
(No question) Doak vs. (please don't make me pick) Thomas. May this not stop me from ever getting on Crystal Downs. ;)
Sorry Doc.
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Carlyle Rood

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Re:FINAL FORE (tm) - World's Greatest Golf Architecture Book BY AN ARCHITECT
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2003, 12:50:01 PM »
I wonder if I overseeded "Scotland's Gift" and "The Spirit of St. Andrews."  I definitely underseeded "The Anatomy of Golf."  I intended to seed it #5, but pulled an "NCAA" so that I could match Doak (student) and Dye (mentor) in the first round.
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Norbert P

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Re:FINAL FORE (tm) - World's Greatest Golf Architecture Book BY AN ARCHITECT
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2003, 01:01:23 PM »
 For what it worth, I'd like to enter a "write in" vote for  Tom Simpson and H. Wethered for The Architectural Side of Golf.



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Carlyle Rood

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Re:FINAL FORE (tm) - World's Greatest Golf Architecture Book BY AN ARCHITECT
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2003, 02:24:27 PM »
Quote from: Slag__Bandoon on November 07, 2003, 01:01:23 PM
For what it worth, I'd like to enter a "write in" vote for  Tom Simpson and H. Wethered for The Architectural Side of Golf.

No problem.  Your write-in has been entered.  It's now seeded #17 and has officially lost in the first round.  Thanks for playing.   ;D

The problem with your suggestion is that it lends credibility to this contest.  Per the contest rules, this exercise is intended to be "unreliable, unscientific, and unfair."  Please try to stay in the spirit of the game.
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JNC Lyon

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Re:FINAL FORE (tm) - World's Greatest Golf Architecture Book BY AN ARCHITECT
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2003, 08:01:05 PM »
Who can argue against the classic: The Links. One of the first, and maybe the best, of the "how-to" books, the text is similar to that of Anatomy, but it is the illustration that gives it the win.
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