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Pastimes : Golf! A thread for the hopelessly addicted! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TH who wrote (1431)	5/23/2000 10:15:00 AM
From: TH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 43979

Random thoughts part two, Played two well respected courses this past weekend. One is my all time favorite and if you ever get to the lower Northwest part of Michigan then you should play it. St. Ives and its not to be missed. stivesgolf.com But my point is...what a pleasure to play a course that is perfect. 18 greens that rolled em EXACTLY the same. So I started thinking (I know I should not do this, but it just happens anyway). I wonder how they do this at the good courses. Does anyone know? Do they stimp each one and then have specific mowing instructions for each green to balance the different light and rain each might get? Or do they just use a blend of grass that when cut to a given level will yield a specific value? I want to understand so when I complain about my local course I can be informed. Anyway, I putted like a man possessed. Do you ever play with someone who you know is never going to get better? I play about twice a year with a group of friends who play just like they did five years ago. I find it interesting because I see some of my old ways of thinking when I watch them. Simple stuff too. We played a course designed by PGA player Dan Pohl. The bottom line was one of the dudes I played with could not understand the rough, and it was only about 2.5 to 3 inches. I told him that I think Dan wants to reward you for keeping it in the fairway. He didn't have a clue as to what I was trying to say. Have a good one all and lets hope for some sun this weekend, where ever you are. TH

To: TH who wrote (1431)	5/24/2000 5:38:00 PM
From: KFE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 43979

Thurston, KFE, anymore thought on how to set up the US Open contest? Probably will be the same as it has been. Even with the top five rated players restricted many of the picks are very similar. Thinking of requiring one pick from a player not in the top ten or maybe even the top twenty. There will be only one entry per SI account... I could see that getting out of control. I will post rules about one week before tournament. Any comments welcome. Beautiful day today and I had an 8:30 tee time on the Black course but it was closed for the day because of rain during the night. If it even smells like rain they close the course. Three more new tees were added over the winter (two more to come) probably because of Tiger Woods. Course can now be stretched to about 7500 yards. Many more trees were also cut down over the winter to make the course look prettier on TV, something I don't agree with. USGA pouring a lot of money into course and it shows. Have a tee time on Black again tomorrow morning and hoping it doesn't rain tonight. Regards, Ken