GOLF

The landscape

linley — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:30:26 +0000

Frank Thomas wrote an interesting article a while back in the NY Times. http://www.franklygolf.com/nyt_april06.asp

The article suggests ways overcome the longer distances that the balls are travelling. Oddly enough he suggests that it is better to leave the balls where they are and address the issue from a variety of other angles (I suggest reading the article in its entirety, follow the link above.)

But I find this to be a strange series of proposals. Let me set the scenario. 25 years ago, I went to a 400 yd par 4, where a 250 yd drive and a 7 iron to the green. This, I assume was the design of the golf architect. Now I can attack that hole with a 290 yd drive and a sand/attack wedge. Obviously, to maintain the integrity of the course, the golf course architect needs to extend the course 40 yds, so that the hole will play the way he envisioned it. The fundamental question is,”Why should we change the course to accomodate the ball manufacturers?” But I think there is another issue as well, most of these pundits claim that the so-called “average” golfer does not benefit from this advanced ball technology. If that is the case, then why bother having it there at all? If it is a sales and marketing ploy, then who cares? Let us bring the game back to all the beautiful golf courses and NOT have to re-work golf courses because of the manufacturers.

The Ball flies too far !

linley — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:30:59 +0000

I will be addressing this issue over the next few posts.

Hello world!

linley — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:20:03 +0000

When Tiger Woods burst onto the scene he simply said “Hello World.” It signified a momentous day in retrospect. To those of us with a computer programming background, “hello world” is typically the first program we write in any language in order to understand the very basic concepts. So in either case, I present “Hello World” – it may be momentous but it is my first round with WordPress, hopefully it will help me understand the basic concepts

I have decided to put some of my thoughts on golf onto this Blog site. I have another blog on MSN spaces which I use for giving accounts of my golf rounds. But this site will be devoted to thoughts on the world of golf. I hope it helps bring some clarity and insight into the game we love so much.

Regards,