Comments on: We knew it was coming – the 8,000+ yard tournament course

By: Charlena

Charlena — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:12:25 +0000

Very good post, thanks!

By: Taylor Anderson

Taylor Anderson — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:49:15 +0000

Rob, certainly the cost of golf prohibits many from the game. However, $100 golf is still the exception. It won’t be if courses are stretched to over 8,000 yards in length. It adds hugely to the cost – from maintenance costs to land costs – and that all goes towards the green fee,

By: Rob McCance

Rob McCance — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:13:48 +0000

You hear about the widening gap between what an amateur and a PRO can do with high end equipment.

Add to that 8,000yd courses and now the amateur has NO relation to what they see the PROs doing on TV.

Maybe it doesn’t matter. What amateur can play tennis like a PRO, or run like a olympic athlete, or throw a baseball 100mph?

If you want to find a problem with the “state” of golf try this: a $100 golf round is out of reach for the masses.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:33:03 +0000

And my private message Board??!!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:32:30 +0000

Where is the forum and how do I get to the campfire???

By: Taylor Anderson

Taylor Anderson — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:06:34 +0000

Jason, I disagree on the rough. I don’t care what a winning score is as long as the golf course is a strategic test. Rough makes a course penal – and boring. The U groove debate is, IMO, a red herring. The golf ball is the problem – for the pros. The U groove decision is going to force nearly every single golfer to have to buy a new set of clubs in order to “play by the rules”. Changing the ball means that I have to buy new golf balls – something I’d do anyway.

By: Jason Payne

Jason Payne — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:30:50 +0000

Making courses that long is not make anything better. I totally agree that on any level that is stupid. Especially when you consider that the average golfer golfer only hits it 190. Making a course like that will only allow Tiger, Phil and others like that to win. The courses need to grow out the rough and hurry up with the U groove decesion.