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   Brian

   Mar 7, 2016 at 5:02 pm

   “Know why the coffee tastes so good on United flights? It’s Starbucks.”

   No way. I fly United nearly four times a month and the coffee is horrendous. Either you’re getting the good stuff, or your taste buds are completely ruined!

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     Ronald Montesano

     Mar 7, 2016 at 6:10 pm

     They might have renegotiated. I’ll check my sources!!

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       Brian

       Mar 8, 2016 at 10:54 am

       Too funny. Taste, like our preference for golf clubs, is totally subjective!

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   Buddy

   Mar 7, 2016 at 10:22 am

   At times it is extremely difficult to support the USGA. I often take great offense to how they set up courses for the US Open – especially when the dry out the greens to the extent that the players have to hit some secret spot just short or left or right of a sprinkler head in order for their ball to stay anywhere on the green.

   Someone suggested that if they keep insisting on setting up courses that require the players to play the course completely different from how the court architect intended it to be played, they should at least place wooden clown cutouts (perhaps sporting a USGA cap?) with a big open mouth at all of their intended targets – but I often question wether or not they even have any intention of providing any possible targets for the players to play to.

   However, in their defense, I will say that they did manage not to mess up Pinehurst #2 – But that was only because they were way too afraid of those domed greens to turn them into billiard tables for the week.

   Do their course setups actually reveal who the best golfer is for the week? Or only who the luckiest golfer is for the week?

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     Ronald Montesano

     Mar 7, 2016 at 10:53 am

     Green sites are the only areas where they come under fire these days, in the US Open. They are always firm and shaven. I like the width and the lack of injurious rough, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the mid 1990s. Good stuff, in my opinion.

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     Ver

     Mar 7, 2016 at 4:19 pm

     You’ve got it completely backwards, Buddy.
     The PGA is a joke to some, because the PGA sets their courses up for low-scoring for the purpose of entertainment on the television – as the saying goes, who wants to watch Pros struggle to score in any sport when the grand stage is on global television? The courses are set up mostly soft and the fairways are wide, and there aren’t many narrow targets, and the courses are large to accommodate huge crowds.
     It’s amazing that the USGA manages to set up the course that the best score is generally around Par. That takes some serious skill and understanding of what golf really is. That’s why it was a big deal to take the modern game to a place like Merion where it is small, narrow, and tight, the viewing angles aren’t so good for the crowd nor for TV cameras. Which also made it part and parcel with the difficulty of having to shape shots and not being able to overpower the course.
     If you look back at the Past, it wasn’t really about scoring the lowest score. It was more about seeing the best man win. Now we’re obsessed with bombing it and going as low as possible as many times as possible. There will always be some who can do both, but we set things up now to make it easier to do both for many more players.

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   Tim

   Mar 7, 2016 at 9:08 am

   How’s that anchor ban working for the usga???

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     Ronald Montesano

     Mar 7, 2016 at 10:52 am

     Wish I had a smiley or a love button to click.

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