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Re: TPC sawgrass and Pinehurst No.2

Tue, Jun 26 2012 9:58 AM (11 replies)
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  • borntobesting
    9,701 Posts
    Tue, Jun 26 2012 9:47 AM

    zagraniczniak:

    Shinnecock Hills is supposed to come online in 2018, when the US Open is played there again. Presumably Winged Foot as well when it comes up again in the US Open.

    Hopefully the owners and WGT can agree to a deal or it could be like it was this year with Royal Lytham.

  • borntobesting
    9,701 Posts
    Tue, Jun 26 2012 9:58 AM

    TarheelsRule:

    The US Open lineup for the next 10 years is great so we will get quality courses from there.  The agreement with the British Open seems to be one in which WGT has to go and beg each individual course to let them film, hence no Open this year.  I would like a good variety and a few from other countries.  Frankly the links courses look and play very similar so skipping the British every other year is fine with me, plus there are 5 courses I believe on a regular rotation there so eventually you will have the same course that we already have, St Andrews I think comes up every 5 years for them.  Some of the US Open courses will repeat as well.

    Going to Australia and other far away places might not be cost effective.  it does take a large staff, equipment, etc. to film a course so who knows what we might get.  I would like to see 2 high def and 2 tru golf come online each year.

    I agree with the other poster.  Sawgrass doesn't need to be a hi def.  I have played it a few times, it's great to play but WGT players would destroy it, same with Harbour Town, just can't move those tees back far enough.

    I would like to see some of the PGA courses come online.  The PGA, the major not the group, has it's event at some pretty good tracts of course a number of them are private and might not agree to having WGT come in and film but generally they play on a top quality course.

    Actually the way Chad talked Friday it is also the U.S. Open courses. He said they were still negotiating with Merion. So who knows. We got Oakmont in 2010 because they couldn't get the rights to the full 18 at Pebble Beach. 

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