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Golfsiden overbringer et
brev vi nylig mottok.
Ideen bak det hele er å
hindre at Tiger Woods til
det kjedsommelige stikker
av med alle de store
pokalene. Her er brevet:
TO:
Royal and Ancient Golf
Club of St. Andrews
From: Golf Fan
SUBJECT:
132nd Open Championship
Dear Sirs:
As I am sure you are well
aware, Mr. Eldrick (Tiger)
Woods just won the U.S.
Open Championship on the
Black Course at Bethpage
State Park. He shot
3-under 277 to claim his
eighth major championship
-- and the first two legs
of the Grand Slam -- on a
very difficult course, the
longest in the short
history (compared to yours)
of our national
championship.
In addition to length,
Bethpage Black also had
the narrowest fairways in
recent Open history, very
nasty rough and the
fastest greens most of
these players had ever
seen. Inclement weather
also made the rough play
thicker and caused the
course to play hundreds of
yards longer than its
advertised 7,214 yards.
Yet the rain never slowed
the greens, a
logic-defying formula you
may want to borrow from
the USGA.
The players were saying
the set-up and conditions
were perhaps the most
demanding they had seen.
So it came as no surprise
that Mr. Woods won >
decisively, by three
strokes over Phil
Mickelson. As we have
found repeatedly, a
difficult set-up only
assures a victory for Mr.
Woods, often by huge
margins.
Frankly, I am tired of
effectively giving Mr.
Woods major championships
after the second round.
That's going to keep
happening unless golf's
governing bodies change
the way they set up
courses for the majors.
The so-called "Tiger-proofing"
of major championship
sites so far have involved
making the course more
difficult. Clearly, that
strategy has been a bust.
So let's do the opposite.
To that end, I have
several suggestions for
next month's Open
Championship at Muirfield.
Here they are, in no
particular order:
· Widen the fairways and
mow the rough. Because of
his strength, Mr. Woods
has the ability to control
the ball from the rough
and hit greens, whereas
the rest of the field has
trouble making solid
contact or spinning the
ball.
- Let's give everybody
clean lies, no matter
where they hit it.
· Shorten the course. A
longer course only
accentuates Mr. Woods'
strengths. Let's negate
his advantage and create
some competition by
shortening the course. I'm
thinking about 6,300
yards, so everybody is
hitting wedges into greens.
· Eliminate atmospheric
variables. In college,
Woods used to practice
during inclement weather,
which gave him the mental
toughness to handle wind,
rain or any other natural
condition better than
anyone else. Since weather
regularly plays a bigger
role in the British Open,
oops, Open Championship,
than any other major, how
about constructing a dome
over the course? It would
have to be very large, so
start building now. Or,
how about moving that
Millennium Dome in London
up north? If you're
worried about cost, I'm
sure the other players in
the field would be willing
to chip in.
I think that should do it
for now. If I think of any
others, I will not
hesitate in letting you
know. In the meantime, I
respectfully await your
reply.
Sincerely
Golf fan
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