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Tough break to be sure, though they are improving so hopefully that continues. As long as the Sabers keep Sabering

Given some interest in the Good morning thread, lets bring this back for the playoffs. Nothing quite like playoff hockey and the intensity that they play with. Just hoping the Bruins win a round given recent history. This year seems like a bit of a toss up. Florida looks good but you never know about Bobrovsky, Rangers have the President's trophy so they are you, the Stars, Avalanche, and Jets look great in the West. Edmonton still has all that fire power, Vancouver feels a bit too young overall, Tamps and the Leafs are hanging around. Plus some wild card teams that had to play there way in. Should be a blast!

Feels like a good time to plug this thread,

So true and the work the Strantz did at Tobacco Road is insane, just the visual deception as well. Making places that look tight but actually there is width there. Some of the best things people could do before GPS technology was this visual deception. The bunker that looks green side but is 40 yards short, or the green that looks closer than it is. Not an issue now but those angles can still make things hard to see. I think 6 at LACC was a good one, though I wish it was even a bit wider in spots around that course. Some of those fairways had some great slope and if the kept it shorter loner it would have taken more drives off line and to a poor angle.

I am sure this is not going to be the most popular thread, but I have been getting very interested in and reading up on golf course architecture and have no desire to join another forum so hopefully there are a some folks on here that would like to talk about some of this stuff from time to time. Just recently read Geoff Shackelford's great book on this topic, hence the title of this thread. I also have ready some work on Fried Egg Golf, https://thefriedegg.com/, they have some good archived content and share some books. I also read George C Thomas's book Golf Course Architecture in America. It was just fascinating to ready especially last year before the the US Open at LACC, a course he designed. Even with the title I do want to adhere to Geoff Shackelford in that this will not be overly technical, no need to call humps near a green hummocks or anything like that. I will just leave this great image from George Thomas's book that got me drawing some holes this way that I will share soon. Also just fascinating to see how he was thinking about this hole and how it could be played by multiple skill levels. Look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Those do look awesome, really great look. The Toura has this look in iron heads if anyone wanted to get in on that test and get that finish on them

I think post should be the unofficial motto of this thread.

That's right they will (gotta fake it till you make it right)

Great round, sounds like it was just one of those rounds where everything just goes right. Bottle it up quick if you can!

Hope they feel better soon. Sick kids are never any fun.

Good morning all! Was cool and cloudy yesterday, but thankfully today should be a bit warmer as I get to out for my first round this afternoon. Also my brother-in-law should be stopping in today which was a nice surprise to find out about. He is usually pretty busy and lives about 2.5 hours away so visiting can be tough. Looking forward to a nice weekend, hopefully with some relaxation. Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!

Good morning all! Was another beautiful weather day yesterday but might finally be a cloudy day today but hopefully no rain. Kids got to do some work at the local bog fixing bridges and other trail work in there. Tonight there is a beaver walk where they are hoping to see the beavers out there at dusk which sounds very cool. Otherwise another work day trying to fix data issues. Happy birthday @GolfSpy SAM Have a great day everyone!

Good morning y'all! (I think I am using that right as a yankee) More beautiful weather on tap this has been a wonderful spring stretch before we get inundated with bugs for about a month or a bit more. Yard work is getting done with this nice weather including some clean up from trees, leaves, and just general clean up. Have a great Wednesday everyone!

No no just kidding, though we should set up a round sometime this year