Yeah, and the Moon Would Be Great for a Course if Gravity Was Fake
by Ryan Ballengee on Jun 7, 2010 12:04 PM EDT
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PrintDave Pelz is a short game genius, but he may be lacking in some geography & meteorology skills. Exhibit A is this tweet from this morning:
What?! Basically, that translates to: "Holy crap, it's hot out here, but if we basically terraformed this place into the mid-Atlantic, it'd make for great course land!"
(Geek break here. Terraforming is the exciting notion of taking the planet Mars - or an inner-core planet like it - and drastically transforming the planet through a variety of measures to make it more like Earth. There's a really cool special about it on Discovery Channel, I think.)
The desert is just filled with rocks - along with a whole lot of sand. Pelz is practically describing a beach. There's water, some rocks, sand, too! It's perfect if only the dunes could be converted to Kentucky bluegrass.
Fortunately, Pelz is no course architect and the conservation movement in golf is alive and well, with many top-ranked courses from all publications being Audobon certified.
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Guess you guys have never heard
of Desert Golf…..the whole course laid out in the sand….You hit off a mat that you took with you for every shot….The greens were OILED and distinguished from the desert because they were black….110-120 degrees was the norm….Now that was FOR GOLF NUTS…ya had ta love it…..STUB
Up and at um early
I see….this works out great….I do the set up and you close the door…..what are partners for….I get the feeling your also a MARTINI MAN….STUB
Hah! But nope, I drink Tequila
mockingbirds. Not all bartenders know how to make them … cuz they don’t get the groaner wordplay.
by TXQ on Jun 7, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I’ve seen courses in Kandahar and Iraq for the armed forces that are like that – really interesting way to keep home nearby.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jun 7, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Howdy Wendy
I can see you have experienced the finer things in life, like desert golf….Some of these wimps are just too fragile for this…too bad….STUB
You know, if it weren't for all the ice and stuff...
…one could lay out a brilliant course on the Eastern Antarctic coast.
"Golf is happiness. It's intoxication without the hangover." - Moe Norman
White balls might be a problem ...
and blue balls for sure.
by TXQ on Jun 7, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Psst - here's a secret...
…ALL of the golf in places like Phoenix and Las Vegas and many in Palm Springs are the result of terraforming. It’s not new – it doesn’t even require the Genesis machine from Star Trek III. :-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
damn we're good, CG!
"(I)f you think you've got an inside track to absolute truth, you become doctrinaire, humorless and intellectually constipated." Saul Alinsky
yes it does
A combo of rocks and water (diverted from the Colorado River) keeps the courses of Palm Springs, Phoenix and Las Vegas green all year.
"(I)f you think you've got an inside track to absolute truth, you become doctrinaire, humorless and intellectually constipated." Saul Alinsky
And I don’t necessarily always agree with how that water is acquired, but that is a real golf nerd fight :)
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jun 7, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
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