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Sven Nilsen

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Re: Isn't Chambers Bay that rare bird..
« Reply #50 on: June 24, 2015, 12:06:48 PM »
Miss the 7th at cb short, roll back down the fairway.  Miss the 9th at angc, same thing.
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William_G

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Re: Isn't Chambers Bay that rare bird..
« Reply #51 on: June 24, 2015, 01:05:52 PM »
I was thinking the Masters all week...imagine if ANGC was baked out instead of super lush
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Benjamin Litman

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Re: Isn't Chambers Bay that rare bird..
« Reply #52 on: June 24, 2015, 03:40:37 PM »
All of this reminds me of a Geoff Ogilvy observation that I posted around the time of the Masters: If ANGC were built today, tour pros would laugh at many of the holes and greens. Stacy Lewis got away with bashing Royal Melbourne because, though it should, it does not occupy the same position in the golf world as Augusta. Pros likewise get away with bashing Chambers Bay simply because it's new. I smiled when I saw the Prestwick green complexes in Sean's photo tour--they might actually have more humps and swales than those at Chambers Bay. 
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Steve Lang

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Re: Isn't Chambers Bay that rare bird..
« Reply #53 on: June 24, 2015, 03:51:00 PM »
 8) ... THAT SHOULD HOST THE LADIES USGA OPEN, OR AT LEAST A REGULAR EVENT!
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MCirba

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Re: Isn't Chambers Bay that rare bird..
« Reply #54 on: June 24, 2015, 03:53:38 PM »
Benjamin,

I think that's a really good point as are several others and the comparison to ANGC is not nearly as incongruous as might appear through green-colored glasses.   Whatever the flaws are at CB, they can't be faulted for being timid.
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