They have ruined the Swilcan Bridge at the Old Course

[bladehunter]

4 minutes ago, caniac6 said:

Artificial turf 

Yep. The only real answer.  

[IndyArcher]

50 minutes ago, caniac6 said:

Artificial turf 

 

45 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Yep. The only real answer.  

 

Make sure it's a round patch so that it captures the true artistic aesthetic of the perfect circle! 

Edited February 6, 2023 by IndyArcher

[sittingbull]

Whats the big deal greg norman needs a spot to land this year..

 

[Ferguson]

1 minute ago, IndyArcher said:

 

 

Make sure it's a round patch so that it captures the true artistically aesthetic of the perfect circle! 

 

Yes, yes, very pleasing to artistically trained eye.  However, one could assert their goal was cutting corners by choosing the circle.

 

 

 

 

I was able to retrieve some photos from installation. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dpavs]

Is it just me or does it look like what would happen if a dinosaur stepped on a giant turtle?

[bladehunter]

12 minutes ago, Ferguson said:

 

Yes, yes, very pleasing to artistically trained eye.  However, one could assert their goal was cutting corners by choosing the circle.

 

 

 

 

I was able to retrieve some photos from installation. 

 

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Ah.  I remember my first brooming in like it was yesterday.  A long time ago.  In a land  far away.  

[Dpavs]

They build a patio and they had to know this was going to happen eventually.

 

Edited February 6, 2023 by Dpavs

[jdl]

St Andrews be like

 

 

 

Edited February 6, 2023 by jdl

[IndyArcher]

8 minutes ago, jdl said:

St Andrews be like

 

 

 

 

"Oh, crap! They noticed!"

[bscinstnct]

9 minutes ago, jdl said:

St Andrews be like

 

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Hear hear! 
 

[jholz]

I'm honestly pretty surprised they didn't contact me for the job.

 

I built a pretty killer retaining wall/patio in my backyard in Alabama. Only took about 15 trips to Home Depot.

[ThinkingPlus]

36 minutes ago, jdl said:

St Andrews be like

 

 

 

If this was going to be their response to negative public response, why didn't they photoshop the changes first.  Then they wouldn't have expended labor and materials to install then de-install. I suspect one of the tweed jackets is getting a new paver path through their garden.

[mat562]

 

 

[Ferguson]

[bscinstnct]

20 minutes ago, ThinkingPlus said:

If this was going to be their response to negative public response, why didn't they photoshop the changes first.  Then they wouldn't have expended labor and materials to install then de-install. I suspect one of the tweed jackets is getting a new paver path through their garden.

 

Because cocaine

 

Lol! Sorry, not really, just always wanted to say that 

 

Well, could be a few things..

 

Maybe left hand didn’t know what the right was doing. Like, a change was agreed to, it looked good on paper, they got started, then it looked so horrendous, somebody leaked that pic, and the rest of the R&A was like, “Egads! Have you gone mad?”

 

 

[mat562]

All I know is, if they do remove it, they lose any chance for the Auld Grey Toon to have its own version of 16 at Augusta National.

 

 

Edited February 6, 2023 by mat562

[ThinkingPlus]

2 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Because cocaine

 

Lol! Sorry, not really, just always wanted to say that 

 

Well, could be a few things..

 

Maybe left hand didn’t know what the right was doing. Like, a change was agreed to, it looked good on paper, they got started, then it looked so horrendous, somebody leaked that pic, and the rest of the R&A was like, “Egads! Have you gone mad?”

 

 

Maybe, but the tweed jackets tend not to do anything quickly (except playing their morning foursomes).  These changes have probably been discussed ad nauseum for the past 5 years at least. I'm going with the systemic hubris conjecture.

[sjn1]

On 2/5/2023 at 2:31 PM, bladehunter said:

Goodness that’s even worse.  It was a quaint little stone bridge.  A symbol of utilitarian need.  That’s how or why it framed in my mind as great.  A small collection of stone that had took probably a mere couple days to build , and yet had lasted centuries with regular use.  7 centuries .  For Pete’s sake. Cardinal rule of architecture.  “ don’t stick doodads on a thousand year old structure. “. Amazing how dumb humans can be. 
 

tripling it’s length is just a sin.  Is like taking a 65 GT350R Shelby and adding air conditioning and and automatic trans.  Literal sacrilege 

 except that for many years , the bridge did have a paved area/path leading up to it  . this is  going back to  more like what it used to be , not adding stuff to it . And its  way better than the crap artifical turf there before 

[caniac6]

Maybe they will name it like things at Augusta. The Old Tom Morris Patio. Now available for Sunday picnic rentals. All interested parties inquire at R&A clubhouse.

[mat562]

In the vein of my own club where a six yard-wide road that could easily be crossed on foot or by golf cart in a few seconds but which ultimately required two tunnels to be built at a cost to members which has never been fully established but certainly exceeded a million quid, I'm going with the One prominent committee member making it his own personal project/by God, this-is-the-thing-I'll-be-remembered-for/it's become a pathological obsession, and I can't back down now we've come this far as I'll lose face conjecture.

[bscinstnct]

28 minutes ago, ThinkingPlus said:

Maybe, but the tweed jackets tend not to do anything quickly (except playing their morning foursomes).  These changes have probably been discussed ad nauseum for the past 5 years at least. I'm going with the systemic hubris conjecture.

 

 

Could be but as @mat562 said above,

 

You get these characters who get delusional and go off the reservation.

 

We think the “tweed jackets” are all organized and logical, but any membership has its quirky, cooky, types, and the dynamics can get out of hand, egos prevail, just like any mix of personalities thrown together. 

[gvogel]

1 hour ago, Dpavs said:

They build a patio and they had to know this was going to happen eventually.

 

Is that Old Tom?

[gvogel]

1 hour ago, ThinkingPlus said:

If this was going to be their response to negative public response, why didn't they photoshop the changes first.  Then they wouldn't have expended labor and materials to install then de-install. I suspect one of the tweed jackets is getting a new paver path through their garden.

The maintenance department was just sitting on their thumbs because it's winter.  Must give them something to do...

[bladehunter]

34 minutes ago, sjn1 said:

 except that for many years , the bridge did have a paved area/path leading up to it  . this is  going back to  more like what it used to be , not adding stuff to it . And its  way better than the crap artifical turf there before 

I read the statement put  out on Twitter too.  I’m sure the path was longer and more utilitarian.  Not a Disney land  photo op circle ( pardon the circle smash Ferguson ). 
 

if they wanted to take 400 year old accounts and restore the sheep path.  Fine.  That’s not what we’re seeing. 

[the bishop]

The people have spoken!

[the bishop]

14 minutes ago, gvogel said:

Is that Old Tom?

grilled mutton is best mutton

[the bishop]

18 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

 

Could be but as @mat562 said above,

 

You get these characters who get delusional and go off the reservation.

 

We think the “tweed jackets” are all organized and logical, but any membership has its quirky, cooky, types, and the dynamics can get out of hand, egos prevail, just like any mix of personalities thrown together. 

You've got a point.  It does look like a walk-off designed by committee.

[bladehunter]

18 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

 

Could be but as @mat562 said above,

 

You get these characters who get delusional and go off the reservation.

 

We think the “tweed jackets” are all organized and logical, but any membership has its quirky, cooky, types, and the dynamics can get out of hand, egos prevail, just like any mix of personalities thrown together. 

Dollars to donut holes a member or couple of them did this without full approval.  ( better to seek forgiveness than permission ).  
 

One of those “ i paid for it so you can’t complain “ deals my father in law is famous for.  

[smashdn]

Modern solutions and modern problems and what-not.

[smashdn]

36 minutes ago, gvogel said:

Is that Old Tom?

 

Nay.  Old Gregg.