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Originally Posted by ASUndevil
oh and it'd be cool to have a 2+2 meet-up at the open. any thoughts?
FWIW I'll be out there Wednesday (yeah, the day when it will be really f'in cold), but I'm not sure if they've relaxed their cell phone policy or not or whether I'll have to smuggle it in. Unless they've stepped up to a full pat down that shouldn't be too hard since I'll be dressing pretty heavy.
I'll be in skybox 16T, which is presumably code for "16th tee", and will probably be there from around 11AM until 4PM or so - a person I'm going with wants to get out there early. If anyone else is in that skybox send me a PM and maybe we can meet up. There will be some prop betting going on, I'm almost positive of that because it's the main reason I want to go.
Anyway, I played Papago yesterday. The fairways and dormant grass was unmemorable, but two things stuck out: the sand is fluffier than ever - I had a fairly wild round and was probably in 5-6 sand traps and IIRC all but one was a buried lie. Annoying, but I resolve not to complain about bad lies in bunkers considering they are hazards and all.
The main feature of the course was the greens. Holy m'fing god, I have never, ever putted on greens this fast before. Not really unfair except for one hole where they put it right on a crown (I was the only one not to three putt from close range iirc), but just really, really, really fast. We all generally agreed it was fun even if it was humbling and even if it cost each of us several shots.