"Not slashenhack, but thinkenswing."

Lorne Rubenstein isn't a fan of the Shaughnessey setup for this week's Canadian Open either (the first round leader was held to -3...insomniacs rejoice!). He suggests cutting the rough cut in half would provide infinitely more interesting and just as testing a round of golf.

But instead of trying to convince the point-missers of this, Rubenstein seeks out Geoff Ogilvy to discuss what he thinks of such setups, why clubs go this route and why he just looks elsewhere for real golf.

Ogilvy said Swinley Forest, near London, England, is one of his favourite courses. He can drive half the par-fours, but he likes the design and the shots that it invites. He has a house that backs on to Royal Melbourne, and he enjoys going out with six or seven clubs just to hit shots.

“That’s golf to me, not this,” Ogilvy said. “This pays for my golf life. I wish that one year we could forget about the commercial aspects and play 20 tournaments on the best courses in the world. Let’s play Morfontaine [50 kilometres north of Paris], and Sunningdale [in London, Ont.] Royal Dornoch [in the Scottish Highlands], Royal County Down [in Northern Ireland], National Golf Links [in Southampton, N.Y.], Chicago Golf Club. Or let’s go to Merion [near Philadelphia] with seven clubs and a blade putter and balata balls. That stuff is fun.”