Webb Still Thinks Architects Just Aren't Installing Enough Bunkers For An Ever-Changing Game
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1920’s golf cartoon still—sadly—relevant
It’s too exhausting at this point to even try to address golf pros—even smart and nice ones like Webb Simpson—who fail to understand even the basics of what it takes to create a golf hole of strategy and interest for a variety of players.
So I’ll let the above Tweet do the talking, but if you must, here is the entire question and answer in Memphis raving about the brilliance of TPC Southwind, one of the most beloved courses on the planet, said no one. All while wearing his Titleist billboard (Wally what brainwashing chips do you embed in those caps?).
Q. Going back to what you just said about this course being--not being a--or being a point A to point B golf course, looking ahead to next week at Harding Park, how would you characterize that golf course?
WEBB SIMPSON: Yeah. So that one I think is kind of a tweener. It is long and bombers will have an advantage, because it is longer, there's a lot of drivers, but there's not as many forced carries out at Harding Park as some of these long golf courses.
And I've been pretty vocal. I don't think technology's the problem with our game, I think it's golf course design. I think you would solve a lot of problems on this length issue if architects would get a little more creative on doglegs,
Because those are so easily adjusted…wait I said I wasn’t going to interrupt. Please, continue:
where they're placing these bunkers, tightening fairways, making greens smaller. That way you're saving money on the land, you're saving money on watering the golf courses when we play too many courses where you get to a hole and hey, it's 290 to carry a bunker.
Oh yes, that’ll save water. Did I interrupt again?
Well, guess what, 30 guys on the PGA TOUR now, they're not even thinking about that bunker whereas 20 years ago it was really in play.
Maybe you should consider a Keto diet and adding more crunches to your pre-round routine, just saying.
So I've been vocal, hey, put another bunker out there right over that one and then you've fixed your problem.
Solved! Now keep paying $50 a dozen for those Pro-V’s!
So I think looking forward to next week, the rough's going to be up, I'm sure, it's a major championship. So there will be a premium on fairways, but it's not necessarily a point A to pointB golf course like Southwind is, where you miss your target, it's very penal. It's more of just tree-lined rough, kind of old-school.
And it only cost $26 million to renovate.
It was nice to see Twitter wasn’t totally standing for these remarks:
