Thank you. That was the answer I was hoping for. There are a bunch of storylines I wanna see get played out. My expectations are so low on the season already, maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised.
I assume this is No. 6, which just shows how much better the course used to be. That green is much less severe, and I think most of those bunkers don’t even exist anymore.
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It’s not a horrible season of television. It’s just disappointing after S4, which to me is the high point. But you have to see how some of it wraps up. Marlo’s storyline is good.
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Well when you put it that way, I may never go back (tail between legs). I guess a 12 pack of beers and playing with mediocre golfers can make any course seem better than what it is.
That picture of 6 is unreal, now it’s almost a guaranteed three putt if you are above the hole.
Found it ironic while watching Strapped Season 5 that I want to redevelop the Rocky Point in Tampa.
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That’s a pretty cool website. Thanks for sharing, DBD.
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How about you just go to Baltimore (the trip would take you about 1/2 the time as it took to write this response), and then let us know what you think of it? Or don’t… and don’t let us know what you think of it.
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EDIT: just visited that muni history website. Really have to learn to wait until I’ve read everything before responding…
EDIT #2: Holy shit this website is awesome.
EDIT #3: Early front-runner for the best golf story I’ll read in 2020: https://mtpleasantpark.org/nichols.php
Also… hole 15 is fucking HARD AS BRICKS
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“Mount Pleasant, along with Pine Ridge Golf Course, should also serve as reminders of the propositions that vast amounts of money are not necessarily needed to accomplish a task, and that “experts” are not required to perform it. The land for the course was acquired at a cost-per-acre much lower than previously and afterwards acquired city parks. The course was ultimately designed not by an expert, but by a city employee whose innate talent for design was encouraged by another city employee whose own talent lay in the capacity for recognizing and nurturing talent in others. It was designed, and the superintendence achieved, not by expensive contract, but by payment of usual wages to a current employee, one whose talent for supervision was also realized. The clubhouse and pro shop were housed in the renovated structure of an existing building, resulting in substantial savings to the municipality. When drought threatened play of the 1939 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, the emergency was again handled by a city employee who saved the event by fostering cooperation among city agencies and with the use of surplus municipal equipment.
Pine Ridge Golf Course serves as an even greater example. It was designed in-house, and built entirely by city employees using municipal equipment under the supervision of a municipal employee. The cost of its construction was paid, in its entirety, by the profits from tournaments held at Mount Pleasant.”
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All of that is pretty cool.
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I don’t know anything about golf in Baltimore but I’m liking this post solely for the thought and effort put in to it.
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I’m taking my kids to the Maryland Science Center in, gasp, downtown Baltimore.
Does that make me a bad father, ED?
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It’s been 19 minutes. Are you all still alive? Please report back soon, we’re all worried.
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It’s now been 33 minutes.
We need a wellness check on @JohnnyPanton, stat!
Won’t somebody think of the children?!
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Still here
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Phew!
We were all very worried.
How’s the heroin?
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Haven’t come across any to this point.
You sure you’re in the right Baltimore? This can’t be right. According to some, being in Baltimore means immediate death.
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That doesn"t sound right. Your dealer must have gotten mugged.
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