The US courses use so much water on the course that they have to control what they offer the players, even at the risk of a summer afternoon dehydration.
The EXO went into timeout after Crail. The whitehot #2 (shoutout Stricker) is the baseline that I always revert back to when shit goes off the rails. Have had it since early 2000ās. Iāve been gaming an all-black O-works #1W since September and itās changed the game for me.
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I had a feeling after remembering some of the Crail clips haha. And hey, even the superstars need reminded that they can be replaced sometimes.
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Is this water potable?
This might be one of the more accurate things I have read on here. Water on the course in Arizona is a fun little gamble you get to play every 3 holes.
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Iām thrilled if Iām playing in the summer and a course has water every three holes. Sometimes even the nicer places forget. Luckily the only times Iāve encountered empty coolers Iāve made a quick call to the clubhouse and theyāve sent someone out right away with waters and gatorades. I learned my lesson pretty fast to pack my own and ask every single time I play what the water situation is in case I get in a pinch.
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What is the opening / closing song? I canāt get it out of my head.
I think Elie was the best one of the season. Great work.
One thing bothered me however.
@randy can you explain this?
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The pushcart?!
Pushcart + pencil bag combo?!?! Lacks pop.
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You got me all wrong if you expect me to ever feel need to justify a pushcart.
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Yeah, when youāre playing you wonāt even notice it honestly. When me and my best friend played they paired us with a couple that had no business being on that course, but after the wife bladed 1 into the burn on 1 and it ricochet off and almost nailed my buddy in the head we really didnāt even notice them the entire round. They really didnāt talk much to us and kept to themselves and their caddie took that clue and really just kept them away from us the entire round. Would have been great to meet some cool people, but the caddies picked up on their vibe quickly and just hung with us. Itās just such a great experience. I honestly think the caddies we had made it even better than it would have been on our own. God I want to go back. I always say if I do Iām not going to play any of the big courses and hit all the other great tracks, but the Old Course is just so great I donāt think I could do it without playing there again.
Marshals on the Old Course are no joke, the couple we played with were so terrible that we had 1 follow us from #2 thru 6 to keep them moving because they were so slow.
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Very rarely, usually older clubs, we had an actual hand pump from an underground spring at a course I used to work at in Ohio, it was the best water Iāve ever drank.
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A summary o the work done at my course only 15 mins from St Andrews
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The EAL Scotland series just does not hold a candle to this.
It is still enjoyable, and I like some of his stuff, but I donāt find it scratches the deepest itches of golf nerdom and obsession the way NLU does.
Cool to watch, but yea, I know is how I found my reaction to be.
Same bubbling water fountain thoughā¦
My issue with it is, you canāt make an official unofficial guide to Scotland and not give any kind of guide to Scotland. Hopefully they get more into that later on, but if the model for this is going to be āhereās a bunch of pretty shots of us playing golfā, Iām gonna be disappointed.
Itās hard for these things to have real meaning without significant post-production. Whether that be voiceover, interviews, or whatever, thatās the biggest hurdle that weāre try to clear. Not at all trying to act like weāve got it figured out and they donāt (thereās a lot we can learn from his vids), but itās hard to describe how essential that is to really bringing an episode together.
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Gotta be honest, not sure I understand the need to compare and analyze what Erik Anders Lang does with what NLU does. To me, both are targeting completely different golf audiences. NLU is geared towards the golf nerds who like the architecture, strategy, etc. EAL is more focused on the adventure and experiences that come from a round of golf. Put another way, Tourist Sauce is for the golf nerd who wants to travel while EAL is for the traveler that likes to golf.
I enjoy both immensely and am WAY out on any sort of dick-measuring contest over the two. The two can coexist in this little world just fine and frankly, both need each other.
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Agree with this completely. Although, I do think Solyās criticism of EALās Scotland work is fair and accurate. So far neither of Erikās videos have touched on anything away from the course. Tough to jive the title of his series with the content within. The demographic that fits your description of ātravelers who like golfā maybe doesnāt care because theyāre travelers and theyāll figure out Scotland on their own so want to see golf. But the other side (the golf nerds) will expect the golf in Scotland to come second nature, so the ethos of the place, people, and history are more important to your āgolfer nerd who wants to travel.ā
Do not disagree at all.
My issue with it is again with the labeling. Itās not a guide if you donāt give a guide. I actually think the videos are pretty good! An enjoyable 12ish minute watch.
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