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capnamerca

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  1. it it's not deGrom, it's Yelich.
  2. There's a "strength of field" rule that got put in maybe 5, 6 years ago. I don't remember the exact details (and too lazy to google right now), but basically the exempt players still have to play a given tournament like, once every four years. Otherwise, the big name players would do exactly what you suggest here, and never show up until Feb 1st, and even during the season places like the John Deere would get largely ignored. The rule boils down to the idea that a strong tour is good for everyone, but for the strength of the tour the names have to show up or a quarter of the tournament sites can't make any money.
  3. Isn't that the truth. I'm looking forward to seeing some of the younger guys from the web finals get some run. Always interesting to see who's able to take advantage while the big guns take some time off - Aaron Wise, Beau Hosseler last year, for example. Schauffle. Others. I'm a golf junkie, I'll be watching.
  4. Christ, how much fucking Neil Young did you rock?
  5. We have literally three full cycles of historical data to prove this out. No one out competes Intel, especially after a downtown (and especially one that's self-inflicted). That's not to say that AMD makes bad product, they're just not the giant killers that people think they are. Take your profits now, and buy Intel.
  6. It's still a fun time, mostly for nostalgia's sake. And it's one of the few places you can still find a $5 table, so worth it on that front.
  7. Lurch, you just made me insanely jealous. Great pics, I really wish I could have gone back this year. How did you play 16 on Red? What a great par 3 (and a great pic you took of it). What about 9, the short uphill par 4?
  8. Is Tiger really 11th on the list by points? Only playing this year? That's fucking insane.
  9. damn. I wouldn't have won this year. Fucking opening 81 :). Red is far superior.
  10. really need Phil and Xander to have good weeks in St. Louis. Get Webb and Dechambreaux off my squad.
  11. Yes, and drink service is still lightning fast. Unfortunately, the CR is trying to rebrand itself. They took out the craps tables by the front door and put in a shitty sports bar, and reduced to one craps table towards the back. No more $3 minimum. No more 100x odds. Just one regular old 3-4-5 table. Sad.
  12. I'm all in on Kisner getting an auto qualify spot. Love that guy.
  13. Well, you can add that I don't like Bryson because he's a terrible fucking loser and acts like a gigantic titty-baby when his game isn't going well.
  14. Holy shit.
  15. Did you get in?
  16. When I got my Aqua Terra last year, my interest in owning any other watches just completely vanished. I guess that means I purchased well? Still love this fucking thread ... Anyone want to buy a Sinn EZM3? I need to get off my ass and get it listed somewhere. Just sitting in a drawer, and I'm never going to wear it.
  17. On the tiny house idea ... had some friends trying to make that work here just outside of Austin. The permitting is potentially a NIGHTMARE depending on local building regs. Austin has some stupid shit like minimum sizes for dwellings, and the floor is bigger than you think. Also, ADA compliance on a tiny house is very difficult, and Austin construction regs now REQUIRE things like sidewalks and ramps to front doors on new construction. Political opinions aside, it's really driving up the cost of construction, and since the unit cost of a tiny house is so much smaller, the impact is more obvious. Plus zoning laws for land usage, although I think they were looking closer to Bastrop so that wasnt as bad as it could have been.
  18. Did you buy individual clubs from Ricky?
  19. god those are so pretty... maybe I'll get 7-8-9 in those ...
  20. Add my voice to the U2 parade. I've never been a U2 fan, didn't really know much besides the hits. My aunt randomly asked if I wanted to go to their Houston show. I don't remember the tour - the one with the big fucking cocktail onion, maybe 1996? 97? And this show absolutely rocked my fucking face off. Production value. AV. Sound quality. I could understand the words during the songs, which NEVER happens at live shows, esp in stadiums. For the encore, the cocktail onion started to move, and ended up at the stage in the middle of the crowd, the guitar starts, and the onion OPENS and the band walks out to play. Crowd went nuts. I expected to enjoy some music, and I guess since the bar was set relatively low for my expectations, they were just demolished by the quality of the show. Nothing has come close since.
  21. Roger that. I don't have much to trade, TBH ... still building out the higher-end of my collection. But definitely interested, and even if a bottle doesn't end up with me, I"m interested in the story and what you end up trading for, too.
  22. The old fitz with the super-cool scalloped bottle? I'm a buyer, most likely - price?
  23. I've been meaning to go out there for a long while now ... maybe this coming weekend I can sneak out.
  24. Not sure how I've failed to chime in on this thread. Best round is the 70 (-2) I put up last August at Streamsong Red, to win my flight (1st flight but not the open flight, forget the name) at the two-day Streamsong. I hadn't done anything particularly well that week in practice rounds or the day before at Blue, but had at the same time managed to avoid all the big numbers as well. On the day in question, I birdied 3 and 7, made an all-world up and down par on 8, birdied 10, bogey'd 11, then parred in (making ~6' par putts on 17 and 18). Out of body experience, and without an doubt the best I've ever hit a golf ball. Most memorable round is a three-way tie. Both of my holes-in-one have come when playing with my dad - #13 at Avery, and #7 at Star Ranch. Then in a recent member-three-guest tournament with three gents on this thread, one of those gentlemen split the fairway with a long, soft draw. Just an excellent all around swing. And I put it 40 yards past him. The ball hadn't even apexed yet and I hear one of the other guys say, behind me ... "that was a dick move." Similar conversation always happens on the "best course you've ever played" topic. I've never been to Bandon Dunes, but have been fortunate enough to play some PGA tracks, even a few major-championship tracks. Only Olympic in SF has left me speechless. That's an incredible golf course.
  25. I can indeed confirm that the Belle Meade is some tasty brown water. Specs pretty regularly does a store pick single barrel that's in the $59 range - that's been a party favorite for people who like bourbon but don't know bourbon. The 11y bourbon is excellent, although more peaty that I'd expected. I've had several people ask if it was actually some sort of sweetened scotch, rather than bourbon. It's weird. I vastly preferred the 10y. Both are impossible to find, natch.
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