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i mainly use my enormous platform to rage-tweet at the New York Times crossword.

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@Tyler_A_Harper This is great. I’ve had to seek out spaces for these types of friendships and they rule- golf, bjj have been ideal.

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@greyowl1888 @dieworkwear Not to speak for @dieworkwear but I think he’d probably hate a suit fabric with luxe weave paired with casuals. Don Johnson had it right by using loose weave linen suits. You can do t shirt and suit, but not like this. This looks like he forgot his real shirt.

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@Golfingbrock @chadmumm you're off by around 5 strokes

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@TerribleMaps Good thing they didn’t: Europe’s famously precise borders have prevented two world wars. Just ask Alsace.

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@fried_egg_golf @garrett_TFE "no... but the only way to combat distance is trees and narrow fairways!!!". I hope this and Aronimink makes those people finally stfu

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@JamesSurowiecki I have a theory that every sport has three goats.
1. Prolonged excellence
2. Peak dominance
3. Changed the game.
So it’s Brady, Sanders, Lawrence Taylor. For nfl anyway. And the goats can do two or three (Serena williams)

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@jaycaspiankang BIG L!!!!

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@jaycaspiankang A lot of people got the wrong message out of Moneyball. The secret to the A’s was not that they figured out what wins and will always win baseball games. They figured out what was undervalued and that’ll shift as people follow them.

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@CameronCorduroy @CartoonsHateHer I’m here for your Garth Marenghi reference.

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@jaycaspiankang Even in their style of play, the contrast is stark. So much was made of Bryson “breaking” golf through bomb-and -gouge, and Rai is one of the shortest hitters in tour, winning on a course pundits incorrectly thought would be overpowered.

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@fried_egg_golf

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@AndyTFE @fried_egg_golf Every time a tournament goes to whistling straights. It’s a course that looks hard, and one that is hard for amateurs. But it’s never firm enough to be actual links golf.

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@fried_egg_golf But I thought the strategy on the course was “nonexistent” and there was no penalty for missing the fairway

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@TheShotgunStart @fried_egg_golf @AndyTFE @BrendanPorath

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@LouStagner And before you say “oh it was a shorter par 71”, remember: ProV1s and Tiger.

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@LouStagner That’s why Oakmont was so much harder in 94 before the cut the trees down. Oh… wait. Maybe the players got worse?

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@GabbyHerzig I find the people complaining about courses being too easy to be silly. Yes the setup matters. But ultimately, it just comes down to weather. Look at the stats at Olympia Fields for the BMW, a few years apart. One year it rained. Guess which.

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@John_Mitchell4 @GabbyHerzig They should make a narrow course with lots of water, like doral. That’d do it. Oh…

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@FIDelBoy7 @garrett_TFE How would framing the hole provide interest? Wouldn't it just narrow the options, and limit wind and firmness, the two things that make golf harder for pros?

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@garrett_TFE Oak Hill averaged +2.5/round for the week, which is US Open caliber. Yes the trees were gone, but with firm greens placement mattered. In comparison, Harbour Town was -1.5 at the RBC, despite narrow corridors.