Andy staples6/13/2023 ![]() Some “inverted” bunkers, as Staples called them, inserted themselves on some direct lines. We moved along the turbulent ground that Staples had created. The Beach Boys’ song “Surfer Girl” was playing on Staples’ phone in his cart. “Who says a par 4 has to be 460 yards?” Staples asked. When the subject of par came up, as it usually does with visiting golfers, Staples will say The Match is par 67 or 68, although, as I say, there’s no formal par. We saw a family starting their afternoon activity there. The Match would leave room for a nine-hole par-3 course. The Match would be laid out on one of the former courses at the resort, called The Squire after Gene Sarazen’s nickname. “Brookfield was super open” to the re-imagining of the property that led to The Match, Staples told me. The back of the card reads “To Play One’s Self Is a Drill/To Play the Course Is a Skill/But To Play the Player Opposing/There’s Truly No Greater Skill.” Enjoy The Match. Par isn’t even shown on the card, and the course plays 5,841 yards, maximum. The idea is to mark -1, -2, +1, etc., noting the status of the match. It’s a “Match Card,” where one doesn’t even record scores. ![]() The scorecard isn’t a scorecard as somebody schooled in American golf (or, for that matter, Canadian) thinks of it. ![]() Off we went, with a couple of Staples’ friends who are members at PGA National. Let the ball bounce and roll, as a ball should. Sure, golf in the air is possible, but Staples, a very good player, knows that golf on the ground should also be available. The Match would offer the chance to play many different shots. As I recall, Staples wore a cap or carried a towel with this message and discussed the idea of the resort selling merchandise with these words. Par wouldn’t matter, in the sense that the essence of match play is to try to win a hole by posting a lower score than one’s opponent. Staples thought a course where players pick what tee to use on every hole -perhaps based on the choice made by the golfer who had won the previous hole - would ramp up the fun quotient. Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management purchased PGA National Resort in 2019 for $218 million (US). I’ve never been to Grand-Mere but look forward to visiting.Īnyway, The Match. Staples will bring out the best in the property. Architecture aficionados might know of this course where English designer Charles Alison also worked. Staples is also working on Club de Golf de Grand-Mere in Shawinigan, Que., which Australian Walter Travis designed in 1917. He designed this ultra-cool course built for match play /2ek6tJhOAU- Lorne Rubenstein April 2, 2023 Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast.So much fun to be playing The Match with master of creativity and Willie Park Jr. The football schedule for the Michigan Wolverines is so bad that Brendan is scared of its consequences.Īnd plenty more weaved in and out of the show.Andy Staples has another idea, and of course it’s good - and of course it’s absolutely awful because it will never happen.Jack Swarbrick is the father of the century.Will Notre Dame ditch Under Armour and go with Nike or Adidas?.Notre Dame is shopping for a new apparel deal.The scholarship count and a quiet transfer portal cycle.Alexander Ehrensberger is done with the football life and is going back to Germany.Regionalized position talent has many truths to it.A brief insider tale from the BK recruiting machine.Joshua isn’t stopping with cargo shorts on the “take back” campaign, but does he go too far?.Joshua and Brendan crack open the podcast dispenser for what is almost a type of emergency episode following some interesting Notre Dame Football news items from the day. ![]()
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