Great read, Joseph! Love the more in-depth data look into the event. Very interesting to see how the team skill dynamics have narrowed closer and closer since 2018. Would be interesting to see this from a visual perspective, like a histogram or box and whisker plot. The curves have likely gotten closer, but I wonder if the spreads amongst team are different?

If the US needs money to be motivated to play, they are not going to beat the side that doesn't.

Nice work Joseph

Nice work Joseph

Great recap in the lead-up to this week! This feels like a big time question of approach play. The greens are decent sized and not very intricate. Let's see if team USA comes out ready to play!

Couldn't agree more. The land is spectacular, the project is ambitious and funding is there but I'm concerned how local play may not be a big piece of the puzzle

I'm slowly but surely chipping off a bunch. Posted a few so far on Insta and X. Shameless plug Driftless Golf. Some are truely historic architecturally and interesting. Others are cheap, open and fun.

I would love to see the 9 hole golf courses of Iowa featured. No state has more of them.

I did the whole “sleep in the car” thing a few years ago and played Black twice and the Red once. The Black wasn’t much fun with the biggest culprit being my lack of distance. I couldn’t make the carry over the sand traps (5,7,12) or hit several greens that required long aerial shots (6,10,16). This effectively meant I was playing ten par fives. By this measure, my 86 was only four over par. The profile talks about it, but I would like to emphasize just how impressive the walk is. If Alt Trails was rating it, 5/5 would be the number. You need to be in good shape to tackle the Black. It’ll be fun watching the Ryder Cup.

Love this! Thanks, Abby!