It’s been widely reported that there won’t be any blockbusters the rest of the way (and that the Devers deal was the “biggest” we’ll see in 2025). So yall think there’s a surprise trade lurking? What is a sneaky move that you think an eventual World Series team makes? Thinking along the lines of the Cubs acquiring Pierce Johnson and Raisel Iglesias, etc. to bolster their pen depth and help them reach the fall classic.

As a long time (since the 90s) St. Louis Cardinals fan, I’d love to know what some non-fans (or haters) think the team should do moving forward. Couple of questions: 1. Does Ollie Marmol have a job moving forward? 2. Also, should the incoming GM just completely clean house? 3. Can they still get value for Arenado and/or Helsley? Thanks,

Theres only a handful of unlucky outcomes on a course in my mind and they relate to manmade items. Hitting the flagstick and hitting a sprinkler head. Everything else is just an undesireable result to an off shot or poor analysis.

I watch 0 baseball. Give me a couple stats/facts I can use to look smart at the Twins vs Yankees game during the MN field trip 😅

Lucky enough to have played Cypress Point and Pasa on a trip in 2021, amazing where a post round beer conversation can get you. Excited for the profiles. Both tremendous courses that exceed the hype. I'm not looking forward to how the Walker Cup will be covered. Have a feel a lot of Cypress is bad takes will come out because NBC will have poor coverage shoved into Peacock.

I agree that Tiger's designs could use more "edge." I played Payne's Valley a couple years ago and just didn't find it interesting. Wide open fairways, mild traps, I have to admit that I was disappointed. And, with the premium prices being charged, no real desire to play it again. No comparison between PV and Ozarks National.

Just booked a round here in September - looking forward to it!

I think a lot of the mountain golf up here in Vermont fits here - lots of trees, rocks, random bounces that can cause a lot of random and lucky/unlucky bounces on what are relatively simple and short holes that are basic driver/wedge holes.

When I first thinking hard about this, it was about specific golf holes. The example of Low-Skill, High Luck I thought of was the Postage Stamp hole at Troon. It's just a wedge and two easy putts, and if it weren't for the wind off the Firth of Clyde, it would be trivial for the pros. But it's not trivial because the course design turns something straightforward into something absolutely bananas if you get a gust of wind at the wrong time. It's tough to stretch that concept into an entire course, but you could do it. So yea, I think you're right about Bandon Preserve when the wind is whipping. That's a good example. I think any short, Scottish links that has bunkers effectively randomly peppered around would also count. The idea would be that the course shouldn't be hard at all, and most people could almost always reach the green in two, but yea, no rough cut, and you should kind of randomly have your ball kick into a hazard, rather than that happening strategically. Again, it should be like Bingo, where it can be fun to play and even gamble on, but nobody would ever seriously treat that kind of course as a "test of golf," and would basically be the definition of "unfair" golf.

When I first thinking hard about this, it was about specific golf holes. The example of Low-Skill, High Luck I thought of was the Postage Stamp hole at Troon. It's just a wedge and two easy putts, and if it weren't for the wind off the Firth of Clyde, it would be trivial for the pros. But it's not trivial because course design turns something straightforward into something absolutely bananas if you get a gust of wind at the wrong time. It's tough to stretch that concept into an entire course, but you could do it. So yea, I think you're right about Bandon Preserve when the wind is whipping. That's a good example. I think any short, Scottish links that has bunkers effectively randomly peppered around would also count. The idea would be that the course shouldn't be hard at all, and most people could almost always reach the green in two, but yea, no rough cut, and you should kind of randomly have your ball kick into a hazard, rather than that happening strategically. Again, it should be like Bingo, where it can be fun to play and even gamble on, but nobody would ever seriously treat that kind of course as a "test of golf," and would basically be the definition of "unfair" golf.