Adam Mihalik
Im visiting next week and looking for some recs on where to play. Any ideas from this group?
Link to commentWill Knights
Once we have the ability to add photos to comments that will be far easier. Event pages are up and running in Eggquarters. Will need to rely on WhatsApp for now
Link to commentMike Ihm
Any chance there can be event groups or pages somewhere to share photos taken? I know in MN last year I took a few in our group and Parker took a few following around.
Link to commentPearce Barringer
Problem with this part of the country is that it is extremely wet in the winter time. Temps may be in the 50s, but the ground is constantly soaked. Fall is good is you can avoid hurricans, the Summers will be hot and wet, and who knows about the spring. Very curious to see how the conditions are down there.
Link to commentMark Harbeson
I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a golf fan can feel, a Spieth tee shot at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across Rae's Creek. I hope to see Mr. Ridley and shake his hand. I hope the jacket is as green as it has been in my dreams. I hope.
Link to commentDavid Wellen
That creeping thought is what gets me. Part of the magic of sport is thinking "anything can happen" whether that's a particular game, season, tournament, etc. Every time a bit of trust underpinning the game is chipped away, the magic fades just a little bit.
Link to commentDavid Wellen
Threw the NYGC v. JupeStinks match on in the background the other day and nearly spit out my drink when Tiger called Akshay "Ashtray".
Link to commentBeau Scroggins
Yeah I saw that. I doubt that sports viewing as a hobby will lose cultural relevance in the foreseeable future but it’s a slippery slope.
I went to the University of Oklahoma and have always been a big college football fan. There were a couple games this year when our QB made a play that was so boneheaded that I jokingly wondered if he was throwing the game. I do not think he was but that I thought that is not good. Sports holistically have gotten way too close to gambling and then this news is just a line too far.
And the long term implications of this aside from sports are also scary.
Link to commentDavid Eldred
The enshittification continues apace. Ugh.
Read this yesterday just before 29 college hoops players got arrested for fixing games.
Link to commentBrett Smith
This is really good. We are going down such a dark path with AI, prediction markets*, big surveillance, lack of regulation.
Has me really close to his unplugging as much as possible from “tech”
Link to commentBen Denison
Here in Vermont in November and April you often get unofficial (or official in a few cases) ski/golf days. Gotta figure how to create a similar combo day in Colorado winter!
Link to commentMatt Rouches
It's been an unusual winter but its typically a lot milder here than most people think. Chicago's winter is 10x worse. Since the sun always shines, it could be 30 and sunny and any recent snow will melt away. You can basically golf every month of the year as there's bound to be a 50+ degree day at any time.
I haven't heard anything outside of golf and rodeos on site so far but I'd assume there's more activities in the plans. I'd think cross country skiiing, hiking, and biking are obvious activities but outside of that its a pretty barren environment. They could manufacture some lakes like Sand Valley I suppose.
Link to commentWill Knights
Very excited for you to attend your first event!
Link to commentJamie Hiteshew
Very excited to take part in my first Fried Egg event!
Link to commentNathan Carr
I wonder if it will feel like Pinehurst. Thistle Dhu, the Cradle, 1, 2, 4, and the practice facility are all in a very walkable space. This is a departure from the "microclimates" at Bandon.
Link to commentMatthew Schoolfield
Uff... yes "prediction markets" are going to be all fun and games until we remember that prediction markets allow you to place a bet on "whether or not your neighbors house will burn down" while you're on your way home from the gas station, with a new gas can, filled to the top. There is a deep problem here that is called "market reflexivity" where there is a feedback between information and action in the market and information and action in the real world. When an individual action can move any market, this will be magnified, and it's genuinely bad for society. This means even if we don't participate in these markets, we will likely be affected by them, and that's a big problem.
I do think there is a bit more here that I would push back on, even if I think we agree. Here, I'm very much an outsider to much of the Fried Egg audience, as I'm not much of a professional sports fan. A big part of that is that, well, as long as profession sports' purpose is "entertainment" and the purpose of gambling is "entertainment" then basically anything is permissible. That, I see, is the underlying issue we're dealing with. There is a cohort that thinks sport is "worth doing the right way" and another group that sort of doesn't care as long as their team wins. This can be seen by an increase in flopping in the NBA along with cheating scandals in the NFL and MLB that go relatively unpunished.
Thankfully, golf has amateur championships. If we care about the love of the game more than we care about the spectacle of it, we can follow those events. It may not be broadcast on television for us to casually consume, but they exist, and are trivially easy to go to when they're in your are. It's not much of a silver lining, but it's there.
Link to commentMatthew Schoolfield
Uff... yes "prediction markets" are going to be all fun and games until we remember that prediction markets allow you to place a bet on "whether or not your neighbors house will burn down" while you're on your way home from the gas station, with a new gas can, filled to the top. There is deeply problem here that is called "market reflexivity" where there is a feedback between information and action in the market and information and action in the real world. When an individual action can move any market, this will be magnified, and it's genuinely bad for society. This means even if we don't participate in these markets, we will likely be affected by them, and that's a big problem.
I do think there is a bit more here that I would push back on, even if I think we agree. Here, I'm very much an outsider to much of the Fried Egg audience, as I'm not much of a professional sports fan. A big part of that is that, well, as long as profession sports' purpose is "entertainment" and the purpose of gambling is "entertainment" then basically anything is permissible. That, I see, is the underlying issue we're dealing with. There is a cohort that thinks sport is "worth doing the right way" and another group that sort of doesn't care as long as their team wins. This can be seen by an increase in flopping in the NBA along with cheating scandals in the NFL and MLB that go relatively unpunished.
Thankfully, golf has amateur championships. If we care about the love of the game more than we care about the spectacle of it, we can follow those events. It may not be broadcast on television for us to casually consume, but they exist, and are trivially easy to go to when they're in your are. It's not much of a silver lining, but it's there.
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