tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10712965.post4713897029406527868..comments2024-02-12T05:16:01.177-05:00Comments on Golf for Beginners: Is Trump International Puerto Rico challenging enough for the PGA Tour?Stacy Solomonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01366946122867905904noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10712965.post-20462765711918502082010-04-01T11:50:46.671-04:002010-04-01T11:50:46.671-04:00Considering that they had over 12 inches of rain, ...Considering that they had over 12 inches of rain, the PGA Tour, as in any other tourney, will adjust rules and flag placements accordingly to make the experience of playing the tournament and scoring not be an unsurmountable. That is one possible reason for the lower scores.<br /><br />I agree this is a new tournament that deserves to vie for the top players in the future without sharing the limelight with Doral.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072979002941813870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10712965.post-69496391390060705692010-03-18T10:42:13.880-04:002010-03-18T10:42:13.880-04:00Considering Derek Lamely fired a course record (he...Considering Derek Lamely fired a course record (he's just a rookie) and there plenty of mid-level golfers making scores, I would consider the question answered but I leave it up to the reader to add comments.<br /><br />The challenge of any golf course lies in making par. <br /><br />If it is an easier course, it should then follow that golfers should score better. Add to that fact rainy conditions and it seems to me that it should be harder to score.Stacy Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366946122867905904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10712965.post-14656303661109188322010-03-18T10:37:02.861-04:002010-03-18T10:37:02.861-04:00The title was meant to be rhetorical, I think, bas...The title was meant to be rhetorical, I think, based upon following the tournament, the golfers in the mix, Doral as a stop during the same week and the eventual winner.<br /><br />I think this is a tough course because the PGA Tour doesn't pick just any golf course when it decides on a stop.<br /><br />Conditions made it even more challenging but, that being said, I think that the PGA Tour utilized two tour events, one at Doral and one at Trump. <br /><br />Why didn't the top seed of PGA Tour players golf at Trump while the "B" level play at Doral?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10712965.post-72045260261551096852010-03-17T22:43:34.446-04:002010-03-17T22:43:34.446-04:00Good recap. But did no quite get the answer to the...Good recap. But did no quite get the answer to the question that was posed by the title. After seeing the action out there and looking at the scores. Circumstances and results leave no doubt it was challenging enough. That is, despite aprox 12 inches of rain that week. (Has anyone looked if this was a record at a PGA Tour stop?) I believe it was amazing that the tournament rounds were completed. I was not most of the time in the skyboxes, slurping the coladas of the Tourism Co. but rather at different spot following the action. They had a much better field of players at the PR Open this year, and the competition was fierce. So definitely this was a competitive course. Even the weather conditions varied from the deluges at the beginning of the week, to windy conditions, to the calm and humid conditions of Sunday (not felt in the air conditioned skyboxes), and splendid extended play on Monday. All around, despite tough circumstances the course played <br />better or, at least as well, as the PGA could expect under the circumstances. I bet with such varied weather and a better field of players each year, it will prove to be quite challeging in the future as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072979002941813870noreply@blogger.com