Ohh the Iron[oxide]y

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And that's irony in and of itself that we're talking about irony involving Iron Oxide. Stupid chemistry - why did I learn so much about it?

By the way I remember this: Rust consists of hydrated iron(III) oxides Fe2O3·nH2O and iron(III) oxide-hydroxide FeO(OH)·Fe(OH)3. (Source)

She's Trashed

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Cooking Instructions

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Somebody Likes Sunflower Seeds

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Cats' Views

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Stop It Already!

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How About Some Tactical Bacon

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'The Hell CAN I Do?

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Caption This

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Golf Magazine's Top-100 Courses You Can Play

From bargains under $50 to once-in-a-lifetime splurges, there's something for everyone in this year's ranking of the best public access courses in the U.S.

Way back when, some French guy uttered the equivalent of, "the more things change, the more they stay the same." That's true at the top of our ranking of the best public access courses in the U.S., where Oregon's Pacific Dunes again edges out Pebble Beach for honors among our course-ranking panelists and well-traveled spies.

Perhaps the strongest challenge to Pacific Dunes might come from its sibling, Old Macdonald, the highest-ranked of seven courses to debut this year. As we welcome back two old classics that enjoyed recent makeovers, we offer a tip of the cap to two Top 100 Courses that closed in
Pacific Dunes - Bandon, Oregon

this brutal economy (Beechtree and Reflection Bay). But that same economy has opened up two other once-private courses that make our list.

Clicking on the list below will take you to the full list where you can scroll through it. Also be sure to check out the interactive map they have as well (pictured in the banner image).

The list:


Other features you may be interested in:
• Best New Courses 2010
• Best New International
• Best Private Courses
• Best Renovation
• Best Public Courses In Every State
• Best Values in the Top-100
• The Top-100 Courses in the World - a personal favorite

...and much, much more! Even a special article about Ko'olau Golf Club in Hawaii, which I featured in a previous post a couple weeks ago.

And last but not least, here is the main Courses & Travel page at Golf Magazine Dot Com.

Crushed Pineapples

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Budweiser Can Car

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The Greatest Golf Courses Ever

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America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses For 2010

1 - Augusta National G.C.

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2 - Pine Valley G.C.

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3 - Shinnecock Hills G.C.

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4 - Cypress Point Club

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5 - Oakmont C.C

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See the rest of this list.. (Pebble Beach is ranked #6 this time.)




America's 100 Best Courses You Can Play

Golf Digest's List - Click on the "100 Greatest Public" tab.
1. Pebble Beach Golf Links
2. Pacific Dunes
3. Whistling Straits (Straits Course)
4. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island
5. Bethpage State Park (Black)
...the rest

Golf.com's List - Find this interactive map.


1. Pacific Dunes
2. Pebble Beach Golf Links
3. Whistling Straits (Straits Course)
4. The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island
5. Pinehurst #2
...the rest

And both of those have state-by-state lists, but the best state-by-state list is:

Golfweek's list.

Golfweek doesn't provide an overall list like the other two, but the cream of the crop, top-10 type courses are pretty much the same anyway (they specifically state that Oregon's Pacific Dunes is their #1).

Here are a few highlights of Golfweek's state-by-state list:

Arizona #3: Troon North (Monument), Scottsdale
My Dad and I stood on the back deck of the clubhouse here for about 15 minutes trying to decide if we really wanted to pay the exorbitant green fee (this was 1996, and that price was about $125). Regretably, we ended up playing elsewhere for just more than half the money, and an ordinary-type course we could play here for $30. Remember that was 1996.

Louisiana #3: The Bluffs C.C. and Resort, St. Francisville
One of the most unique courses I've ever played, and also the highest green fee I've still ever paid (1999 or 2000 - $102). The beauty is so "far away" from the awesomeness of that hole pictured. Incredible design using a prime piece of real estate, and a superior CHARACTER grade.


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I would LOVE to go play the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

Last but not least, Hawaii's #8: Ko'olau:
This is the course at the top of my own personal list of "courses I must play in my lifetime". (That'll be a later post!)

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Throughout my entire course-design career for Jack Nicklaus GBC, nothing impressed me more than the design of this hole on this course. Supposedly one of the toughest golf courses in the world, too. And is it not gorgeous?

By the way, I've played 4 of the 20 listed Texas courses (7, 13, 15, and 20), and no less than 4 more that most definitely should be on there.

They are:
Cedar Creek in SA
The Bandit in McQueeney
Walden at Lake Conroe
The Falls, New Ulm

Subdued

Can you?

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What's Down There? Hmm.. Can I... Oops

Inquisitive puppy better realize...

Usually only cartoon ostriches get away with this without controversy!

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Can You Spell That?

Can you spell that sound bite  911 Call sound bites

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No Can Do

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It's true! Try it..

Why is this?

In MS-DOS, several special "device files" were available to aid in performing certain tasks, such as clearing the screen or deleting extraneous output from a program. In order to maintain backwards-compatibility, all versions of Windows up to and including Windows Vista will refuse to allow you to create a file with these "reserved" device file names. The following file names are all reserved:

CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9

CON, incidentally, was originally a device file used to capture whatever was printed onscreen. (Via)

But Can They Really?

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Jamaica: Bacon or Beer Can?

Click the banner pic to find out!

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