Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 53 min · 12 segments
Hawleywood talks with Author, Tony Dear. Tony is a former teaching professional who has contributed player interviews and stories on instruction, equipment, travel, course architecture, and golf…
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Well, much as we enjoy it, watching golf all year, we can get a little bit... not bored but you know just just the look of pj talk horses that it's a bit you know it's that monochromatic green um and the shots we we see play you know it's it's all by the numbers by by the book you know you you hit your 350 yard drive you hit your 110 yard wedge and you know you're It's just one week after the next.
And if you're not being really, really detailed or focused on what you're watching, I mean, it all blends into one.
There's a handful of venues, obviously, like Riviera and TPC Sawgrass is obviously quite a bit different from the rest of them.
if you weren't conscious of where they were playing, you know, it would all mould into one green, soft golf course.
I always said to people who asked me, you know, what's the difference between this golf? You know, we grew up at a Parkland course.
What's the difference between this course and a Lynx course? It's like Wimbledon in the French Open.
You know, they're different surfaces and they're both exciting and they're both great in their own way, but they're a very different form of the game.
Speaking of the Scottish Open, I had to explain to my family once again about the coffee golf for dad on the weekends to get up and enjoy my coffee and watch golf and got extra holes today with the fog yesterday.
So I do appreciate that, the difference in the open and the courses you mentioned for the majors this year.
I mean, these are all pre-1935 golf courses.
They're all wonderful time capsules of how golf should be played.
a lot of it on the ground.
I mean, obviously Augusta is more aerial these days than it was intended, but most of the golf course and the majors this year were, are going to be some have some ground influence on the ball, which is half the game, right? It's the fun for professionals watching what happens when, after it hits the ground, not the dirt in the air.
It's,
it's, it's, it's such an interesting dilemma, isn't it? I mean, there's, there's, when you say this, you're really not taking away any, anything from the other side of the game.
Well, much as we enjoy it, watching golf all year, we can get a little bit... not bored but you know just just the look of pj talk horses that it's a bit you know it's that monochromatic green um and the shots we we see play you know it's it's all by the numbers by by the book you know you you hit your 350 yard drive you hit your 110 yard wedge and you know you're It's just one week after the next.
And if you're not being really, really detailed or focused on what you're watching, I mean, it all blends into one.
There's a handful of venues, obviously, like Riviera and TPC Sawgrass is obviously quite a bit different from the rest of them.
if you weren't conscious of where they were playing, you know, it would all mould into one green, soft golf course.
I always said to people who asked me, you know, what's the difference between this golf? You know, we grew up at a Parkland course.
What's the difference between this course and a Lynx course? It's like Wimbledon in the French Open.
You know, they're different surfaces and they're both exciting and they're both great in their own way, but they're a very different form of the game.
Speaking of the Scottish Open, I had to explain to my family once again about the coffee golf for dad on the weekends to get up and enjoy my coffee and watch golf and got extra holes today with the fog yesterday.
So I do appreciate that, the difference in the open and the courses you mentioned for the majors this year.
I mean, these are all pre-1935 golf courses.
They're all wonderful time capsules of how golf should be played.
a lot of it on the ground.
I mean, obviously Augusta is more aerial these days than it was intended, but most of the golf course and the majors this year were, are going to be some have some ground influence on the ball, which is half the game, right? It's the fun for professionals watching what happens when, after it hits the ground, not the dirt in the air.
It's,
it's, it's, it's such an interesting dilemma, isn't it? I mean, there's, there's, when you say this, you're really not taking away any, anything from the other side of the game.
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