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The U.S. Open will feature wicker baskets instead of flags
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:15 pm
at Merion Golf Club
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For the first time since 1981, the world will descend on Merion Golf Club's East Course on June 13 for the second major championship of the year and the fifth time the U.S. Open has been hosted there.
One thing you should expect to see? Wicker baskets adorning the tops of the flagsticks all across Merion's famed links.
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Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:17 pm to LSUftown22
Thats kinda cool actually!
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:17 pm to LSUftown22
That's pretty neat.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:17 pm to LSUftown22
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:20 pm to LSUftown22
I like it.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:20 pm to LSUftown22
Merion always has baskets instead of flags on it's flag sticks.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:33 pm to LSUftown22
Not a big fan. But at least it has some history to it.
As a player, I'd rather the flag to see exactly how the wind is blowing at that particular point in time.
As a player, I'd rather the flag to see exactly how the wind is blowing at that particular point in time.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:34 pm to LSUftown22
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Wicker baskets
On the East Course, all pins are topped with wicker baskets instead of the usual flags. As the story goes, when Hugh Wilson was in England studying their golf courses, he happened upon local sheep herders and their flocks. These shepherds held staffs that they used for herding, and the staffs all had wicker baskets at the top. In those baskets, they kept their lunch for the day so that no animals could get into it. Wilson decided to use the idea at Merion. One effect is that the baskets are visible no matter which way the wind is blowing – but they do not give the golfer any indication of wind direction at the green. They have been used since the course's opening, and are featured in the club's logo.
The wicker baskets came from a woman who wove similar wicker items that happened to live in proximity of the course. She donated the baskets which have been used as the tops of the pins since.[citation needed] Anyone who wins a USGA event at Merion receives a wicker basket top. Wickers are destroyed if the wicker baskets are broken. The golf course assistant superintendents collect the wickers every night, so they will not be stolen. It is assumed the wicker baskets will be used in the 2013 U.S. Open.
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Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:34 pm to LSUftown22
The course I worked at used wicker baskets. It was just annoying because we had to put them out in the morning and take them back at night because kids would steal them.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:36 pm to LSUftown22
Seems gimmicky and will annoy players trying to gauge wind
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:48 pm to LSUftown22
This could be a fun thread the week of the Open:
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Now for the fun game, which player will be the first to hit a basket with a golf shot and complain?
Posted on 4/29/13 at 3:55 pm to LSUftown22
I was reading about Merion the other day and thought it was pretty cool. Going to be a change for the players for sure.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 4:11 pm to LSUftown22
Stupid gimmick
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