Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Merion's unusual wickers intrigue players, test caddies (Reuters)

By Mark Lamport-Stokes ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - They look like giant red lollipops on red-and-white sticks and, for first time visitors at the Merion Golf Club for this week's U.S. Open, they stick out like sore thumbs. They are the unusual wicker baskets which perch atop steel sticks here instead of the traditional flags, a quirk allegedly inspired by what course architect Hugh Wilson saw on a visit to Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. ...

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