New Posts For Thread: Royal Portrush sounded out to hold USPGA Championshiphttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championshipreported on radio 5 live this morningwow !new york is 16 hours behind and san fran 19 hours behindmight need an early start over the weekendhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536607525#536607525new york is 16 hours behind and san fran 19 hours behindmight need an early start over the weekendSun, 24 Nov 2013 07:46:01 -0600Portrush in August would allow play to 8 o'clock if pushed , TV timings etc being relevant to USA viewers . Thats core TV coverage in USA central time from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m , and 2 days being Saturday and Sunday . Not sure about East coast Aussie relhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536607241#536607241Portrush in August would allow play to 8 o'clock if pushed , TV timings etc being relevant to USA viewers . Thats core TV coverage in USA central time from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m , and 2 days being Saturday and Sunday . Not sure about East coast Aussie relSun, 24 Nov 2013 07:30:28 -0600nothing to stop both melbourne and portrush getting a turnamericans might be happier to start off their experiment at portrushhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536607087#536607087nothing to stop both melbourne and portrush getting a turnamericans might be happier to start off their experiment at portrushSun, 24 Nov 2013 07:21:26 -0600Agree with you , therhino , Melbourne would be an excellent venue , assuming time zones etc would suit .Lost of locals here ( me included) prefer Royal County Down to Portrush incidentally ( marginally) , but Portrush has accomodated 120,000 easily ahttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536602349#536602349Agree with you , therhino , Melbourne would be an excellent venue , assuming time zones etc would suit .Lost of locals here ( me included) prefer Royal County Down to Portrush incidentally ( marginally) , but Portrush has accomodated 120,000 easily aSat, 23 Nov 2013 20:40:03 -0600I have no doubt Portrush is special Kelly. It should have a major, but we know which major it should have. For the PGA to be truly innovative it has no need to go the Isles, we don't need 2 Opens in a year. That's why I think Royal Melb is a no brainhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536601987#536601987I have no doubt Portrush is special Kelly. It should have a major, but we know which major it should have. For the PGA to be truly innovative it has no need to go the Isles, we don't need 2 Opens in a year. That's why I think Royal Melb is a no brainSat, 23 Nov 2013 20:00:08 -0600Along with Portrush , therhino , both belong to the Colt / McKenzie stable . The courses they designed all stand the test of time . There is a very good book out there about all 300 plus courses they designed . Dont think there is a "bad " course ahttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536601851#536601851Along with Portrush , therhino , both belong to the Colt / McKenzie stable . The courses they designed all stand the test of time . There is a very good book out there about all 300 plus courses they designed . Dont think there is a "bad " course aSat, 23 Nov 2013 19:49:53 -0600Call me biased, but after walking Royal Melbourne yesterday it has to be the venue for the PGA outside of America. Unbelievable layout, best I've ever seen by a mile. Not the prettiest, but course itself is out of this world. McKenzie was a genius.https://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536601639#536601639Call me biased, but after walking Royal Melbourne yesterday it has to be the venue for the PGA outside of America. Unbelievable layout, best I've ever seen by a mile. Not the prettiest, but course itself is out of this world. McKenzie was a genius.Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:36:01 -0600if its played abroad, one guarantee about the USPGA is it will be played in a suitable time zone for AMERICAN tv............IT WONT BE ON IN THE MIDDLE OF TEH MORNING. i would love to see it played in british isles............it should not be playedhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536514343#536514343if its played abroad, one guarantee about the USPGA is it will be played in a suitable time zone for AMERICAN tv............IT WONT BE ON IN THE MIDDLE OF TEH MORNING. i would love to see it played in british isles............it should not be playedSun, 17 Nov 2013 18:07:08 -0600US Club Pro qualifiers may need a helping hand with expenses...would there also be a qualifier for local club pros for whichever country held it?https://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536503443#536503443US Club Pro qualifiers may need a helping hand with expenses...would there also be a qualifier for local club pros for whichever country held it?Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:56:26 -0600change name to world uspgawould be very strange if it happenedhttps://community.betfair.com/golf/go/thread/view/94086/30135815/royal-portrush-sounded-out-to-hold-uspga-championship?post_id=536503287#536503287change name to world uspgawould be very strange if it happenedSun, 17 Nov 2013 05:29:29 -0600