Society of Golf Historians

@JaynitMakwana Yah but when the world has 50,000,000 plumbers they will make minimum wage. If everyone has to do these jobs then their value becomes zero.

Plumbing will outlast coding. Welding will outlast desk jobs. Farming will outlast email. Elon Musk: "Anything that isn't physically moving atoms will be eliminated like lightning by AI." He spent 5 minutes explaining why physical work is the last to go: The filter is simple. "Anything that is digital, which is just someone at a computer doing something, AI is going to take over those jobs like lightning." "Coding, anything along those lines. It's going to take over those jobs like lightning." "Just like digital computers took over the job of people doing manual calculations. But much faster." What survives longer? "AI can improve the productivity of humans who build things with their hands or do things with their hands." "Welding. Electrical work. Plumbing. Anything that's physically moving atoms." "Cooking food. Farming. Anything that's physical. Those jobs will exist for a much longer time." The desk jobs go first. "There's just so many desk jobs where really what people are doing is processing email or answering the phone." "Anything that isn't moving atoms. Anything that is not physically doing physical work." "Those jobs will be and are being eliminated by AI at a very rapid pace." Here's where it ends: "Ultimately, working will be optional." "Because you'll have robots plus AI." "In a benign scenario, universal high income. Not just universal basic income. Universal high income." "Meaning anyone can have any products or services that they want." "We'd essentially eliminate poverty." But there's a catch. "There will be a lot of trauma and disruption along the way." "There's a lot of ways this movie can end." "The reason I'm so concerned about AI safety is that one of the possibilities is the Terminator scenario." "It's not 0%."

@joe3jax Yes I left that out - it will be in there as well. Maybe one more course!!! We will see:)

@SHistorians No Big Easy Covey?

Tuesday we will kick off part 2 of the Society of Golf Historians Auction with a throwback Twitter/X Auction. Four amazing courses: • Threesome with me at The MacKenzie Course at 21 Golf Club • Threesome with me at Belleair CC • Threesome at Seth Raynor’s Lookout Mountain • A Twosome with me and host at a Mystery Course in PA that has hosted some majors:) Auction starts Tuesday, May 5th and will run until Sunday, May 10th!!! Each item will be its own tweet- all you do is respond to th tweet with your bid. When I close the auction, the highest bidder wins. Will have some giveaways in between.

@CuriosityonX I will do it. Probably tell them to call back in 100 years and see if we are mature enough to handle it.

If aliens requested a meeting with a sole individual to represent the human race, whom should we send?

Landlocked venues for the Open? Logistics is more about traveling to and from the course- it includes enough room for fans to walk and follow the action- room to grand stands etc. Either way Fazio isn’t the answer in my humble opinion. The best US Open courses have been the classic venues like Merion, Oakmont, Winged Foot, Pinehurst, Pebble Beach and Bethpage. Erin Hills was a good venue, but it also sat on an amazing expanse of land built for a major.

@SHistorians @ptbrennan11 Maybe the euros are just smarter in figuring out how to host championships on amazing, historical, and landlocked venues. Really, if logistics are the only concern we should play the US Open every year at Disney world. They already have parking and busses.

I find the disruption to access here personally annoying but ultimately, DC does not need *three* crappy cheap golf courses within its borders. The one with the best location -- East Potomac -- should be a legitimately nice public course (note by the way that greens fees for Bethpage Black for NY residents are only like 60 bucks -- expectation should be same here), and let the other two remain muni-junk level.

@ptbrennan11 It was about to be restored by Tom Doak. Rather than put his golden stamp on this golf course he could have funded the restoration of what used to be an amazing Walter Travis design.

@Andy_Dyer_NOVA @ptbrennan11 lol not going to happen. Logistics and parking are issues

@ptbrennan11 It should be good enough to host a US Open at least once a decade.

@MidwestGolfJake That is an extreme- perhaps less extreme than what I did - which was to design my own wedge with 20* of bounce with @WorksNational. A buddy told me of a method that doesn’t make sense but it works so well. It’s almost the opposite of what I have been taught.

Other than avoiding them, gimme your best bunker tip. I am pondering buying this...it's bad. I either chunk or shank. There is no in between. And I don't have a good practice bunker handy.

@JohnPorte3 @Top100golfquest @RoyalDornochGC @Crudenbaygolf I think it’s heaven. Everything about St Andrews just makes me happy. I could hang out there for a week, never swing a club and be perfectly content. It’s the heart beat of this game.

@SHistorians @Top100golfquest @RoyalDornochGC @Crudenbaygolf Played the Reverse and Old Course for the first time. St Andrews is like Disneyland for golfers.

Dreaming of St Andrews today. Will be returning to Scotland in September to hang out with my friend @Top100golfquest at @RoyalDornochGC & @Crudenbaygolf. Still need to fill in some golf rounds.

@thwacknicklaus lol

Justin Rose switching to McLaren clubs and immediately losing all steering feels a little too on brand.

@ChipJohnson01 Veenker

Checking another Maxwell of my list today, one that I’d bet a lot of fellas on here have not played. Any guesses?

Usually it’s worse for the parents than the goalie, but this evening in this championship game, I could see her disappointment and frustration. My guess is she put way too much pressure on playing at a high level, that she ultimately made herself play more tense. We played a juggernaut and juggernauts do what juggernauts do.

@SHistorians Perfectly encapsulates team sports. Playing goalie is tough. One day you’re the hero, another day you feel like you’ve let yourself and your team down. But freshman on varsity and getting save record has put her on the map for the next level! On to the next one!!

So proud of my little freshman goalie!!! Her varsity team reached the Elite 8 of the Florida State Lacrosse Championships for the first time ever. We faced off against the Defending State Champs, Plant who has only lost 1 game in the last two years and we got our teeth kicked in 9-17. Charlotte unfortunately didn’t have her best game in goal, which happens, but she managed to set her high school’s single season save record ending with 129 saves! So proud of our Newsome girls - they won the District Championship and fought hard all season through injuries and adversity! #NonGolfHistory @TheCreaseKings @tampalaxreport

@Green360Info @LacrosseNetwork I sent that to both my son and daughter

@LacrosseNetwork @SHistorians

Goalie activities:

@Green360Info It might be the only highlight from her Regional Championship game. She played great in the first half and really struggled in the second half. An amazing first year in varsity lax and to make it even better she really loves her teammates.

@SHistorians What an amazing achievement for her and her team!!

@VegasGunner88 @6thFairway I saw parts of it that back that story up.

@SHistorians @6thFairway Have you seen the agreement and can confirm that was the deal?

Without getting political the deficit is $1.9 Trillion but the U.S. Govt is going to take over a golf course from a group that was funding a restoration with private money with an architect taking a pay cut to restore it. This is the exact opposite of what conservative government is supposed to be. This is MAGA Meddling. There is zero public good- this is a big government move. I 100% oppose this decision.

@jeremywestbrook Yes this next week.

@SHistorians Are you still going to list these additional courses?

A special thanks to everyone who participated in our 3rd Annual Society of Golf Historians Auction. Thanks to you we will fully be able to fund Stephen Proctor’s research in the UK for his next great book on Bernard Darwin!!!! We will list 3-4 courses this week on a Twitter auction including a Seth Raynor and a Major Championship course in Pennsylvania. Thank you for your bidding!!! ##GolfHistory is alive

@6thFairway The deal was that they could spend that money on improvements and restoration, You need to know all the details.

@SHistorians 8.8 million of unpaid rent.

From an apolitical standpoint: I think most golfers who really care about golf or who care about golf design - don’t support Fazio destroying a Walter Travis course. If Trump came in and said I am going to put the full support of the U.S. Govt behind restoring this historic course - you don’t get the outrage. It’s not an anti-Trump stance. THAT BEING SAID: What are the odds the course is named after Trump or has a statue out front?

Perfect weather for the playoff game that decides who goes to the FINAL FOUR of the Women’s Lacrosse State Championship of Florida. Let’s go Latte!!! Let’s go Wolves!!!