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David Spinelli

@dspin65

Politically Independent. Golf ⛳️ geek; Torrey Pines, Crail & St Andrews are my home courses. USGA Rules certified. Analytics volunteer for the Joe Moore Award.

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David Spinelli
David Spinelli@dspin65·
@GamblorGolf I am a huge golf fan and I have been inside the ropes a lot. I also walked a few holes with Aaron at Augusta in April. The blatant racism on Twitter directed towards him being an “Englishman” is so disgusting 🤮 Many on Twitter need to look in the mirror.
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David Spinelli
David Spinelli@dspin65·
@AnthonyKim_Golf AK, ignore the haters. Especially the keyboard warrior cowards with anonymous profiles. I am old and wise enough to comprehend the journey you took. We should all be 1% better every day 👊🏻
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Jeff Wiesner
Jeff Wiesner@JeffreyPWiesner·
IMO, every @PGATOUR major tournament (at least) should forbid yelling from fans after a player hits a shot, and immediately remove any who do. @TheMasters is the only one getting this right. One of many reasons it’s the best golf tournament in the world. espn.com/golf/story/_/i…
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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@JumboElliott76 So the cruelty of this Administration extends from the immigrant, the poorer citizens, and now to animals too?
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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@patrickjkoenig This is endemic of high-end golf globally today at “named” courses. Scotland golf inflation is really bad too. The only way this stops is when the consumer says “enough”. Even though I have the means, I am focusing more on hidden gems. Pebble is amazing. Don’t get me wrong.
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Patrick Koenig
Patrick Koenig@patrickjkoenig·
The last 3 people that told me about their first experience at Pebble Beach all said that their most powerful memory was how expensive everything was. The second thing they mentioned was how slow the round of golf was.
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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@MidwestGolfJake The game of golf has historically been through innovation cycles. The top-tier players will leverage those innovations to the fullest. As well as “play the course as it is presented to you”; which could include hitting into unintended areas. Always has been & will never change.
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Jake Weaver
Jake Weaver@MidwestGolfJake·
The PGA just hosted a major on a classic Donald Ross course, with a winning score of -9, and this is the response from one of the premier Golf Course Architecture names in the game. At this point rollback vs non rollback is as polarizing as Democrats and Republicans in this country. Neither side is willing to yield that the other side has any reasonable points. On the pro rollback side, none of the goodness from this weekend matters. On the anti rollback side, this weekend is proof that no rollback is needed. I need to remute some words on here.
Fried Egg Golf@fried_egg_golf

"After four rounds, what is to make of the test Aronimink Golf Club presented? Any conversation about the golf course or the setup must start here: the sport is currently completely out of scale. There is no greater evidence of that than Aaron Rai clubbing down to 3-wood off the tee on No. 15, a 527-yard par 4, to find the widest section of the fairway, while many of the longest players in the field were consistently bailed out by errant drives finding trampled-down areas where spectators trod throughout the week. "Those are symptoms of a game that is not in scale, one that would benefit from being shrunk back to the dimensions of golf courses, so that a 5’11, 170-pound player with below-average clubhead speed is hitting driver on 530-yard par 4s. And so that long players with wide misses aren’t rewarded by finding areas of the property never intended to be part of the course, or tournament infrastructure that results in a free drop. A scaled-back version of the game would allow more accurate tee shots to find the fairway, while wide misses would settle between gallery ropes and the fairway. "If somebody cannot review the shots we’re seeing from professional golfers and acknowledge that the sport has lost the plot with modern technology, there is no constructive way to move the sport forward. Before vilifying tree-removal programs or advocating for thicker rough, we need to have a more nuanced conversation about what is actually happening on the golf course. Bring dispersion patterns back in line with the game board on which the sport is played. That is a vision for a more strategic, balanced, and well-rounded version of the sport. It is also a more responsible one." - @JosephLaMagna in his takeaways piece from the PGA Championship (Photo Courtesy: PGA of America)

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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@bobbytrunole @ryancavengolf @fried_egg_golf @TheOpen I attended the Thursday round of the 2013 Open there at Muirfield. I played there 3x - morning individual stroke play and afternoon 4-somes. I likely will not go back as it is the only course I have played (so far) that I do not think my 10 Index can handle. It is that tough.
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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@bobbytrunole @ryancavengolf Muirfield is magnificent. I have been on the property 4 times. The bunkers are like vacuums. The Old Course is amazing too. I have 25 rounds in The Old. 11, 17, and 18 are my favorite holes. Ranking courses is tough as it is like art. We all experience them differently.
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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@leftisfacist @JaydaBF The breed is German Shepherd (i.e, ethnicity) and if born in England its citizenship is British. Not too hard to comprehend.
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MeerKat@leftisfacist·
@dspin65 @JaydaBF My German Shepherd was born in England so is he now an English Bulldog?
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Jesse The Free 🏴
Jesse The Free 🏴@Jessethefree·
Racism is a low-effort, low-intelligence shortcut, the lazy man’s answer to complex social problems that actually demand intelligence, effort, and honesty.
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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@GolfTravelerJoe F&M has an amazing tourist scheme: Last year we paid $200 for: 1. 36 holes 2. Arrival coffee and sausage roll. 3. Soup and sandwich lunch between rounds. 4. 2 course dinner. The course is super fun too.
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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@JaydaBF Meaning that people should be educated enough to differentiate between nationally and ethnic background.
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Jayda Fransen
Jayda Fransen@JaydaBF·
“In this day and age” So there was a time when English people actually had English ancestry… but now they are Indian and African. In what ‘day and age’ did this new reality come into force?
David Spinelli@dspin65

@JaydaBF This ⬆️ wins the Most Racist Tweet of the Day award 🥇 It is truly astounding in this day and age that this is even in question. Aaron was born and raised in England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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David Spinelli
David Spinelli@dspin65·
@jlakely Well note both the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup last year are run by the PGA of America, NOT the PGA Tour. Two different organizations.
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Jim Lakely
Jim Lakely@jlakely·
Golf fans don’t have to put up with that nonsense during The Masters or the British Open. The PGA Tour needs to have a condition of “no boorish behavior” for a ticket. Shouting “get in the hole” or “mashed potato” just after impact is “boorish” and you are ejected from the property. Let’s stop pretending this can’t be fixed. It would make the experience of playing, attending, and watching on TV better. Set standards of decorum and enforce them. It’s that simple.
Justin Macmahan@JustinMacmahan

Does anyone enjoy hearing fans scream random stuff after shots in golf? I would like to see it eliminated by ejecting the fans who scream. Golf is the only sport you can peacefully have on all day in the background, but that peace is constantly interrupted for drunken shoutouts

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David Spinelli@dspin65·
@ChildersRadio I think Trump’s foreign and immigration policies has dampened the international travel and tourism interest. And most Americans are disinterested in football. Add in the exorbitant pricing by FIFA - I passed - that squashed any casual fan interest too.
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Chris Childers
Chris Childers@ChildersRadio·
Is it me or is there just zero buzz for the World Cup? There were many that thought hosting in 2026 was going to create incredible momentum for soccer in the United States moving forward. It’s like only a few weeks away and I feel like absolutely nobody cares. #fifa #worldcup
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