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Galileo and GPS: Euros win Ryder Cup again!
Wednesday December 28, 2005 | 08:16:11 160 words, 1484 views
I am irked, perturbed, riled up, down and sideways. The Euros have grabbed the edge again. The European Union launched the Galileo satellite today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Galileo, for the untutored, will surpass our Global Positioning System (GPS) by nailing object positions down to 3 feet. The GPS standard is 16 feet. Here’s the rub. My wheel house for short putts is three feet. I don’t mind them at all. Sixteen feet, however, is another ball of Baikonur. Can you imagine all those Europeans laughing their arses off when our US boys are hitting perfect shots … to sixteen feet, while the old-country chaps, monsieurs, and bandidos have virtual tap-ins from one pace? You may have read, or heard, that the public will not have access to Galileo receivers until 2008. Don’t believe for a second, though, that the European Ryder Cup team is considered public. They’ll have those receivers in 2006, and we’ll be stuck with stinking GPS. Oh, the humanity! 
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Comment from: Jennifer Mario [Member]
And to think I just plunked down three bills for a golf GPS gadget for my husband!
12/28/05 @ 12:27
Comment from: Kiel Christianson [Visitor] · http://www.travelgolf.com/departments/authorarchives/christianson.htm
The way the Americans play as a team (and I use that term loosely), it won't make a difference.
12/28/05 @ 12:36
Comment from: Denver Player [Visitor]
Kiel,
I'll show a little American "hubris" here, and predict a win for the US in the next Ryder Cup. Care to make a friendly wager?
12/29/05 @ 20:32
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member]
Here's a team that I could cheer on. How many do I get, twelve? OK, the twelve most appropriate American golfers for the 2006 Ryder Cup are:
Daly Verplank DiMarco O'Hair Mickelson Woods Furyk Bryant (Bart) Crane Couples Kaye Herron I don't want quitters, I don't want softies, I don't want family men who are not ranked in the top five in the world (Mickelson's exemption!); however, I do want guys who can have a bit of fun, who can have healthy hearts, who have toughed it out, who can slow down the euros, and who have a bit of "kiss my arse" in them.
12/29/05 @ 20:56
Comment from: Denver Player [Visitor]
You should have added Tommy Armour III as an asst. captain.
The tactic here: His sole responsibility is to take out the top euro players to get them drunk, and send some ladies over to their hotel room to knock them off their game.
12/30/05 @ 08:51
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member]
Nice touch. I'll go with that one. Tommy seems like a team player. I'm sure he'd give up his top-dog status for one week, in honor of ... well, USA honor and pride. Nothing like beating the Euros at their own game.
12/30/05 @ 09:03
Comment from: jon [Visitor]
Someone has to take Darren Clark out. He is said to be quite a drinker. Old John Daly would do quite nicely, but hasn't Daly foresaken booze? Maybe Daly could send half a dozen Hooters girls to Darren Clarke and have them challenge him to a drinking match.
12/30/05 @ 17:24
Comment from: Denver Player [Visitor]
I was going to make the DC comment myself, but he seems to be rather committed to his wife, who unfortunately has been through a battle with cancer.
Have to like DC. Like to tip a few pints, and doesn't take it too seriously. Seems to be grounded with family, as well.
12/30/05 @ 18:54
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member]
Darren Clarke is invincible. He gets his cigars directly from Fidel Castro, which gives him a social conscience. He gets his booze from Seamus MacDuff's family distillery in Scotland, which gives him an other-worldly connection. He got his heart on the top of Mount Crumpet, three sizes too big.
Wow, what strange trip was that?
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