Nutella1 wrote:Those guys ran their qualifier on a short Dubai course. I know, ridiculous claim
yes
it is
if handful of kenyans can go 2"03
( ok, only 2 have done it, but no one doubts sammy or mutai in new york or berlin if not picking up an injury woudn't have done it - throw in lel of london-'08 who may have been the best of them all ( !!! ( came only 5th in peking but was slightly injured beforehand & said after he sacrificed himself to help sammy get last jewel in the crown )),
it is pretty damn obvious that you'll also get a bucket of 'thopians who can go 2"04
from 1500 on up, there is little difference in the 2 nations times
( albeit aman looked in 1'42-flat shape in zurich in those cold/wet conditions beating rudy & they just don't "get" the 3ksc, but shoud have 7'55 guys )
dubai/some close to them guys/et al, who are hosting kick-ball world cup soon ( ?! ) & are/have tried for olympics, can pay for best surveyors/engineers/architects/etc in the world to ensure their course is correct
in golf, the dubai tourney is huge in early season & tiger's won it coupla times
( & his loss to bjorn in '01 when in some peak form & playing all 4 rounds together hurt him possibly as bad as any major loss he ever had - go look up '00 tourney )
& tries to play there every year
it is a marvel of human creation
a lush-fairway/fanatastic smooth-true green/desert for rough (!!) course which any golfnut in the world wants to play
dubai
is not short