Full Version: Golf Atmosphere
We are not talking the course itself, but the pubs inside. What as golfers would you rather see in the USA course pubs to create what you see in the courses over the big pond?
(Note: Off topic, not really golf related!)
There's no way to recreate the atmosphere in the US - in certain spots, maybe, but there's a conviviality that one finds in pubs in the UK that IMO isn't found here.
In the UK, "PUB" = "Public House." Neighborhood place to go have a drink or three and (recent phenomenon) a bite to eat. Lots of people bring their kid(s) in, it's just a place to catch up w/ your pals and neighbors. Pubs don't have to stay open until 3AM and in fact IIRC almost none do.
In the US, "PUB" generally means "place to get sloshed." It's just different, and I think that a lot of it has to do with the way many in the US view alcohol, which IMO is ridiculous. For example here in the great state of Georgia (sic), if we have friends call us on a Sunday afternoon and want to get together at the house for dinner, the wonderful state government has decided that not only is it a sin, but it's actually illegal for me to go out and buy a bottle of wine.
Ridiculous, IMO.
There's no way to recreate the atmosphere in the US - in certain spots, maybe, but there's a conviviality that one finds in pubs in the UK that IMO isn't found here.
In the UK, "PUB" = "Public House." Neighborhood place to go have a drink or three and (recent phenomenon) a bite to eat. Lots of people bring their kid(s) in, it's just a place to catch up w/ your pals and neighbors. Pubs don't have to stay open until 3AM and in fact IIRC almost none do.
In the US, "PUB" generally means "place to get sloshed." It's just different, and I think that a lot of it has to do with the way many in the US view alcohol, which IMO is ridiculous. For example here in the great state of Georgia (sic), if we have friends call us on a Sunday afternoon and want to get together at the house for dinner, the wonderful state government has decided that not only is it a sin, but it's actually illegal for me to go out and buy a bottle of wine.
Ridiculous, IMO.
Size.
I was in St Andrews today. I have been there about 4 times in the last 6 months - and I live about 10 miles away.
My gf is American and we both agree on this - the USA is just too big to create the atmosphere that you see in the tiny (in comparison) countries over this side of the Atlantic.
By the way, the "atmosphere" here aint all that its cracked up to be.
Whats with the bottle of wine deal? Georgia sounds whack!!
I was in St Andrews today. I have been there about 4 times in the last 6 months - and I live about 10 miles away.
My gf is American and we both agree on this - the USA is just too big to create the atmosphere that you see in the tiny (in comparison) countries over this side of the Atlantic.
By the way, the "atmosphere" here aint all that its cracked up to be.
Whats with the bottle of wine deal? Georgia sounds whack!!
QUOTE (iloverickystevekarl @ Apr 5 2009, 05:19 PM) 
Whats with the bottle of wine deal? Georgia sounds whack!!
It's not just Georgia, America has some screwed up liquor laws. Some places have rules about not selling alcohol on Sundays for religious reasons. Some have laws about not selling alcohol after certain times because they have a powerful tavern association that has pushed for laws that allow them to make more money. Some have laws about what percent of alcohol a beer can contain, some have laws about how much and what type of alcohol you can sell, some have laws about where you can buy alcohol.
And it's not any sort of national thing. Different states, different counties, even different cities set their own rules.
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