Comments on: Change Comes To Scotland http://snarkmarket.com/2009/2746 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tim http://snarkmarket.com/2009/2746/comment-page-1#comment-4774 Tim Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:24:59 +0000 http://67.207.132.117/?p=2746#comment-4774 Oh, I totally knew that; I've been watching British Opens at St Andrews since I was a kid. And I get that the big golf club is an all-male club, and the new Pres hasn't been made a member where the former ones were... But it just seems to me like it was a story about a shakeup at a major European university and some editor (or writer) said, "you know what people/Americans know about St Andrews? The golf course." Or they needed a "controversy" about the first woman president, and the golf course was the only thing remotely close. Oh, I totally knew that; I’ve been watching British Opens at St Andrews since I was a kid.

And I get that the big golf club is an all-male club, and the new Pres hasn’t been made a member where the former ones were…

But it just seems to me like it was a story about a shakeup at a major European university and some editor (or writer) said, “you know what people/Americans know about St Andrews? The golf course.”

Or they needed a “controversy” about the first woman president, and the golf course was the only thing remotely close.

]]> By: Robin http://snarkmarket.com/2009/2746/comment-page-1#comment-4773 Robin Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:13:36 +0000 http://67.207.132.117/?p=2746#comment-4773 The golf lede is not *entirely* nonsensical; St Andrews is where golf was invented, and the Old Course is, uh, the first one. BUT, agree, the substance of the story is a lot more interesting. I visited St Andrews back in 1998 and really enjoyed the town & the university alike. The golf lede is not *entirely* nonsensical; St Andrews is where golf was invented, and the Old Course is, uh, the first one.

BUT, agree, the substance of the story is a lot more interesting. I visited St Andrews back in 1998 and really enjoyed the town & the university alike.

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