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Golden Tee and the rest of the IT roller ball games. The third tier of degenerate arts, after pool and golf.

This is the future in the US. Nice of the Brits to share with us. A game people already play and understand; big participatory fields; co-located junior, women, and doubles tournaments. I don't play 8 ball or much bar box pool, but this is obviously the way for pool in the US.

This is the right take. Young professionals will spend all day and night drinking $10 cocktails while knocking a few balls around. No serious players will bother, the patrons wouldn't play for a nickel against a C note if you spotted them the breaks and the 2 out. They might do a Monday night...

Q-Master in Virginia Beach, VA. Former home of the 9-Ball US Open. El Batey Bar, San Juan PR. Current home of a pretty snooty bar cat.

As a teenager I started playing at Obelisk Billiards Club (OBC) in Denbigh, VA. It was a great 1990s upscale room in a bad part of Newport News, VA. A common second spot for players making a pilgrimage to Q-Master. Jim and Pat were the owners. "Tree," was the local pro; he was an older guy...

There's a bit of a contradiction with table/field difficulty. You were probably more likely to beat your kids on the 8 foot hoop than the 10. If I were doing a free throw shooting contest with Steph Curry, I'd want to play on the highest imaginable hoop. At 10 ft he shoots 91% and I'm lucky...

Do you know where Asheville or Boone NC are? They aren't exactly beach towns. They are 5 or 6 hours inland in the mountains, closer to Tennessee than the coast.

I received my cue from Anton today. It is very high quality. I'm blown away by the fit and finish. I made a contribution a few months ago, felt great about it and basically forgot about it. It is like Christmas in September to receive an email confirming my address and then the cue a few...

I think this is precisely OP's point: that small pockets hide actual differences between the extremely good and the once-in-a-generation talents. If no one, even the best in the world, can consistently break and run more than a rack or three, the results get spread around to more extremely...

Actually, doing this almost killed golf. Stretching the courses in the Tiger era really hurt the game and made it one dimensional. They are rolling the ball back to bring some balance back to the game and be able to play more courses on tour.

I have one of these. https://a.co/d/0c0EkoEj

I have something called an "Eliminator" sneaky pete made by Imperial, a game room company. For $50 it isn't bad. I picked it up during COVID because my player was locked in the my closed office. It lives in my truck now. Not great, but it came from the retailer straight and well packaged. I...

Even though I really enjoy and have played lots of 1p, I don't think there is a better feeling in pool than playing dialed-in 9 ball. Long runs, letting the stroke out, multi rail position. It just feels great.

A dive bar called The Rusty Nail sponsored my dad's soccer club. They had a bar box in the back where the team would go after matches. As a little kid, I'd crawl around on the floor looking for coins until I had the $.75 to make the balls come out. Used a milk crate to get up to the table...

This whole situation is a funny replay of the PGA tour in the 90s. Tiger hit the ball so far, they decided to "Tiger-proof" all the courses in rotation, which is to say, make them longer. Tiger should have paid them for this Tiger-proofing, because all it did in the short term was ensure only...

I don't care what size we decide upon, but it does seem it would be better for everyone, and especially pool room owners, if we had a single standard of what a competition pool table looks like. Otherwise identical tables running anywhere from 4 to 4.75 is really annoying if you travel around...

I will never understand the desire to minimize surprise winners in a fan/participant sport like pool. Golf, tennis, pickleball, poker, all have an element of appeal that is along the lines of, "maybe if I didn't have a day job, I could do that." Having someone other than a top pro make a run...

I'm annoyed at Sperry. Their top tier has been going down hill for years. I have an order in for Rancourts. Hopefully a new hand made domestic boat shoe.

I just happened upon some highlights on YouTube and am happy to see others have found this. I think it is great for the game and wish them success. Would love to see some more amateur or league spinoffs and maybe a similar 9 ball format. I don't love bar box pool, but am growing to accept...