Dear Goose,
What is the Indio effect, just mentioned moments ago during the Kraft Nabisco broadcast? We all know it means the greens tend toward the town, the question is WHY??
Scott
(Answering from beyond the grave):
Dear Scott,
In the early 1900s there was a Pavuul (shaman) of the Agua Caliente Indians who held a ceremony to bring rain to the area of Palm Springs. The ritual was held in Indio, thus the rain that followed was more heavily concentrated there. It is believed that the pull of force extended beyond water and indeed acted like a magnet for all manner of objects and continues to this day.
I know this because I speak coyote, which was that shaman’s totem animal and is his permanent form in the hereafter. Apparently, he became one on occasion during his time on Earth, especially after such rituals as mentioned above. I hope this answers your question.
Sincerely,
The Goose
Editor’s note: OR, the elevation and terrain of the area surrounding any golf course is often a large factor in the slope of the greens. Indio is lower than Rancho Mirage. Course designers can integrate such natural slope to create optical illusions when forming greens with more “obvious” ridges and breaks. Ever play a course near the ocean and the greens all tend to break toward it? Or near a mountain where the greens break away from it? Tricky.
April 8, 2009 at 3:24 am
Yeah . . . sorry GC, but I’m gonna have to go with The Goose on this one.
April 21, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Great story, great story!
June 1, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Going with goose on this one also
June 2, 2009 at 6:11 pm
good info, i like to follow the story here!
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September 21, 2009 at 12:19 am
goose is good
March 29, 2018 at 7:37 am
I don’t know about that shaman thing but I have a new excuse for missing short putts.