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Originally Posted by GPK
Martin....
I see what you are saying...it is exciting to see these guys shoot lights out...but we get that week in and week out. I LOVE major championships like this. Majors are supposed to be hard work. I love the firm and fast conditions...makes these guys use imagination. Every PGA Tour event now, all they do is BOMB it off the tee...and wedge it on from there. No course management anymore. Look what Tiger did in the British Open last year. He was the only one in the field with enough mental discipline and fortitude to play the tournament for 72 holes and only use the driver ONE TIME. Tons of guys out there now hit it just as far, if not farther than Tiger. Many of them could have played the British the same way last year...but they lack the mental toughness to do it. Tiger "gets it"...he sees how a course is supposed to be played, knows that he possesses the strength to stick to his game plan...and that is why he continues to beat these guys like a drum.
Hogan was the same way...
Nicklaus was the same way...
Faldo was the same way...
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The golf course in not the same when Faldo won , Nicklaus won , and Palmer won. I am not against adding some yardage, I am against changing the nature of the course to what the original desingers had done. These trees on 15 look like they are almost in the middle of the fairway, it's a joke , Hootie didn't want to see the winner at -12 evey year.
But what a lot of people were missing Kev was that -12 at the masters is 276. When somene wins the open at -3 , the score is 277. I don't think they needed these drastic changes. 13 could have become a par 4 , and maybe one of the par 5's on the front could have been brought up to have a par 70 course if they wanted a low under par score to win. THis is not the same course any more and it's a shame.