11 Comments

1. 

   Justin

   Oct 16, 2018 at 7:16 pm

   You could also start to make the fairways VERY narrow around the 300 yard mark. This would make the players decide whether to hit it 280 yards into a 40 yard fairway or 320 yards into a 20 yard fairway. This would a create a larger risk/reward scenario instead of letting them smash it 350 with no serious penalty for being in the rough or trees. This is only 1 solution out of many.

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   Nathan

   Oct 15, 2018 at 1:50 pm

   I’d love to see tighter fairways, longer rough, more dangerously sloped (if not faster) greens. Long can be good, but I want to see the pros drive it dead straight (or shaped) every time. I want to watch purity not power.

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3. 

   McFadden

   Oct 13, 2018 at 8:41 pm

   I agree with Day and the other comments on here. Start putting fairway bunkers 300 yards out from the tee too.Also nothing more boring than a flat and straight 200 yard par 3. Id rather see more par 3s like the Postage Stamp and #12 (Golden Bell) at Augusta. Like Day said we like to see risk/reward situations and put a premium on accuracy. It wont totally eliminate the guys from bombing it and would make it more exciting when the do decide to go NLU style!

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4. 

   Kevin

   Oct 13, 2018 at 7:49 pm

   Day is absolutely right that architects making longer courses is making the problem worse. On a shorter more imaginatively designed course that goads you into hitting shots that are actually riskier than they look (Tobacco Road, Sanford, NC a Mike Strantz masterpiece is a wonderful example of this) you actually level the playing field more. Tobacco Road maxes out at 6800 yards, but big hitters, short hitters can all play to their strengths in highly entertaining ways. A shorter golf course also lets you see the real gap between the best players and the posers….

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     thánh

     Oct 14, 2018 at 11:11 am

     Great article for the beginners like us . I am a new in this game and enjoying the adventure.

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5. 

   BL

   Oct 13, 2018 at 8:11 am

   Anyone else notice Jason Day has a new Accra shaft in that driver?

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6. 

   BD57

   Oct 12, 2018 at 10:00 pm

   Harbor Town holds up well, year after year, and it is not “monster long.”

   Grow the rough, narrow the fairways, make accuracy mean something.

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7. 

   Scheiss

   Oct 12, 2018 at 5:24 pm

   Jason, it’s not the architects’ fault.
   It’s your PGA Tour, its set ups that are at fault.
   There is not a course out there that couldn’t grow the grass taller. Including the fairway, that could be softened up – a lot.
   The fairways need to be softer and narrower.
   The rough needs two more inches – at every course.
   That’ll solve everything.

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8. 

   Brian McGranahan

   Oct 12, 2018 at 5:23 pm

   Look what they did to the guys in France. Just make more courses like that. Every PGA event needs knee high rough pinched in at 300yds. That will solve everything.

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9. 

   Justin

   Oct 12, 2018 at 3:06 pm

   The winning score at the 2013 US Open at Merion was +1 and the course played a mere 6900 yards each round. The cut after the second round was +8 and a there were only a handful of rounds under par in the entire tournament. This is definitive evidence that course design and setup has a much larger effect on scores than does course length. It is obvious that championship golf can easily be played on these historic golf courses and that great designs will always challenge the best players in the game regardless of driving distance. Trying to put limits on the golf ball seems to misunderstand the problem entirely.

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10. 

    Travis

    Oct 12, 2018 at 1:58 pm

    I agree, a course doesn’t have to be longer to be more challenging or to accommodate longer hitters.

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