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This was a decision made Day 1. During the opening week, as I crossed paths with him on the course, I asked him if he was going to add OB like sand bunkers or unmowed grass to tighten it up - aside for some mandos, he said that he was not going to manufacture anything.
The course(s) need a few things
It is interesting that there are ZERO holes for MPO with lengths between 427' and 666'. They are all below 427' or above 666' That seems like a huge gap in distance to not be represented. I would assume it has to do with the elusive PAR of holes. 500-600' holes are often quite difficult par 3's but very easy 4's for the top pros.
Still, I would like to see some holes where a (perhaps risky) bomber throw combined with a nice circle two putt would pick up a stroke on the competition. Whether its eagle vs birdie or birdie vs par is irrelevant. Seems very few of the holes here offer any scoring separation beyond just a bad throw or missed C1 putt...
I will say not having stupid OB ropes everywhere is refreshing. I could see even a few more feet of distance added to a few holes though. 18 could be pushed back 50 feet, along with a couple par 3's which are 295-330, the tunnel shot on 17 would be nicer at 330. The other par 4 which Eagle rolled into birdie range could go back to 750-800. Just to make it not so much, birdie or die. But other then that the course looks to play fair. A bit more distance and the scores would drop a couple shots.
I don't think distance is the problem on the 4s and 5s. It's the wide open airways for them. There's almost no risk to blast one out when the fairway is over 100' wide.
What material are those red tees?