lyleoross
* Ace Member *
Hot take here (not really)... Hole 16 with the hay bales is a dumb hole. Anytime you have to make special rules to make a hole more dramatic makes the hole dumb in my opinion. In fact, I am opposed to unique rules on specific holes for any event. BUNCR is bad. It is confusing for spectators and overall a bad look for the sport. I think a good equation would be if suddenly in the 8th inning of a baseball game, it was 4 strikes for an out.
I was all set to argue this point and then I read your post. Nicely written. I will say that I prefer this hole to similar holes at USDGC. But you're correct. At the time I saw RW burn on this hole a couple of years ago, I thought, "he just couldn't handle the pressure.". Now it just seems a bad way to wipe out a previously great round.