Her distance should give her birdie looks. But there are ways to make the rest of the field play golf shots. Like a bunker/hazard area in front of the green.
Exactly. Or more risk/reward for the big lines, so that just because you CAN get there in 1 doesn't mean you SHOULD try. OR *gasp* technical holes that require multiple accurate shots to get to the green. The problem is not that she (or anyone in any other division for that matter) is rewarded for having more distance, its that the reward is skewed to massively favor raw total distance with very little incentive for accuracy. Good holes give some reward to long throws, and a lot of reward to those with big AND accurate throws, with a corresponding tradeoff in risk. Great holes also provide opportunities for conservative play to score well. Golf (both disc and ball) is a game that requires many skills. When the course is laid out to favor the biggest arm, with no respect for accuracy, the biggest arm wins. There are way too many other aspects of golf for me to be satisfied with that style of play.
I guess what I really mean is that 400-500 foot wide open par 3s are dumb period, but they are especially dumb for FPO play in an NT.
FWIW, I feel pretty much the same about the MPO side for the courses on the last 2 NTs (GBO and Memorial). I'm really looking forward to the Maple Hill, Masters Cup, and the Hall of Fame Classic because I think those courses are a much better test of overall golf skill. These last two NT's were all about who could throw the best big dumb hyzers and make long putts. There is more to golf then that.