AG,
a 30 will be done soon enough.
13 is mid-short iron reachable on an aggressive line.
Snedeker(not exactly a bomber) hit 5 iron into the wind on a cool day still on still soft fairways.
15 is iron reachable.
14 is a funnel pin.
16 is a funnel pin.
18's a feeder pin
I saw 100-120 yards in on 17 all week (although it was downwind)
the conditions were tough yesterday-and the fairways were still softish (i'm not sure why as they got .22 rain Saturday and it rained only the previous Saturday)
Immelman was bidding to be the FIRST player ever to shoot in the 60's all 3 days.
It is a bit like watching the British Open when the wind doesn't blow though.-different than what we expect
Jeff,
I hope you are right, but I don't see the evidence. Thursday thru Saturday were pretty benign for spring in Georgia, and the low round of the tournament was a 67 by Flesch on Friday. The lowest back nine score of the week were several 33's, and there weren't many of those.
I don't want to be taken wrong here; I'm not looking for -25 to win a major. But I was fortunate enough to be at Augusta on Sunday in '86, and in a lifetime of sports, that is THE greatest excitement I've ever experienced. I'm not sure that is possible now. We already have one major in which a "charge" equals contenders backing up while the winner survives; two is one too many.
To get back to the premise of the thread, however, I do think the wind yesterday aggravated the already huge problem with slow play. My answer to Pat's question is a resounding "No!", and the scores and pace of play proved that.