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David_Tepper

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Tales from #10
« on: April 08, 2011, 07:52:48 AM »
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Mark McKeever

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Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2011, 08:34:34 AM »
I couldnt believe jus how extremely downhill the hole was until I saw it in person.  And hitting that tabletop green off the downslope from 200 out....eesh.

Mark
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Mike Hendren

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Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2011, 10:24:27 AM »
I have often said that the second shot at 10 is the most visually intimidating I've ever seen, both in person and on television.  It looks impossible.

Mike
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Matthew Sander

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Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2011, 10:58:57 AM »
This has nothing to do with difficulty or playability of the hole, but in person I was struck by how "loud" the approach shots on 10 are. Being down in that hole surrounded by the cathedral of pines, it is otherwise the quietest part of the golf course. However, in that setting the crack of the iron shots is magnified and can even be heard somewhat on TV...
« Last Edit: April 08, 2011, 11:01:06 AM by Matthew Sander »
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Mark McKeever

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Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2011, 10:59:36 AM »
Agreed Bogey.  I saw the shot from where the players were hitting it and it made me quiver.

Mark
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2011, 02:51:07 PM »
The NY Times got it wrong!











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"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

JR Potts

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Re: tales from 10
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2011, 09:20:36 PM »
I thought it was the best Par 4 I've ever seen in person.

Just a visually spectacular Par 4... In fact, in my estimation, it was the best hole on the golf course.
« Last Edit: April 09, 2011, 09:41:54 PM by Ryan Potts »
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Tom_Doak

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Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2011, 09:28:25 PM »
I remember Ben Crenshaw describing that hole to me just a couple of months before I saw it for the first time, in the summer of 1981.  He said "The first time you see it, your jaw will hit the ground at how far downhill it really is."
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J_ Crisham

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Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2011, 09:43:53 PM »
As extremely downhill #10 is, let's discuss how uphill #18 is! In 1994 when I first attended The Masters my legs were burning by the time I hiked from 12 tee to the 18th green. too many pimento sandwiches and beer didn't help. On my 3 other visits since I always wear golf shoes, which sure help in the morning, and park a chair by the 18th green. Looks as though tomorrow will bring more excitement to the best run tourney .
                                                                                           Jack
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JR Potts

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Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2011, 09:46:14 PM »
Tom:  from a golf course architecture perspective,that center bunker just sits there a MacKenzie's stamp on the course...it's absolutely beautiful.  And that decline has to be 5-6 stories.
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Patrick_Mucci

Re: Tales from #10
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2011, 10:50:44 PM »
Ryan,

It's probably 80+ feet from the tee down to the flat part of the fairway near the fairway bunker, then, back uphill to an awkward green.

If you don't hit a good draw and use the terrain, or if you blast or fade/slice it right, you're faced with an extremely difficult approach/recovery, and, recovering to that green is very difficult because of it's pitch combined with its elevation.
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