Any thoughts? Any info on that routing?
I was there for the 1970 US Open, and there were plenty of things that probably needed to be changed.
#7 was a virtual 90* dogleg and not such a good hole.
#16 was a par three that could play as a dogleg, due to a tree.
#17 was a very short par four that was blind, with a pond in front of the right side of the green, and everyone just hit a five iron through the saddle where the tee is now.
OTOH, I've played it a couple of times with the new 16th and I'm not a fan of the hole. It has hazards on both sides of the fairway... just too much of an ask for my taste.
The old 17th was the scene of one of my all-time favorite exchanges. Orville Moody was defending champ, and a insanely accurate driver, but when he walked to the tee in a practice round, he asked for an iron.
But some smartass said, "Trevino hit driver."
Moody gave the iron back to his caddy and took the driver.
He then piped it, right down the middle of that narrow fairway, turned to the crowd and said, "The only time I leave the fairway is to answer the phone."
Oh yeah, 21 years later, I was sitting on the hill beside the par three 17 fairway when Freddy Couples comes through, and what did I see but his first wife Deborah wearing a VERY short skirt, with a matching bikini top, covered by a lace jacket.
Just the thing for warm June day in Minnesota.