Sedgefield has a wonderful set of Ross greens with an abundance of great hole locations, some of them are used regularly during the tour event but many are not.
I certainly hope there are no plans to soften them to meet a standard for selecting hole locations for an event one week a year. The membership loves them and has enjoyed the challenges and diversity they present for many years.
I noticed last year and the first 3 days this year that the course was setup around 6,900 yards with a higher percentage of the “good stuff” used and the average scores went up considerably. I found the shorter setup very interesting and thought it highlighted Ross’ creativity very well.
The young man who shot 27 on the front nine Sunday caught fire, he hit fairways, greens and putted lights out. It’s possible on any course these days with the talent and technology available and is not a reason to alter the architecture of such a great old course in my opinion.
Sedgefield has taught me golf can be fun, interesting and quiet difficult without a lot of greenside bunkers and deep rough near green edges. The combination of undulations, contours and slopes Ross put in those greens is sufficient to hold the interest of any player on any level.
I deleted my original post as I was not sure of a name I used and felt I should not have done so, it was quiet a few years ago.