Thanks for the pix Bret. It’s remarkable how similar the course today matches these photos.
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Sean
When did you last play there ? Was after the recent overhaul ? If so I guess the point of the overhaul was to get it back to what it was and therefore they'd be quite pleased with your comment.
Niall
I played Kings in 2016. Much of the restoration work was finished. Although, there was talk of pushing some greens back out to original size. I don’t know if that work was ever done.
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Prior to the 2022 Senior Open, there were 5-6 super back tees put in, which were mainly on the forced carry holes.
They were huge separaters of those able to carry it 270 or more, leading to a narrow 220 layup with a long blind second over a towering dune/vertical bunker complex vs.300 plus with downslope rollout to a far wider area and a flip wedge second.
Lengthening is not all bad, but the holes they chose it wasn't just like moving back 20-50yards (2-4 clubs) y-it changed everything, making the layup AND the second really hard.