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Dan Herrmann

Whistling Straits #10
« on: July 05, 2007, 09:25:07 PM »
I'm sitting here watching the US Senior Open  I've paid particular attention to #10.

The tee shot looks like quite a forced carry with a nasty centerline bunker and fescue to the left.  Right doesn't seem to offer much in the way width either.

Seems like an awfully demanding tee shot for those starting on the back 9.

Is it really as penal as it would seem on TV?

Phil McDade

Re:Whistling Straits #10
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2007, 10:52:09 PM »
Dan:

Um, no -- at least not for the regular tour guys who played it a few years at the PGA there. I think it's one of the coolest holes on the course, and what you may not see on TV is the isolated nature of the tee -- it sits right in front of a massive ravine that is a pretty big forced carry for anyone but the mighty. The centerline bunker does come into play, obviously, but when I watched the hole (for about an hour) at a practice round, most guys were placing irons/fairway woods to the right of the centerline bunker. It played short for the PGA -- I recall around 350-360 yards or so -- and plays somewhat uphill. Singh really won the PGA on this hole, when he took driver in the playoff and blasted it past the bunker and down the left side (a pretty gutsy play) for an easy 50-yard chip and birdie to go 1 up in the playoff.

I think for nearly everyone else in the world, it's a tremendously intimidating hole, both in look and play. Pete Dye has said it's his favorite hole on the course.

Tiger_Bernhardt

Re:Whistling Straits #10
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2007, 02:47:34 AM »
It actually is an easy driving hole with a 3 wood. A driver can be ok as well. I am still amazed that VJ and those guys could drive or nearly drive the green. I or most should have to address the centerline bunker. The forced carry is no big deal at all. I too liked the hole alot. the green was amoung the firmest on the course and it was tough to get anything to hold on it the days I played there a few weeks back. The course was playing so soft it was a surprise to find it so firm.
« Last Edit: July 06, 2007, 02:49:04 AM by Tiger_Bernhardt »

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