OT - The architectural sleeper hit of the year

[Ira Fishman]

After the fact, Tom could you give us some things to watch out for over the course of the tournament where you incorporated things Brooks suggested and some insight into how that collaboration worked? Is it something you'd do again?

Brooks's input included


 - not caring about the winning score
 - focusing on making the finishing holes exciting for fans
 - keeping the par-3 holes short and difficult (except the 11th where I pushed for more length)
 - relatively few bunkers
 - the back hole location at #5 where players will have to skip in a wedge shot or be perfect with their distance control
 - the water in play on 15 (though I turned a pond into a creek)

Were there things you wanted to do that Brooks Koepka resisted initially? If so, how does he think they turned out?


Thanks,


Ira

[Tom_Doak]

After the fact, Tom could you give us some things to watch out for over the course of the tournament where you incorporated things Brooks suggested and some insight into how that collaboration worked? Is it something you'd do again?

Were there things you wanted to do that Brooks Koepka resisted initially? If so, how does he think they turned out?

I asked how long the longest par-3 should be.  He said 220 so I made it 235.  Brooks is +1 there this week.  When he played safe left today with the flag way right and took his three, I felt respected 😉