Imagine you are offered the following bet:

Your and your opponent will play an 18 hole round - with each player starting each hole from a spot chosen by his opponent that lies within 5 yards of the green.

In other words, on each hole, you choose the most difficult spot you can within 5 yards of the green and drop your opponent's ball.  He then has to play from that spot and keeps score until he holes out.

I came up with this idea at Pasatiempo, and was trying to think of a good over/under number for a 10hcp player with a decent short game.  My guess is that it would be hard to break 60.

Simple example of why I think that.  On #18, I'd drop the ball in the back bunker, close to the front lip.  Getting down in 4 would basically be a par from there.

So the question is: Can you think of a course with a higher par for this game than Pasatiempo?

I'd take the over if the line was 60 for a 10 handi all day long.
And to answer your question, Augusta would destroy a 10 from the toughest areas around the greens.

-Ted

Winged Foot - either course
Crystal Downs
Prairie Dunes
Friars Head
Alpine CC

You can add Pine Valley and Merion to this list.
Best
Dave

Pine Valley would be the hardest BY FAR.  If you're playing in the afternoon once the greenside hazards have seen some traffic, you could shoot a million.

Lost Dunes is not even close.  Yes its greens are severe, but most of the areas around the greens are gentle ... I often get up and down from off the greens.  Par for me there would be about 45.

Crystal Downs would be very tough if the greens are fast; I could put you in a few places where it would be very difficult not to chip or putt off the front of the green and down a bank.

How about Pinehurst #2? When the ball was dropped 5 yards from the green it would always end up about 20 yards away!