The carry from the back of the Open Championship tee on the 18th at TOC to Grannie Clark’s Wynd is by my measurement via Googleearth 235 yds, wider if the shot is played more to left.
The specific number isn’t that important.
What is important is doing whatever is necessary to make the game in general safer and use less land, water and other inputs on our finite sized, finite resourced planet, a planet with an ever increasing population.
If it takes something drastic to do this then so be it. And to me relating things in a very visible manner to the Home of Golf has merit.
However, if someone would like to propose another reference point or marker that could be used as a benchmark and has historical relevance within the game then I’d be delighted to hear their suggestion.
Atb