Have played teh 17th at Baltusrol from the way back tees 600+, bang away
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Everybody will reach it, eventually.
Wait. Let's just add this up. Assuming its flat and straight, the bigger hitters will get an average of 330 yards. Then they hit a 3 wood, maybe 250-280. So yea, I guess they wanted a par 5 that was completely impossible to reach in two. The US Open has been a tough contest for years, seems like they want to make sure the winner is not under par once again.
~Rock
Did Jamie Sadlowski qualify for the Open? Of course they'd have to adjust the course for him a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDThOdPizOM
He played in a Nationwide Tour event and didn't fare so well. He was #1 in driving distance by like 60 yards too. He was hitting his hybrid further than most people were hitting their driver.