LICC
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Look at Medinah. In 1990 Hale Irwin won with -8, and the players tied at 10th were at -4, with the course playing at 7200 yards.Adam Scott isn't Ben Hogan, no. But my point is, it's 300 yards longer, when everyone is saying oh you need 8k long courses to challenge these guys. No, you just need better layouts and course setup to do it. Don't give them 500yd par 4's. They're just going to take driver and smash it as hard as they can, because they have to. Not exactly forcing them to hit it shorter, that's for sure.
Last year at the BMW, Justin Thomas won at -25, and the players tied for 10th were at -14, with the course playing at 7600 yards.