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Woods stumbled on Sunday at holes 13 and 14 in 2002, though
he went on a birdie binge on the course's closing four holes.
No. 15 is already a third of a country mile, if you convert
yards to feet. This long three-shotter was lengthened by 56
yards to a whopping 642 yards. Still, the hole presents one of
the last real opportunities for the fi eld to make birdie or better
late in the round.
Collectively, holes 12, 13 and 15 are the longest par 4, par 3
and par 5, respectively, in the championship's history, says Ian
Baker-Finch, 1991 British Open champ and a member of the CBS
broadcast team to cover the 2009 PGA. " It puts the driver back
in the hands of the players. And that's what I like to see. "
Throughout the PGA's stay in 2002, Hazeltine's signature
hole, No. 16, played the most diffi cult, with a scoring average
of 4.496. Depending on the prevailing winds, Schultz sees this
hole playing somewhat easier this year-a result of more aggressive
play by the fi eld-leaving shorter approach shots to
the peninsula-shaped green.
Some may recall that Tiger's fi nal-round heroics in 2002
weren't enough to catch Rich Beem, who ignited his homeward
nine on Sunday with an eagle at the 606-yard, par-5 11th and
added birdies at holes 13 and 16 (offsetting bogeys at 14 and 18)
to get into the clubhouse 4-under for his round (10-under for the
championship) and more important, one stroke ahead of Tiger.
Some Perspective
" When Hazeltine opened in the early 1960s, the word was 'it
was a big, long brute of a golf course,' " Schultz says. However,
" for the modern-day player, and even for our members, [the
changes present] a comparative challenge now as then. "
For this 47-year-old Midwestern beauty, the occasional nip
and tuck certainly has preserved her brawny nature; it also has
reserved her place among the world's most daunting and challenging
championship venues. Put more personally, Schultz,
who has been Hazeltine's head pro since 1977, says, " We've
gotten older, and [Hazeltine] has gotten younger. "
Part of the PGA's championship philosophy is to set up an
enjoyable test for the world's best players. Moving tees up or
back, and setting up risk-reward par 4s and reachable par 5s,
are some of the elements that create strategic challenges, according
to Kerry Haigh, managing director of tournaments for
the PGA. The PGA likes to give players the option to hit driver,
which also factors into the risk-reward equation, and " makes
the players think as much as possible, " Haigh says.
For the world's best on a quest to win the PGA, they need only
to think their way around Hazeltine's Bunyanesque 7,674 yards, in
the fewest strokes over 72 holes, to claim glory's last chance. MG
Turn to page 30 for a hole-by-hole list of changes to Hazeltine National.
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