Tagged: Hole of the Week
Hole of the Week: Quail Hollow Club’s No. 1
Already boasting what’s perennially the PGA Tour’s toughest closing stretch in the “Green Mile,” the Quail Hollow Club also now features an opening brute...
Hole of the Week: The Snake Pit Entrance at Copperhead
Many will tell you the entrance to the “Snake Pit” is the segment that packs the most venom – a long, narrow dogleg right...
Charles Schwab Challenge Starter: Storylines, Power Rankings, Sleeper Pick, and Whatnot
The second Major of the 2019 PGA Tour season is now in the books, with big-stage prodigy Brooks Koepka again having his name engraved...
Hole of the Week: Firestone’s 16th, aka “The Monster”
Still the PGA Tour’s distance king even as courses have grown longer over the decades, No. 16 was dubbed “The Monster” by none other...
Hole of the Week: No. 18 at the Old White TPC
Though par-3s typically don’t make very compelling finishing holes – just two exist on the PGA Tour schedule – the Old White’s 18th has...
Hole of the Week: No.1 at Quail Hollow Club
Already boasting what’s perennially the PGA Tour’s toughest closing stretch in the “Green Mile,” Quail Hollow also now features an opening brute that might...
Hole of the Week: No. 9 at TPC San Antonio’s Oak Course
The only hole on the Oaks layout without a bunker, No.9 has proven to be hazardous enough by ranking among the PGA Tour’s 50...
Hole of the Week: Amen Corner’s Finale
Considered by many to be the quintessential risk/reward par-5 in golf, Amen Corner’s exit seems to have provided more reward than risk in recent...
Hole Spotlight: Bay Hill’s Exciting Finisher
Boasting perhaps the most creative moniker on the PGA Tour, the “Devil’s Bathtub” was given long ago to the rock-lined pond that stands guard...
Hole of the Week: No. 7 at Chapultepec
The longest par-3 on the course also has one of its smallest greens – rendered smaller by a large pine tree on the...
No. 15 at PGA National: Hole of the Week
The entrance to the vaunted three-hole “Bear Trap” produced not a single hole-in-one during the Honda Classic’s first 10 years at PGA National.
Then a...
Hole of the Week: Riviera’s 10th
No.10, Riviera Country Club
Par 4, 315 yards
2017 average: 3.87 (15th toughest)
A pioneer of the short risk/reward par-4, No.10 has stood the test of...
Hole of the Week: The 8th at Pebble Beach Golf Links
Soaking in the view of Carmel Bay from the tee, it’s easy to see why Jack Nicklaus has called No. 8 at Pebble Beach...
Hole of the Week: “The Coliseum”
Officially known as the Coliseum in WMPO lingo – and “Thunderdome” in more casual parlance – Scottsdale’s 16th remains the only fully-enclosed hole on...
The Starter: Golf World Order Restored, the Coliseum Awaits, and Whatnot
This week’s edition won’t leave you in the dark, as opposed to the finishes on the PGA Tour and LPGA circuits. Didn’t they have...