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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 2864312, member: 34"] I'm not worried about Augusta being the hardest. In 2017 Sergio won at -9 and Willett won in 2016 at -5. That being said, I'm glad they bought the property to make #13 about 30 yards longer. Need to remove ability to hit over the corner. If someone like Bubba wants to hit a 40 yard bender to get around corner, that is skill. Hitting over top of trees is technology. Added length should make most second shots in to 13 over 200 yards which makes it harder to get ball to stop on correct part of green. Hopefully it makes the hole about a quarter to half shot more difficult. Shinnecock is my bucket list course but USGA over did it this year. Could have let the course be as is and winning score would be about -6. No shame on that. USGA has been upost courses last decade. They made Pinehurst in to a crappy Muni. Only course that held their own as is were Merion and Oakmont. [/QUOTE]