They’re Not Fans Of Their Course
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 10:04 PM This Doug Ferguson column looks at the TPC Sawgrass and serves up a surprisingly harsh verdict from players about the par-3 17th from Ferguson and players: “Majors test skill, patience and nerves. At times, they require luck. But they should never demand it.”
Ouch. Make sure you read to the second page for the quotes from Funk and Woods criticizing "their" course and "their" tournament, as 8 million promos reminded us during the Players.
Doug Ferguson also looks at The Players and how other majors exempt its winners .
You have to give the USGA credit. They only give the Players winner a
pass for one year! And if you haven’t had enough of Ferguson, here’s his notes column where he points out
that the setups the “last two weeks showed that certain conditions can
place a premium on accuracy.” And they also show that rough and narrow
fairways will give you automatic 5 hour rounds, stars teeing off early
and freakish golf if the wind kicks up.