PGA Tour: Stop Promoting Bad Courses, Holes and Golfers

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Published: December 16, 2011

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I am a golf fanatic whose eyes melt into the TV nearly every week watching tournaments.  I'm up early in the morning watching European Tour events, and I'm up late watching events in China in addition to the PGA Tour.  It's fortunate that golf rarely interferes with my other sporting interests.

Despite my love for the sport, there are a few things I could do without.  I label them all as gimmicks in a loose sense.  They include awful holes that get heavily promoted, terrible courses, Pro-Am coverage and Chris Berman.  All of these really test my patience when watching the sport.

Let's begin with the 16th hole, par three at TPC Scottsdale.  It is known for its stadium setting as stands completely encircle it.  Fans get drunk and scream in what is not a traditional golf atmosphere.  That isn't what actually bothers me.  

The problem is that the hole is abysmal.  It belongs on a cheap municipal course, although I've seen better par threes on municipal courses.  That course is terrible in general, and I'd really like to see the event moved.  Stop promoting the worst hole of a bad golf course.  It's not fooling me.

Now we address the famous par three 17th at TPC Sawgrass.  The course itself gets over-hyped, but I consider it a good venue overall.  Unfortunately, the worst hole gets the most publicity.  The island green was created as a byproduct of excavation done in constructing the rest of the course.  

Think about how simple the design is: Hit the green or you're in the water. It's not rocket science.  I don't see any appeal in watching pros hit wedges and hoping for someone to hit a bad shot.  It is the least strategic shot on the course—spare me, please!



Two other courses in Florida bore me.  TPC Blue Monster is not a good course.  Every hole is either a pinched fairway in th...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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