I grudgingly admit that I like to have a nice, wide open par-4 or par-5 that lets me swing away with the driver (err, tennis racket). My game isn't where it used to be and I find the big driver head to be the most forgiving. Speaking of fair, wide open openers, I look forward to seeing you and the other guys at Old Barnwell this October!

Kenosha Country Club in WI, a Donald Ross layout, I believe took a similar long term approach to renovating its course as well.

We need a Cameron drawing of the Punchbowl!

#2 is a biarritz and postage stamp combined? What a green.

Raynor always hits

Did anyone ask for a rule when Tiger or Furyk skipped the first week? This whole thing is silly.

Good piece. FedEx Cup is kind of a silly joke no matter what they do. If they want to make this interesting, they could set the Top 16 aside with byes, and have the next 70 play down to 30 and then to 16, then have match play/brackets at the final. That would be cool and leave guys like Rory with two additional weeks off.

What drives me nuts is that the only people in the world who refuse to accept the obvious solution are the guys holding PGA tour cards.

Thanks, and that would be lovely. Another benefit of planting or keeping trees might be to obscure houses from the course, but the home owners might not like that!

Thank you! Credit also to Garrett for his expertise with this!