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The primary defense of Pinehurst is the turtle back greens designed by Donald Ross.
The fairways are lined with wire grass plants. The caddies said over 100,000 were planted for the event and will be removed after the tournament because the course becomes too difficult for members and resort guest
The caddies say the wire grass will come into play as the fairways will be dry. Caddies also said bunkers will filled with new sand and to expect buried lies.
We played the course at 11 on stimp meter . Caddies said the course will be at 13.5 for Open. The 8th hole , were John Daly had an infamous melt down years ago, was border line unplayable .
Overall the course is flat. Just a handful of hills . Course sets up well for Pros who have a power fade and who are exceptional irons players. The nature of the greens makes it hard to take a conservative approach shot posture , the landing area is very small , otherwise the ball will roll off the sides or front. Behind the greens is generally speaking big trouble.
The scorecard read 7,588 from where the event will be played.
Pinehurst #2 will be a proper challenge for the Pros. It is possible someone may get hot like Kaymer did in 2014 , however I think the winner should be closer to -1 or -2
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