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Originally Posted by thadarkman78
Even post technology, 7800 yards is pretty stupid long. I mean aside from Whistling Straits, is there even a course out there that long that isn't a gimmick? 600 yard par 5s without helping wind aren't exactly easily reachable in 2.
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Originally Posted by thadarkman78
Erin Hills will HAVE to be a 72 unless they decide to push one of the par 5 tees up 100 yds, every par 5 is 600+ from the tips
My point wasn't that the USGA is opposed to par 72's for the sake of it. More that almost all courses designed prior to 2000 at a minimum are just not big enough for modern golf. So absolutely the USGA could play a course designed in 2006 as a par 72 because the par 5's and 4's make sense as originally designed. You just are not going to find a course designed prior to 2000 that doesn't have at least one terrible par 5 that needs to be shortened and played as a good par 4.
I would expect the Open at Erin Hills to play in the 7400 yard range each day. That is said with absolutely no knowledge of how fast the course plays or any other thought.