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Old 08-10-2018, 04:31 PM
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No, I haven't, but I like to watch golf on TV. And, this tournament is nowhere near as interesting to watch as The Players Championship or The Masters.
I certainly agree about Augusta National and TPC Sawgrass. The problem with Firestone is not the golf course but the fact that the ball is going so far these days. Watching tournaments on that course for the past 50 years it was always great to see the best in the world struggle on a course that was so long. The 16th hole has always been untouchable, but now players go at it on a regular basis.

I've been thinking that the PGA Championship at Bellerive is a major mistake. It is a boring course. There is just nothing exciting about it. The fairways are too wide and the greens are too big. In addition, it sounds like the greens are in terrible condition. Tne under is leading after two rounds. It just feels like another weekly tour event in spite of the announcers constantly pumping it up.

I would like to see the PGA do something to make this championship unique and special. It just doesn't have the feel of a major and to play it on a boring golf course makes it even worse.

Maybe they should go back to match play or play it on a PGA owned course. Maybe bring it Florida permanently so that it has it's own feel and look. Or bring it to someplace like ITT Golf Club in Massachusetts, the longest golf course in the world.

The other three majors have their own unique characteristics. The Masters is obviously played on that great course every year. We get to know all the holes and we have seen how many different things can happen on that back nine on Sunday.

The US Open usually has narrow fairways, long rough and firm fast greens.

The Open Championship is unique because of the great rota of links courses.

But the PGA has no defining feature. I think that it's to the point where a lot of players feel that The Players Championship is more important than the PGA.

I don't have an answer, but they really need to do something to keep people glued to the televisions.
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