I think the USGA lists 250 as the mark............if the hole does in fact play 300, it is just plain stupid and being done for theatrics. It must not actually play that long.
Older courses like this can be made obsolete with the new distances. For the tour, on courses that can't get longer, the answer is to lower par. Par 5's into par 4's most of the answer. Yes, Par is a number that can be changed, but it needs to make sense, 300 yard par 3, is just theatre, but, thats what all sports are today, creative theatre. Don't try to make sense out of it or justify it.
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Originally Posted by Rainger99
The 8th hole at Oakmont will once again play as the longest Par 3 in U.S. Open history, coming in at 290+ yards. It was 300 yards the last time the Open was played there.
I don’t think every pro golfer can hit it 290 yards. In 2021, the average drive was 295.30 yards.
Is this unfair to the shorter drivers??
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