Forums

Re: Pinehurst No4....

• Yiannis1970 3,334 Posts

  Sun, Jun 19 2016 8:52 AM

  Hello all!! Well...my question is this:

   

  Is there a reason why this hole always gives a facewind? (and when i am saying always, i mean 9 times out of 10....10 times out of 10 when you have birdied the first 3.)

  Ok, i can understand the absurdity of a 56 something yards par 4 hole, but is there a specific reason why not now and then  players got a chance for birdie with a bit of a tailwind? Is there a sort of sacrilege?  Is there a sort of voodoo for whoever commits this mortal crime to sink a putt in 3 strokes?

  Just wonder... 

• JimbeauC 5,835 Posts

  Sun, Jun 19 2016 10:51 AM

  Yiannis1970:

  Is there a reason why this hole always gives a facewind?

  I hear ya. In CC Forum thread titled, "Pure Dumb Luck" I posted a screenshot showing a tailwind there. I had actually reached the green for a change, and wonder of wonders sank a 25 footer for bird. Rare indeed. The luck I was referring to was the tw, not the putt. 

  :^)

• TopShelf2010 10,968 Posts

  Sun, Jun 19 2016 12:49 PM

  .

• alosso 21,088 Posts

  Sun, Jun 19 2016 1:07 PM

  Mind you that it was never played in this set-up in reality. In 2014, when it came to WGT, the real course was a much shorter Par 4.

  With less than perfect equipment, it's 99% impossible to reach the green in two. That's why I play it as it was meant by the USGA in 2005 - as a Par 5. Then, a 4 is a Birdie - much more pleasant!