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5th green at Merion...

• DavidIllingworth 1 Posts

  Sat, Jun 4 2016 4:08 AM

  ...is just a joke. Like playing crazy golf.

• MrFunnyWobbl 894 Posts

  Sat, Jun 4 2016 10:26 AM

  I usually try and go right at the flag. Rarely works, but usually goes off the green and I prefer the up and down to the 2 putt. It's about 50/50 par/bogey. On occasion a birdie

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Jun 4 2016 11:06 AM

  One of the toughest birdies in the entire game, IMO. The back pin is worse than the front pin and takes some serious golf smarts AND finesse to get it right. The front pin is a little easier as long as you play from the right and don't expect to stick it. Short is always rolling down the front, a typical result and one you have a shot at pitching in for a birdie. 

• Yiannis1970 3,309 Posts

  Sat, Jun 4 2016 11:31 AM

  And when you 're done with the 5, 6 awaits you!! Excellent green...where the probability  to find a spot with no lying dots to make the putt is less than winning sweep-stake. 

• gherkinhead1 249 Posts

  Sun, Jun 12 2016 2:42 PM

  I love this hole,  no one has won the game until this hole has been played.  In 3 years of playing it I've only seen 3 birds.

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Sun, Jun 12 2016 5:01 PM

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Jun 12 2016 5:24 PM

  Heh, nice shot, Paul, only 99 more tries to do it again.  :-D

• Robert1893 7,722 Posts

  Sun, Jun 12 2016 6:04 PM

  I can only recall making 2 birdies on the 5th hole, both on the front location. One I happened to flop in.
  
  The other was when my approach hit a bit short and to the right of the green. The ball then rolled on to the green, and once on the green it kept rolling closer to the hole, settling about a foot away from the hole. Even on that green, I can make a 1-foot putt. :-) 
  
  I've never birdied the back location. 

  And I think I only have one birdie on the 6th hole, which is this one:
  
  https://everyplay.com/videos/27283072
  
   

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Mon, Jun 13 2016 1:59 AM

  I think I have birdied it 5 or 6 times. Twice with putts and 3 or 4 with pitch ins.

• pipala 887 Posts

  Mon, Jun 13 2016 3:54 AM

  This usually works :)

  http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=d00d1455-8f56-4188-9444-a3b601465e9b

  Haven't been anywhere near since haha