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Oakmont - new hole locations

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 4:27 AM

  Any thoughts on the new hole locations at Oakmont?

  The announcement suggested we could choose to practice just on the new locations, but all the practice options seemed to offer a mix of some kind or other of old and new.

  Trying a ranked round of 18 from the Legend tees, I got new locations on holes 4, 5, 8, 10 and 17. These were of approximately similar difficulty to the older locations.

• Wesdogg75 2,431 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 5:49 AM

  I just had time to play the back 9 and got the new pins on 10, 14, 17, &18.

  I thought that 3 of the 4 pins were easier than the original......14 was the only pin that to me didn't really appear either harder or easier.....I really like the new pins on 17&18.

  easier approach now on 18 and easier putts to me now on both 17&18

  Wes

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 7:36 AM

  The new pin on #9 is about 20-25 ft left of the old pin and much more accessable.

  Here's some of the front 9 new pin locations. Click for a bigger pic.

  

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 8:25 AM

  And some new pins on the back 9.

  

• PeterHopper 1,315 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 8:27 AM

  Good work Andy.

• DarSum 1,440 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 8:46 AM

  Nice Andy. Do you have anything similar for STA?

   

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 8:49 AM

  Job, Andy. The 18th pin is in the sun! It looks like the back got longer, too, except for 18.

   

  @DS-this might help   http://wgt.com/forums/t/61616.aspx?PageIndex=2

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 8:52 AM

  Trying two ranked rounds today there seems to be a pretty good mix of pin placements. 

• JohnHancock 1,905 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 10:00 AM

  Like the new placements but not sure whether they have always been classified right.  I have played front 9 in both Practice mode (with Easy hole settings) and matchplay (Legend v Legend) today.

  On hole 2 for example, the easy setting keeps the hole in it's original place, high up on the left on the edge of a vertiginous drop.  The harder setting moves it to it's new place low down on the right, much more accessible. 

  The same applies on hole 6 (the par 3), where the harder setting is the original - pretty straightforward towards the back of the green.  The easy setting has the new placement on the front edge, a shorter distance but very little green to work with at all.

  Overall I think this 9 at least has got easier for the better players.

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Thu, Sep 8 2011 11:21 AM

  Vertiginous!!  A very good word Mr. Hancock!