Brooks Koepka, who consulted on the renovation at muni Memorial Park, described the areas around this green this way:
They will test the good ones.
“We talked a lot about bunkers,” Koepka said. “I felt the only thing where, if I find a good lie in a bunker, I can drive it up and down, looking to open it up.
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“And then when you take it and look — because this place isn’t just for this week, this place, it’s for the other 51 weeks of the year, right? There are so many people who come out here and can play golf. And for amateurs, I feel like it’s — the bunker is not a place for them to be on the green. They’re not very friends with a lot of them. week and it’s hard for them.
“And then as far as the pros, it’s very easy for the pros. If they have a good lie, you’re looking to open it. So if you can take it off and not put bunkers, a lot of fairways, a lot of undulations around, first, I think that gives the amateurs – they can always put it, right. It makes it a little bit easier to play this place to play” 60 (wedge degree they can if they want to) And then the pros, you’ve got every opportunity from the nail, lob wedge, a bump with a 6-iron, I mean, I’ve seen it all.
“But I think sometimes when the pros get a lot of options, it becomes a little more difficult than just, oh, there’s an option, take a 60 and roll it. That makes it a little more difficult because you never know what the right play is.”
With that intro, the story goes to Chris Ventura. He is a 31-year-old professional from Norway. He played his college golf at Oklahoma State. He has collected $3 million in prize money between the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour. And on Thursday, during the PGA Tour’s first round Texas for Kids Houston Openhe was just left of the green and 59 feet from the hole after two shots on Memorial Park’s 390-yard par-4 13th hole, his fourth hole of the day after starting on the back nine.
And then?
He was tested. Ventura left with a 10-bogey six.
Here’s how he got there:
– Third shot: This one went over the putting surface and ended up on the right side of the green. He now had 53 feet to the hole.
– Fourth shot: This one stayed on the right side of the green. He now had 51 feet to the hole.
– Fifth shot: This one also stayed to the right of the green. He stayed 51 feet from the hole.
– Shot six: This one went across the putting surface and back to the left side of the green. He had 42 feet to the hole.
– Seven shot: Back to the green. Fifty-four feet to the cup.
– Eighth shot: Ventura found the green. He hit a 17-footer for a par.
– The ninth shot: He missed.
– Shot 10: From 6 inches out, Ventura dunked.
From there, he finished with a seven-over 42 for his front nine. Below is a look at how he played the 13th.
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