This past weekend, we saw No. 10 at Riviera Country Club provide PGA Tour players with a catch 22 situation as to whether to go for it on the 315-backyard par-four. In my remaining column, I discussed the numbers on Tour in the back of going for par-5's in two shots and that during preferred, golfers are higher off going for par-5's in shots in preference to laying up to a selected yardage.
However, a whole lot of the choice revolves round whether or not the golfer can get the ball internal forty yards of the hole. If not, he could be higher off laying as much as a specific yardage. With No. 10 at Riviera, it?Fs a different situation given that it's far a par-4 in preference to a par-five. Initially, my thoughts were that Tour golfers would be higher off going for No. 10 off the tee because there has been no out-of-bounds or water in play. Here is what the very last numbers thru all 4 rounds looked like:
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