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**enasseneiff** · 07-29-2012, 10:12 PM

so what you saying is that the first hole should have been played the same way no matter it used to be a par5. So they should have played for bogie. When the usga changes a par 5 into a par 4 it's not to give the players a mental nudge. It's to make the course harder. It requires two solid shots instead of three to achieve the new par. Play three shots and one putting for par is not the way the hole and it's difficulty we're designed. The reward for one putting is birdie, on this hole.

Changing par from 5 to 4 does NOT make the hole harder. The pros don't want to make 5 on a par 5 any more than they want to make 5 on a par 4. Except fo being able to compare relative scores of 70 players at the same time par has no value in a medal play event.

07-29-2012, 10:12 PM	#27
enasseneiff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	so what you saying is that the first hole should have been played the same way no matter it used to be a par5. So they should have played for bogie. When the usga changes a par 5 into a par 4 it's not to give the players a mental nudge. It's to make the course harder. It requires two solid shots instead of three to achieve the new par. Play three shots and one putting for par is not the way the hole and it's difficulty we're designed. The reward for one putting is birdie, on this hole. Changing par from 5 to 4 does NOT make the hole harder. The pros don't want to make 5 on a par 5 any more than they want to make 5 on a par 4. Except fo being able to compare relative scores of 70 players at the same time par has no value in a medal play event.
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