The iconic par-5 18th at Pebble Beach Golf Links is the ultimate risk/reward hole.
Feb. 8, 2011
At the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, the course story is more about classic layouts than oversized yardages.
| Shortest Courses on TOUR
|
| 1 |
Pebble Beach GL |
72 |
6816 |
71.564 |
| 2 |
Monterey Peninsula CC |
70 |
6838 |
68.948 |
| 3 |
TPC River Highlands |
70 |
6841 |
69.412 |
| 4 |
PGA West (NC) |
72 |
6890 |
68.992 |
| 5 |
El Camaleon |
71 |
6923 |
70.765 |
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Such length, or lack thereof, takes drivers out of players' hands:
| Courses with the Shortest Drives (All Drives)
|
| 1 |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
262.8 |
| 2 |
Harbour Town Golf Links |
264.7 |
| 3 |
PGA West (PC) |
267.2 |
| 4 |
Innisbrook Resort |
267.9 |
| 5 |
Riviera CC |
268.5 |
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Pebble Beach's tiny greens are notoriously tough targets:
| Courses with the Toughest Greens to Hit
|
| 1 |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
51.78 |
| 2 |
Harbour Town Golf Links |
56.77 |
| 3 |
TPC Southwind |
56.83 |
| 4 |
Cog Hill G&CC |
58.47 |
| 5 |
Riviera CC |
58.54 |
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Miss a green at Pebble Beach and, between the bunkers and rough, par is no bargain:
| Courses with the toughest scrambling percentage
|
| 1 |
Pebble Beach Golf Links |
45.53 |
| 2 |
St. Andrews Links |
46.55 |
| 3 |
Quail Hollow Club |
50.97 |
| 4 |
Aronimink Golf Club |
51.14 |
| 5 |
Whistling Straits |
51.54 |
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And those 5-footers are the hardest the players will face all year:
| Courses with the lowest putting percentage inside 5 feet |
| 1 |
Pebble Beach GL |
94.42 |
| 2 |
Quail Hollow Club |
94.49 |
| 3 |
Torrey Pines (SC) |
94.64 |
| 4 |
Montreux G&CC |
94.67 |
| 5 |
CordeValle Golf Club |
95.2 |
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Par is never a bad score at the the par-5 14th hole:
| Toughest Par 5s on TOUR |
| 1 |
Pebble Beach GL |
14 |
580 |
5.437 |
U.S. Open Championship |
| 2 |
Pebble Beach GL |
14 |
573 |
5.187 |
AT&T Pebble Beach |
| 3 |
Pebble Beach GL |
18 |
543 |
5.128 |
U.S. Open Championship |
| 4 |
TPC San Antonio |
8 |
604 |
5.037 |
Valero Texas Open |
| 5 |
PGA National |
18 |
604 |
5.019 |
The Honda Classic |
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