ShotLink: The ins and outs of Colonial Country Club

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Colonial Country Club will yield plenty of red numbers to PGA TOUR pros this week.
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May. 17, 2011

Colonial Country Club, home of the Crowne Plaza Invitational, is a historic stop on the PGA TOUR schedule. Players pay homage to "Hogan's Alley" by attacking flags on the par-70 layout:

Courses with the closest proximity to the hole
Rank Course Avg.
1 The Old White Course 30' 0"
2 Colonial CC 30' 7"
3 Muirfield Village GC 30' 11"
4 Sedgefield Country Club 31' 2"
5 Pebble Beach Golf Links 32' 0"
Courses with the shortest fairway proximity
Rank Course Avg.
1 Colonial CC 26' 7"
2 Sedgefield Country Club 27' 0"
3 The Old White Course 27' 8"
4 TPC River Highlands 28' 7"
5 CordeValle Golf Club 28' 8"

Drives hit in position on the tree-lined fairways mean "go time":

Courses with the highest birdie or better percentage (fairway)
Rank Course Pct.
1 PGA West (PC) 28.8
2 Plantation Course 28.44
3 TPC Summerlin 25.08
4 Colonial CC 24.65
5 Sedgefield Country Club 24.51

Bunkers aren't terribly penal at Colonial:

Courses with the easiest greenside bunkers
Rank Course Pct.
1 Colonial CC 64.46
2 East Lake GC 61.03
3 Silver Rock 57.83
4 Cog Hill G&CC 54.38
5 TPC Four Seasons Resort 54.15

Are short putts ever automatic on TOUR? At Colonial, it's close:

Courses with the easiest greens inside 5 feet
Rank Course Pct.
1 Colonial CC 97.28
2 East Lake GC 97.18
3 Firestone CC (SC) 97
4 Seaside Course 96.97
5 Magnolia GC 96.84
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