“THE LIMESTONE HOLE” HOLE 13 / 351 YARDS / PAR 4 The 13th is one of the most unique holes in the PGA Championship rotation. The green is structured like a silo that has been plopped in a moat and shorn a third of the way up, its base ringed in limestone rock while water trickles down a newly constructed façade of limestone to the right. The reason the green is built so high is to keep the putting surface above the flood line because the site is at the lowest point of the second nine. Missing the fairway in the bunkers or bluegrass rough makes hitting the 558-square-metre target more difficult, and most players will hit irons and hybrids for position, though a few will try to hit drives as close to the hazard as possible and pitch on from there.
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