“PHOTO FINISH” HOLE 18 / 570 YARDS / PAR 5 Drives off an elevated tee must find fairway between a bunker and a limestone waterfall hazard. Hole locations on the boomerang green with three exaggerated levels should impact how players approach the second and third shots, especially if they need to make birdie or eagle. In 1996, Kenny Perry’s bogey here put him in a playoff with Mark Brooks, who finished with a 4 and then birdied the hole again 20 minutes later for his first and only major. Tiger Woods and Bob May both birdied it in 2000 to cap matching 31s on the second nine, then traded pars in their three-hole playoff until May needed another birdie to stay alive. Phil Mickelson closed with a birdie and a final-round 66 in 2014, but Rory McIlroy, playing in near darkness and hitting up while Mickelson waited to play his third shot, made a par from the left greenside bunker to win by one.
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