Researchers found that, when the par of two holes at the US Open were lowered, players' performance improved
watching professional golfers humble historic courses, tournament organisers have lengthened holes, dug deeper bunkers and grown thicker rough to make things harder. But traditionalists—and there are many—complain of vandalism to beloved venues. So what is a golf official to do?
Some change the par of the holes—the number of strokes a good golfer should need to complete a hole. Par allows a set number of shots to reach the green, and then two putts to sink the ball. For men, holes over 430 metres are typically assigned a par of five. Those between 230 and 430 metres are par four.To make long holes seem trickier several courses have relabelled a par five as par four, so elite golfers over the years have played these holes as both.
To find out, Ryan Elmore and Andrew Urbaczewski of the University of Denver looked at scores from theOpen, a major tournament. They focused on two holes—the second at Pebble Beach and the ninth at Oakmont. Both have been switched in the past from par five to par four. And both courses hosted the Open at least twice in the years before and after the switch., a preprint site, is as startling as an alligator emerging from a water hazard.
That is not a rational response. Golfers play against each other, not the course. The player who takes the fewest shots wins. Individual performance against par is irrelevant—except that, apparently, it isn’t.section of the print edition under the headline
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