PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Pebble Beach has a problem, and it took Ernie Els one swing on Friday afternoon to recognize it.
“If even I’m hitting a 3-wood all the way down there on 16, they’re going to need some length on the golf course,” Els said Friday. “Unfortunately, I know the USGA is trying to work on that golf ball, but it’s got to seriously happen quickly.”
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Els was referring to the change that has everybody talking through the early portion of the week at this week’s Pure Insurance Championship: the 16th hole, where Pebble Beach removed a famous tree from the right side of the fairway and replaced it with several hundred…
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