Aronimink gave some of the best golfers in the world absolute nightmares during the PGA Championship last week.
Aaron Rai was crowned champion in the end after shooting a fabulous final round of 65.
The Englishman ended the tournament on nine-under par, three strokes clear of second place.
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However, numerous high-profile players criticized the PGA Championship setup last week at Aronimink.
Rory McIlroy wasn’t a fan of the setup at Aronimink, as he complained about the field being too bunched.
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Scottie Scheffler highlighted the difficulty of some of the pin positions throughout the PGA Championship, while Shane Lowry was left confused by the challenge presented at times.
So given the fact that so many of the best players in the world struggled, it’s really interesting to see how a one-handicap amateur got on when given the chance to play one day after the PGA finished.
What a one-handicap amateur shot at Aronimink the day after the PGA
Gabby Herzig managed to secure herself a tee time at Aronimink on Monday the day after the PGA Championship finished.
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Before she took to the golf course she bumped into Gary Player, who urged her to ‘Say a prayer’, in a nod to the difficulty of the Aronimink layout.
Herzig – a golf writer for The Athletic – is a one-handicap golfer.
So she is obviously a very good player.
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However, Aronimink takes no prisoners. The pins were all in the same locations as they were on Sunday at the PGA.
Herzig played the course from the blue tees with the layout measuring 6,521 yards.
She ended up posting a score of 18-over par, 88, at Aronimink on Monday.
The golf journalist made five pars, 10 bogeys, two double bogeys, and one quadruple bogey, which came on the par-four 11th hole.
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What Gabby Herzig said about Aronimink after shooting 88
Herzig admitted that she was not prepared for how difficult the rough would be, highlighting how not finding fairways led to automatic bogeys for her.
She said the pins on the sixth and 13th holes were almost impossible, but loved playing the golf course.
Herzig highlighted the 15th hole as a ‘nightmare’ due to how difficult it was to actually hit the fairway.
Incredibly, she didn’t have a single three-putt throughout her round, but she did admit that was because she missed so many greens and was left with a lot of 15-foot putts for pars!
88 at Aronimink is actually a decent effort from Gabby Herzig, regardless of the fact that she’s a one-handicap golfer.
It just goes to show how difficult the golf course was setup for the final round of the PGA Championship.
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