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A 6500 yard course in 1981 is about a 7300 yard course today. On top of that, those guys were using balls that spin more and drivers that were orders of magnitude less forgiving.
Dan Pohl led the PGA Tour in driving distance in 1981 at 280 yards. Bubba Watson averaged 315 last year.
That course had a margin of error for survival if it was firm and fast. But with rain soaked fairways and greens, and distances that are 25 yards longer per club than the last Open there, that course is going to get its ass handed to it unless Davis goes full Shinnecock on the greens, and I don't even know how that is possible with as wet as they are.
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