By GolfLynk Publisher on Sunday, 30 August 2020
Category: Geoff Shackelford

2020 U.S. Open Flyover: Third Hole At Winged Foot

Winged Foot’s 243-yard third is in that sour spot no one likes unless they’re standing on Cypress Point.

With a classic Tillinghast bunkering scheme, the steeply pitched green should welcome today’s 4 and 5-irons unless tournament tees are moved up. A particularly goyish house behind the green also highlights OB lurking, though such a costly outcome seems unlikely on a hole of this length.

No. 3 at Winged Foot is a long, demanding par 3 where players will be happy to take par and move on.

1959 #USOpen champion Billy Casper famously laid up, and made par, in all 4 rounds, choosing not to take on the narrow, well-bunkered green.

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— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) August 29, 2020
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