It’s interesting, the changes they’ve made. I think it makes it better. The par fives are less gettable to most people now because you can’t just hit 20 yards short and get up and down.”
Matt Fitzpatrick
Thomas Pieters
“The par fives aren’t as easy any more. You can’t just knock it next to the green, you really have to stick your wedges close because the water comes into play and some of the par threes play really long. It’s set up fair.
“If they move the tees up on the par fives you can go for it with a long iron or a wood and that’s where you get some risk-reward.”
Photograph : Richard Martin-Roberts