Andrew Redington(Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)To combat the increasing player distances in golf, courses are being stretched to dimensions that mirror national parks. Par 3s are not immune to this expansion, evidenced in Oakmont's 8th hole reaching 300 yards at the 2016 U.S. Open.
Which is absurd; a hole can still have plenty of bark without tape-measuring yardage. The 12th at Augusta National, Troon's Postage Stamp, the 7th at Pebble back this up. Keeping that in mind, the Euro Tour took this sentiment to the extreme.
For this week's Made in Denmark event, the 16th hole at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort weighs in at a whopping…86 yards, a figure usually seen at a pitch-n-putt track. While we're proponents of keeping par 3s at reasonable distances, this is too generous for players of such high caliber.
As you can imagine, the field is going to town on this advantageous arena, with two aces already recorded in the early proceedings:
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The new Titleist 718 irons collection may be the widest-ranging offering in company history, but all six new irons are linked by an overriding goal: a singular focus on improving consistency—of impacts across the face, of iron distance gaps neatly fitting within the set and of feel from one club to the next.
Already debuted on the PGA Tour this summer, the six new models include five updates of the 716 collection from two years ago (MB, CB, AP1, AP2, T-MB) and a new model (AP3) set to compete in the emerging category of distance technology irons housed in a better players preferred shape, a category that might be called players performance. As a whole, the range covers and sometimes mixes classic forged blades (MB), forged cavity backs (CB), forged-body irons with face inserts (AP2) and hollow irons with thin face inserts (T-MB, AP3, AP1).
Even to a certain extent with its most classic forged MB blade and CB cavity back irons, the design philosophy all starts with an effort to position..

Icon SportswireGREENSBORO, NC – AUGUST 19: Zac Blair tees off on the 16th hole during the third round of the Wyndham Championship on August 19, 2017 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC. (Photo by William Howard/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)It turns out, Zac Blair does have a tee time this week.
Blair, this year's FedEx Cup Playoffs bubble boy, didn't make it into the field at this week's Northern Trust. However, he returned to his home state to play in the Siegfried & Jensen Utah Open, which is run by Utah's PGA section.
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It's a good way for Blair, 27, to stay sharp ahead of the Web.com Tour Finals, which begin next week and allow players who finished Nos. 126-200 on the FedEx Cup points list an opportunity to earn back their PGA Tour cards for next season. Blair finished the dreaded No. 126 after being passed by J.J. Henry by a single point on the final day of the PGA Tour's ..