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the pond, shaving down some
land fronting the pond and
turning the fairway to the right
to encourage a cut shot (for
right-handers) around the corner
of the remaining trees on
the far side of the bank.
Asked if he considered lengthening
the hole to keep it a par
5, Silva said no. " I don't think
the trees right in the middle of
the intended line of play could
ever be made to be a good factor
on that hole, " he says. " Does
increasing it by 15 yards and
giving excellent players another
shot to negotiate that hole represent
a hole with greater integrity for that
caliber of player? "
Silva said there are plans to put in a
perhaps other tournaments as
well.
Many
have said that the
change gives a course that was
missing a challenging par 4 a
very good one. Interlachen becomes
a par 72, and it recently
moved up 13 spots (to No.
51) on the Golf Digest Top 100
Courses ranking. Plus, the hole
is now aligned with the vision
that Ross had intended for it.
" I [emphatically] congratuThe
new look at Interlachen's No. 11, which was redesigned to more closely match the
original design of architect Donald Ross.
fairway bunker about 270 yards out to
grab balls that run through the fairway; at
that distance, however, it would serve more
as a directional bunker to aim fade shots at
than to actually protect the hole. In addition,
after a season at the current length, the
club is considering putting in a longer back
tee for championship golf-in hopes of
attracting a future U.S. Senior Open, and
late the people at Interlachen
for doing this, " Silva says. " This
change doesn't represent the
least path of resistance, because
99.9 percent of the people don't even know
that's how it was in Donald Ross' original
plan. The people at Interlachen are justly
proud of Ross' heritage in their design, and
it's important to highlight that heritage. So I
give them wicked lots of credit. "

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