The famous ‘Bear Trap’ at PGA National, which has frustrated players for years, has become a big, snuggable teddy bear.
Gone are the days when this course flexed its teeth, when any player would gladly take any score under par. This is no longer the case because course officials overseeded the fairways and greens before this year’s tournament, doing so for the first time since 2014. They also removed some bunkers.
As Jordan Spieth explained, “overseeding changes [the course] a lot because it’ll make the fairways softer which makes them wider, and then around the greens it’s significantly easier than the dormant Bermuda.”
“You’re looking at easily a stroke
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