PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The 17th at Sawgrass is the Mona Lisa of boring holes, but it tested something we seldom see now: imagination.
Too often, professional golf—in particular the strain presented on the PGA Tour—tilts toward the one-dimensional, not only in the repetitiveness of individual stroke play but in the consistency of course conditions that envelop players every week like a comfort blanket intended to minimize blubbering.
