"But then you run the risk off the tee that if you overcook it, you are headed into the ocean."

Stuart Hall looks at some of the key holes and changes to Pebble, and though I'm anxious to see many things, this is the best description of what figures to be a unique situation at No. 10. I should be able to say more about it in a few hours!

In a word, Miller describes the hole as "brutal" and suggests it may be harder than its brethren.

The 10th fairway will have something of an optical illusion. The drive zone will reach 65 to 80 yards in width at various points, the rationale being that the fairway cants so severely to the right that the drive will not play that wide. And because the fairway is snuggled along the cliff line, players must be wary, especially since the best angle into the green is from the right.

"You want to get your ball as close to the ocean as you can because, No. 1, it's flatter down there and, No. 2, you have a much better angle into the green," Davis said. "But then you run the risk off the tee that if you overcook it, you are headed into the ocean."