4 Of 6 Who Lay Back At Riviera's 10th Make A Birdie!
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Since PGA Tour players have been known to engage in herd-like behavior when it comes to their dress or lingo or golf holes, but they might want to consider some numbers from the 2022 Genesis Invitational.
A (not) whopping six times, a player placed a shot in the landing area, short of the directional bunker, and in the fairway. Four times the player walked off with a birdie 3.
The culprits behind this exciting and cutting edge trend to play from the fairway:
Round 3: Aaron Rai with a 71-yard approach
Round 2: Alex Noren with an 89-yard approach
Round 1: Justin Thomas with a 62-yard approach
Round 1: Rai with a 76-yard approach
Rai played the hole 2-under par laying up all four days, missing the fairway left in Sunday’s final round.
The 10th featured a 3.870 scoring average, with 5 eagles and 103 birdies, 9 double bogeys, 0 others and a lot of blue pars from the places where the analytics supposedly tell players where they should go.
Granted the entire situation is a mess due to poor equipment regulation, crazy green speeds and a few weird changes over the years so at this point it’s hard to fault any approach.
