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Shedloski's all wet about the 17th!

In his Golf World Monday piece this week, Dave Shedloski suggests that beginning the Players playoff on the 17th hole, with its famous island green, is the wrong way to go. 


images-1.jpeg"It's a fun hole. It's an iconic hole. But as the lead playoff hole, it's a dud."

Shedloski reminds us of the "sudden deaths" that have befallen David Toms and Paul Goydos, among others, and says the 17th "snuffs out drama before it ever begins." One Washington reader begs to differ--a lot.

Dave Shedloski could not be more wrong. There is no better playoff hole anywhere than the 17th at TPC Sawgrass. This is so obvious on so many levels that it's astonishing he would even consider proposing an alternative. To paraphrase Bill Gates, "It's the dumbest thing I ever heard." 
Mark Hanna, Kirkland, WA

Or, to quote Steve Jobs: "“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”

I'm with you, Mark.

Bob Carney

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