84th US PGA Championship
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Hole by Hole description of Hazeltine

One - 460-yard par-4: Players start with one of the longer par-4s, although it gently rolls downhill. Bunkers pinch the landing area off the tee. Pin placements are likely to bring into play a right-side bunker. Another lurks left.

Two - 435-yard par-4: This dogleg left offers players a chance to carry a bunker and rough and shorten the hole, but the safe play to a wider fairway offers a short iron to an elevated green. Bunkers await those who fall short.

Three - 636-yard par-5: The longest hole in PGA Championship history. Tee shots into sloping fairways bring deep bunkers left or rough on the right. Many players will lay up to 130-150 yards on the second shot to avoid a steep fairway slope. Green is large but undulating and well guarded. A treacherous hole into a headwind.

Four - 196-yard par-3: Two-leveled green with front pins well guarded and requiring careful downhill touch putts.

Five - 412-yard par-4: Dogleg right features a fairway sloping away from the turn at 265 yards. Green is above and slightly at an angle to players and protected by three deep bunkers as well as trees.

Six - 405-yard par-4: Sloping downhill and to the left, players can hit driver or lay up 150 yards from the green, which wraps around a pond that guards the front of the green. Testy pin placements will bring the water into play.

Seven - 542-yard par-5: Should be the easiest hole, surrendering eagles and birdies. A drive in the fairway should put you on the green in two. Beware water left of the green and bunkers along the right side. But sand saves could be for birdies so players will make certain to avoid splashdown.

Eight - 178-yard par-3: Shortest hole and smallest green on the course. A pond guards the front and right. Three steep side bunkers patrol the left. Look for front and right pin placements to narrow an almost miniscule landing area.

Nine - 436-yard par-4: Tee shots left will roll to the rough. Approaches will come from uphill lie to a green sitting at an angle. Bunkers lurk left and the green is more contoured than most here.

Ten - 410-yard par-4: Long irons and fairways woods off the tees because players need 250 yards to turn the corner and see the green to the left. The green is downward and halved by a slope. Miss the fairway and approaches are looking at bunkers or a lake.

Eleven - 597-yard par-5: Long uphill drive to the corner of a dogleg right. Lay up or bring bunkers into play. Either way, short third shots into bunker-flanked green could set up birdies.

Twelve - 465-yard par-4: Longest par-4 offers plenty of driver room, setting up a mid-iron appraoch to a firm and shallow green. Bunkers right or left will be in play depending on hole location.

Thirteen - 204-yard par-3: Two bunkers pinch the front of the green and a pin placement in the small flat between them will challenge. Another tricky spot is toward the bunker and lake left, but attackable by playing to middle and using the slope. Birdies will be few.

Fourteen - 357-yard par-4: Reachable green with a 9-iron or wedge approach but beware front bunkers. A miss offers a precarious pitch onto a decieving green.

Fifteen - 586-yard par-5: Remodeled after 1991 US Open, a driver opens the door to clearing cross bunkers and reaching the green in two. Layups require 140-yard shot to a three-tiered green. Great risk-reward pressure hole.

Sixteen - 402-yard par-4: Hazeltine's signature hole offers danger on every stroke and is likely to be a pivotal hole in deciding the champion. Tee shots must carry Lake Hazeltine, 220 yards away, to reach the fairway. The lake lurks right and a stream flanks the left side. The green is on a peninsula.

Seventeen - 182-yard par-3: Four bunkers and two water hazards guard one of the most difficult greens here. A bowl in the front of the green will collect balls and require a delicate putt to the second tier.

Eighteen - 457-yard par-4: Drive has bunkers flanking landing areas and a long approach is greeted by a multi-tiered green with subtle breaks near the cup. Being in need of a birdie is not how you want to arrive here.

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