How Shinnecock Hills’ most feared hole was built

In this video we’re going to explore what makes Shinnecock’s 11th one of the most elusive and infuriating par 3s in golf. But to understand why it’s so challenging to even the world’s greatest players, we need to dig into its architecture and trace how the hole came into being.

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Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
-Nick Hardy--1
-Mac Meissner--1
-Takumi Kanaya--1
-Erik van Rooyen--1
-C.T. Pan--1
-Chandler Phillips--1
-Rafael Campos--1
-Zac Blair--1
-John Parry--1
-Brendon Todd--1
-Andrew Putnam--1
-Vince Whaley--1
-Lee Hodges--1
-Tyler Duncan--1
-David Skinns--1
-Brice Garnett--1
-Matthieu Pavon--1
-Rasmus Højgaard--1
-Kevin Yu--1
-Aaron Wise--1
-Kevin Streelman--1
-Blades Brown--1
-Andrew Novak--1
-Max Homa--1
-Sami Valimaki--1
-Davis Thompson--1
-Stephan Jaeger--1
-Billy Horschel--1
-Daniel Berger--1
-Doug Ghim--1
-Adam Schenk--1
-Joe Highsmith--1
-Lucas Glover--1
-Karl Vilips--1
-Cam Davis--1
-Davis Riley--1
-Taylor Moore--1
-Hank Lebioda--1
-Sudarshan Yellamaraju--1
-Emiliano Grillo--1
-Seamus Power--1
-Mackenzie Hughes--1
-Adrien Dumont de Chassart--1
-Luke Clanton--1
-Alvaro Ortiz--1
-Jesper Svensson--1
-Trace Crowe--1
-Marcelo Rozo--1
-Patrick Fishburn--1
-Neal Shipley--1
-Miles Russell--1
-Chandler Blanchet--1
-John VanDerLaan--1
-Jeffrey Kang--1
-Zecheng Dou--1
-Adrien Saddier--1
-Christiaan Maas--1
-Haotong Li--1
-Alejandro Tosti--1
-Emilio Gonzalez--1
-David Lipsky--1
-Max McGreevy--1
-Dylan Wu--1
-Nick Dunlap--1
-Michael Thompson--1
-Christiaan Bezuidenhout--1
-Jackson Suber--1
-Danny Walker--1
-Zach Bauchou--1
-Patton Kizzire--1
-Adam Svensson--1
-Patrick Rodgers--1
-Austin Eckroat--1
-Joel Dahmen--1
-Max Greyserman--1
-Peter Malnati--1
-Justin Lower--1
-Kevin Roy--1
-Austin Smotherman--1
-Jackson Koivun--1
-Tommy Morrison--1
-Nick Taylor--1
-Matt McCarty--1
-Taylor Pendrith--1
-Brian Harman--1
-Chris Kirk--1
-Pi Coody--1
-Ricky Castillo--1
-William Mouw--1
-Matt Kuchar--1
-Eric Cole--1
-Sam Stevens--1
-Jordan Smith--1
-Ben Martin--1
-Mark Hubbard--1
-Ben Kohles--1
-Chad Ramey--1
-Rico Hoey--1
-A.J. Ewart--1
-Kristoffer Ventura--1
-Johnny Keefer--1
-Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen--1
-Jimmy Stanger--1
-Kensei Hirata--1
-Davis Chatfield--1
-Marco Penge--1
-Gordon Sargent--1
-Cole Sherwood--1
-Hayden Springer--1
-David Ford--1
-Frankie Harris--1
-Nicholas Lindheim--1
-Rikuya Hoshino--1
-William Sides--1
-Isaiah Salinda--1
-Paul Peterson--1
-Casey Russell--1
-Pontus Nyholm--1
-Christo Lamprecht--1
-Thomas Rosenmueller--1
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