Truist Championship Announces Historic PGA Tour News on Sunday
The final round of the Truist Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club should feature some exciting PGA Tour action.
After 54 holes, Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka sit atop the leaderboard at 14-under par. Justin Thomas and Kieth Mitchell teed off three shots back at 11-under, trailed closely by Hideki Matsuyama at 10-under.
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The Philadelphia Cricket Club made some unique PGA Tour history on Sunday, featuring the shortest hole in the ShotLink era.
The par-3 14th is playing 95 yards in Round 4.
"95 yards. The 14th will be the shortest a par 3 has played on the @PGATOUR in the ShotLink era, excluding the major championships," the Truist Championship wrote on X.
"The 95 yards is to honor the opening of The Philadelphia Cricket Club's original nine-hole St. Martins Course, which was built in 1895 by famed architect Willie Tucker. Expanded to an 18-hole course in 1897, the course hosted the U.S. Open in 1907 and 1910."
The Wissahickon Course at the Philadelphia Country Club (par-70) is playing 7,100 yards this week. In a professional golf world that increasingly prioritizes length, this shorter course is a welcome sight for some golfers.
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45-year-old PGA Tour veteran Lucas Glover appreciates the variety that this course provides.
'Look at this Cricket Club course,' Glover said, via Golf.com. 'You have a pitch-shot par-3 where the cover is a 100 yards, you have a 250-yard uphill par-3 where one side is death and you have two par-3s that are in between four different clubs."
Lucas Glover looks over the first hole during the first round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club. Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images
'Golf's a walking sport,' he continued. 'When Tillinghast designed this course, the greens and the tees were close together. Land was not an issue back then. But golf was meant for walking, so of course you had the greens and tees close together.'
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