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THAT HE'S PLAYED ALL FOUR ROUNDS
UNDER PAR AND OBVIOUSLY 17 IS
THE TRAUMATIC HOLE THE PLACE
WHERE SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S IF
THE WRONG SPOT BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T GIVE YOU A PLACE TO
OVERCOME AND SOME SAY IT'S
PERFECT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HIT
THE SHOT WHEN YOU HAVE TO HIT
THE SHOT.
MICHAEL KELLY LOOKS AT HOW 17
MADE THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN THIS
YEAR.
>> IT'S ANGELIC YET SATANIC.
YOUR BEST FRIEND AND YOUR WORST
ENEMY.
YOU STARE AT IT AGONIZE OVER IT
LOSE SLOOEP OVER IT.
IT -- LOSE SLEEP OVER IT.
IT'S THE 17TH HOLE.
>> THAT HOLE HAS BEEN GOOD TO
ME.
TODAY IT WASN'T.
IT'S THE KIND OF HOLD IT IS.
>> FIVE YEARS AGO SERGIO GARCIA
WON THIS TOURNAMENT THANKS TO
THE ISLAND GREEN.
BUT 17 GIVES AND 17 TAKES AWAY
AS EVIDENCE BY SUNDAY'S FINAL
ROUND.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I LOST
IT BECAUSE I STILL OBVIOUSLY
TIGER WAS 13 UNDER.
I STILL NEEDED TO MAKE PAR THERE
AND THAT'S NOT EASY WITH THIS
WIND FROM THE LEFT.
AND BUT I DEFINITELY STOPPED
WINNING THERE.
>> SERGIO WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO STRUGGLED WITH HIS 137 YARD
DEMON.
JEFF MAGGART SAW HIS
CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES DROWN ON THIS
HOLE.
>> IT'S THE 17TH HOLE.
YOU LIVE WITH IT.
YOU KNOW IT'S A TEST OF NERVES
AND YOU GO UP AND TRY TO HIT A
GOOD SHOT.
AT THE END OF THE TOURNAMENT
IT'S THE ULTIMATE RISK REWARD SO
YOU GOT TO GET UP THERE AND TRY
TO HIT A GOOD SHOT AND GET OUT
OF THERE WITH A PAR.
>> AND FOR YET ANOTHER YEAR
WE'RE REMINDED THAT THE 17TH
HOLE WILL ALWAYS BE A FICKLE
FRIEND.
REPORTING AT THE PLAYERS,
MICHAEL KELLY, CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT 17
IS A THING THAT KEEPS THE
PLAYERS FROM ASCEND TOGETHER THE
LEX -- NEXT LEVEL.
I DISAGREE.
THE PLAYERS IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP
OF THE P.G.A. TOUR.
IT'S NOT ANY ONE OF THE FOUR
MAJORS WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'S THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE
P.G.A. TOUR WHICH IS ABOUT
SPECTATORS, COMPETITION,
CORPORATE HOSPITALITY AND ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING FUN OUT THERE.
17 IS ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
IT REPRESENTS THE BEST AND FOR
SOME PLAYERS SOMETIMES THE WORST
OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN COMING DOWN
THE STRETCH.
TIGER OF COURSE WINS AT 13
UNDER.
STRANGE LITTLE QUIRK THAT'S THE
THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT 13
UNDER WAS THE WINNING SCORE AND