Are LPGA Setups Too Difficult?

[Vinsk]

On 3/18/2021 at 3:09 PM, dennyjones said:

The LPGA should have the same distances accordingly.    

Well hell, then you’d have most par 4’s under 400yds. It’s kind of a no win situation. Shorter courses would diminish the accomplishments more than they already are. Like lowering the rim for the WNBA. More dunks? Sure...but my 14yr old boy can dunk on that. Not sexist, just the way it is.

[CarlSpackler]

I voted Too hard, but I really mean Too long. I would shorten the courses as Erik and others have said, but I would like to see tougher pin placements and firmer greens. I like a few holes (par 4) that require a long iron approach, but most should be driver, short/mid iron. 

[Shindig]

I was first tuned into the LPGA because I was told it was a lot like my game, except the scores were better.  I'd see a lot of players hitting long irons, utility metals, and even woods into greens.  I'd see a lot more laying up strategically on par-5s (note: I no longer play par-5s this way, for obvious reasons).  Now that it's brought to my attention, yeah, maybe the courses are too long, and there's plenty of ways other than length you can bring in to make it a test of skill.  I'm not sure which vote category this goes to.

[Vinsk]

5 minutes ago, Shindig said:

 

I was first tuned into the LPGA because I was told it was a lot like my game, except the scores were better. 

 

I’ve heard this and have never really taken to it at all. Any LPGA player can run circles around me on any course. There is nothing they do ‘like me’ other than club selection sometimes and some drives. It’s the comparison to the PGA men’s tour that has me less interested in watching LPGA. I don’t know if this makes sense, just my two cents.

[Shindig]

9 hours ago, Vinsk said:

I’ve heard this and have never really taken to it at all. Any LPGA player can run circles around me on any course. There is nothing they do ‘like me’ other than club selection sometimes and some drives. It’s the comparison to the PGA men’s tour that has me less interested in watching LPGA. I don’t know if this makes sense, just my two cents.

It makes perfect sense to me.

At my home course, from the tees we play in tournaments, a few years ago an average drive on a par-4 would leave me an average of a 4-hybrid into the green (it's now closer to 5- or 6-iron).  I see a lot of those approach shots on the LPGA Tour.  Of course, any of them would run circles around me too, in all aspects of the game.