Golf Distance at Sea Level - Doral

[TourSpoon]

Ok, I feel a lot better after watching the first day of the Doral as it seemed as if the pros were hitting clubs that some of us mere mortals hit.  Some examples were:

Tiger along with many others hitting an 8i at the 154 par 3

Rory, DA and others hitting 3h or 3i at the 220 par 3

Did anyone else notice this?  I thought these guys would be hitting smaller irons into these holes and this was when the wind had died.  Is it the humidity and being at sea level?  Anyway, I would hit the same clubs into these yardages and just found it odd because normally they seem to hit it farther (just for reference, I live 60 miles north of Doral).

[cougar978]

I think it has more to do with the air being heavy than anything else.