By Jeff Centenera
Golf Australia Assistant Editor
at the Australian PGA Championship
Tougher afternoon conditions meant little late leaderboard action, but there are some interesting numbers coming back from the revamped Coolum course.
The new, 495-metre 1st was the only one of the four par-5s on the course to average over par. With its water hazard running all the way down the left and cutting across the front of the green, the opener threw up three sevens, two eights and a nine.
The long par-4 3rd, again into the wind, was tough as advertised. Only 25 percent of the field hit the green of the 448-metre hole in regulation. The stroke average was 4.47, making it the second-hardest hole on the course.
The toughest? That would be the 18th, the sweeping left-to-righter around the water that is traditionally the hardest hole during the PGA (average of 4.68). Some things never change.
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