Is this course that much different than it was in the past? They said the 300 yard par 3 was about 250 yards back in 1920something. How many guys back then could hit that green w/ hickory clubs and the golf ball of that day? I bet it was significantly less than the number of players who could reach the current par three using less than driver. It sounded to me like the changes at Oakmont have made that course more like it was in the past...of course, I have no idea what it was like in the past, so I have to take their word for it
