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2. Because the venues
are much improved
From 1987-89, the
PGA visited lackluster
PGA National, Oak
Tree and Kemper
Lakes (if your local
muni hadn't been
hosting a scramble, it
might have made the
rota). Those days are
gone. Sure, the PGA
still visits sleepy old
standbys (see
Southern Hills), but
it's not afraid to take a
chance with more
dramatic layouts (see
Whistling Straits).
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