APPROACH ON THE 440-YARD PAR-4 17TH

What to Watch For
"This pin is wicked. It's on the edge
of a cliff! You have to land your shot
on an area the size of a manhole
cover. Over the green is death! On
TV we sound like we're joking, but
you literally have a margin of error
of about five feet from your target.
Miss that tiny target, and you better
have a great short game."

I Remember...
"In '89 I left myself a 35-footer across
the green and over that ridge. I hit
the putt too hard and, thankfully,
it disappeared into the cup.
Otherwise it could've rolled off the
green, and there's a two-shot swing.
[Scott] Hoch hit his approach over
the green, made bogey, and I won
in a playoff."

Luke Donald
"The green is what makes this
shot hard. Over the back, it runs
off severely, leaving you with
next to no chance of getting up and
down. A big bunker awaits
any shots short, and a two-putt is
tricky because of the sloped suface."