Ahead of the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, defending champion Steve Stricker, 2018 champion Paul Broadhurst, 2023 runner-up Padraig Harrington, and 2017 winner Bernhard Langer discussed the unique setup at Harbor Shores Golf Course for its sixth time hosting the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.
“It's been a great venue I think for the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship and players love coming here,” Langer said.
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“My daughter, Bobbi, she caddied for Mario [Tiziani] here in '22,” Stricker said, “and she kind of hit it right on the head when she told me about it. There are like three or four different feelings of the golf course as you go around. You're kind of out in the dunes on some of those holes, which looks almost like Whistling Straits in some of those areas out there, and then you're back in amongst some of the homes in the trees. There is all these different vibes as you go around this golf course. But it's a beautiful piece. Challenging. Challenging on the green complexes for sure.”
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“I think it's fairly generous off the tee, reasonably generous,” Broadhurst said. “You miss the fairway this year, the rough is really thick. There is no real like first cut. It goes fairway to two, three inches, and I'm not the most powerful player so I am going to struggle out of the rough.”
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“This golf course is quite a tricky course for me because a lot of, a bit of risk-reward in it,” Harrington said. “Got to hit it pretty straight. A lot of the 3-woods off the tee and not a lot of drivers. So, yeah, you don't want to lose focus too often out here. There is trouble out there. If you are hitting good shots there are plenty of opportunities, especially with the way the greens are designed. There is a lot of collection areas, so if you're hitting good shots the ball moves towards the flag and if you're hitting bad shots, you're leaving yourself in trouble.”
“I thought this was a great golf course from the very get go,” Langer said. “I think from tee-to-green it's one of the best there is. Just some of the greens are a little bit severe, that's all. But it's always been in great condition and very well received.”
