Teamramrod
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This makes sense. Miss a fairway or miss a green and the difficulty of the next shot should increase dramatically.
Thick rough around the greens equalizes the short game and approach too much. Shitty shots get grabbed near the green instead of rolling out.
Tight areas and runoffs are going to make green surrounds much more difficult for the pros to hit into and pitch to the hole.
Makes it easier to separate the good short game players from the field. If it's all hack-out rough, then everyone is basically on the same footing.
See Shinnecock, Pinehurst, etc...