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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The Honda Classic won’t pack as many fans around its party hole this week as the Phoenix Open does, but there is something more intensely intimate about PGA National’s stadium setup.
Players feel like the spectators in the bleachers at the tee box at Honda’s 17th hole are right on top of them.
“If the wind’s wrong at the 17th tee, you can get a vodka cranberry splashed on you,” Graeme McDowell cracked. “They are that close.”
Plus, the 17th at the Champion Course is a more difficult shot than the one players face at Scottsdale's 16th.