ATLANTA — So, how long was it?
It was so long even Bubba Watson said so. Which is sort of like Bill Gates checking price tags. Or Matt Kenseth noting how fast everyone is driving.
But when the man wielding the pink-shafted driver says East Lake Golf Club was playing long for Saturday’s third round of the Tour Championship, well, imagine how others must have felt.
For instance that 150-pounder from Northern Ireland. How long was it for him? “I had 275 to the pin,” Rory McIlroy said, stopping in the middle of a mud puddle to emphasize two-seventy-five.