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Misery of the 17th.

By DHANKINSN
Published May 11, 2007

With winds gusting as high as 39 mph, the par-3 17th was a nightmare:

1 Paul Casey was in the first group to reach the hole, and his tee shot came up short.

3 Jose Coceres, Hunter Mahan and Richard S. Johnson were the first threesome to each splash a tee shot. Davis Love was in the next group and did the same, making it four in a row.

3.664 Scoring average for the island hole that played 128 yards, making it the hardest and on pace to shatter the record of 3.368 set in 1984

7 Score for Love, Ben Curtis, Trevor Immelman and Kent Jones, who hit two balls in the water

12 Birdies and "others"

23 Double bogeys

26 Bogeys

45 Single-round record for balls in the water set in 2000

46 Tee shots found water

50 Balls total found water, breaking the 2000 record

57 Four-round total of balls that found water last year, 49 total tee shots

70 Pars

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