Last week on The Back Nine Radio Show the topic of difficult golf holes came up and we started to debate which holes we perceive to be the hardest to play. We agreed a difficult hole was one which you felt making par was hard to do on a regular basis.

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For a society that is so forgiving to others when they make a mistake we sure are hard on ourselves. Unfortunately we take the way we treat ourselves to an extreme, too often to the detriment of future performance.

David Feherty, golf's funnyman and co-host of Golf Channel's Morning Drive today, is calling for the USGA and R&A to let the Professionals get it right.

Ernie Els is now a 4-time major champion and we've all been reminded Els is among the greatest to have ever played the game. Only Henry Cotton had more time between his Open Championships (1938-1949). It was ten years since Els last took home the Claret Jug at the Open Championship.