Hell Of A Hole

Precisely. "The whole thing is a head game the USGA likes to play with us," says Price. "If you let it bother you, it's another way in which you've let the course beat you."

Even a 17-hater like Nicklaus agrees with the philosophy. "When I was winning Opens, I used to love to hear a guy complaining," he says. "I thought, Well, that takes care of him. I used to think, The tougher the better. In that sense 17 at Olympic certainly fits what the Open is all about."