Sentence examples for as a par from inspiring English sources

John Huston had a 260 in 1998 when the course played as a par 72.

"That green plays well from many different directions, but I think it plays best the way we've laid it out, as a par 3," Ebert told me.

The 17th, which played as a par 4 for the men's Opens, will be a 433-yard par 5 for the women.

Brigman shot a final-round 65 that year, but one of his birdies was marked as a par, so he was forced to take a 66.

Horschel said that this week his caddie had told him that Jack Nicklaus used to play two iron from the tee followed by a two iron from the fairway – the hole was slightly shorter back then – and treat it as a par 4.5 from which he would be happy to finish two over for the tournament.

The 18th was set to play as a par four Sunday, as it did Friday, when Spieth called it the "dumbest" hole he had ever seen.

"You'd rather have No. 14 as a par-5 and No. 15 as a par-4," said Stupples, who has missed the cut eight times this season.

So apparently the 15th hole is playing as a par-6 today.

But I just think that as a par-3, I just don't think it should be that, as the 17th.

GOING FOR EAGLES The No. 17 Road Hole, which the men play as a par-4, is a 453-yard par-5 for the women.

The bunker, a little more than 200 yards from the tee, looks like more of a threat than it genuinely poses to players of British Open caliber, but the 495-yard 4th is scarier to professionals now that it has reverted to par-4 status after playing as a par-5 in 2003, when the Open was last held here.