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in this case though, I believe it's specifically how we have it setup. Same was for bp and other us open courses, where some normal par 5's become par 4's...
I believe this is right this time, but, I will check. also, us open may use all 4 pins, in real play, we can't... so we likely have longest pins shot to keep it harder...
Icon, clearly for purposes of WGT you generally need to use the longest tees for Legends, and on down to the different tiers.
Players should also bear in mind that during the US Open they often change the tees from one round to the next for strategic reasons - not just the pins. For example, at Olympic 16 I think they moved the tees up one day to get players to consider tackling it aggressively as a reachable par 5 instead of a safe 3-shotter.
Bethpage 15 was played from shorter tees at the Open because it was so wet the hole effectively played longer because players couldn't get any rollout on their tee shots.
Similarly, last year the short par 3 13th at Merion was played further up than we play it - to just over 100 yards as I recall, putting more pressure on players to birdie the hole to keep up with the field.
Etc.
Lesson - maybe WGT could set up specific tournaments similarly, not necessarily always using the same matching set of tees on every hole (always the back tees, always the middle tees etc).