Merion hole-by-hole guide: 9th hole
A look at the course of the 2013 US Open, Merion in Pennsylvania
Merion Golf Club
9th - 236 yards, par 3
Water protects the very front and right of this downhill par 3, and a bunker eats in at the left side of the angled green. A bogey is more likely than a birdie.
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