"There's a few long par 4s where I hit a lot of 6-, 7- and 8-irons, 9-irons."

In Doug Ferguson's story on player disdain for the new Cog Hill, there is a quote from Dustin Johnson that deserves its own billing.

Johnson won a year ago at 9-under 275, a testament to Cog Hill being hard.

"It's in great shape this year," Johnson said. "It's long, it's hard. You're not going to go very low here, so make a lot of pars and if you can sneak in a birdie every once in a while, then you're doing well."
He figured the key to the week was long irons.

"There's a few long par 4s where I hit a lot of 6-, 7- and 8-irons, 9-irons," he said. "Those are long irons to me."

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