Sometimes, pin placement might be the only defense a hole has.

Mutch also tried out pin placements for Friday's second round.

Knowing the pin placements a day early, he said, "is a big help."

Choose from two fairways for your approach, depending on the pin placement.

This is most often important for short shots into difficult pin placements.

In that case, the rear of the green may be the easier pin placement even though the distance is greater.

"They put some pin placements on us that I haven't seen in 20 years," he said.

The pin placements were difficult, more like Sunday than Thursday.

Like many players, Norman was upset with the pin placements.

Clean the ball, then identify tomorrow's pin placement by looking for a dot on the green that indicates the next day's position.