[Hulk01]

It's never occurred to me that some holes are more influenced by wet and cold weather than others, much less that an entire nine hole stretch might be. 

But here again, I think you find it incomprehensible--or close to it--that the #12 and #14 ranked college teams could be leading the national championship after the first round--unless they have some unusual, and perhaps unfair, advantage.  But this happens all the time in college golf-even after two, three or four rounds--again, think of last year and #!2 Stanford, #13 Washington, #15 UVA, and #20 South Carolina all making it to the final eight, while #4 Florida and #5 Georgia failed to crack the final #15. 

And to take it one step farther: Last year, #13 and #12 advanced to the final, where #13 won.  Right now, after a relatively small sample of holes, Northwestern and Kent State are this year's Washington and Stanford.

[Hulk01]

It's never occurred to me that some holes are more influenced by wet and cold weather than others, much less that an entire nine hole stretch might be. 

But here again, I think you find it incomprehensible--or close to it--that the #12 and #14 ranked college teams could be leading the national championship after the first round--unless they have some unusual, and perhaps unfair, advantage.  But this happens all the time in college golf-even after two, three or four rounds--again, think of last year and #!2 Stanford, #13 Washington, #15 UVA, and #20 South Carolina all making it to the final eight, while #4 Florida and #5 Georgia failed to crack the final #15. 

And to take it one step farther: Last year, #13 and #12 advanced to the final, where #13 won.  Right now, after a relatively small sample of holes, Northwestern and Kent State are this year's Washington and Stanford.