Just as the first tee shot has changed in the last few years to present an even more formidable challenge, so too has the final one at the 18th.
Along with the fog at Torrey Pines, the Tournament of Championship at Kapalua didn't start until Monday because of unusually high wind, and the 54-hole event was completed some 29 hours after the opening tee shot.
The Spaniard's tee shot on the 10th hole somehow came to rest about 15 feet up in an oak tree, sitting between two large branches.
Garcia finds the green with his tee-shot off the 154 yard second - the shortest hole on the Wentworth course - but misses a 12-foot birdie putt.
Leading by two shots on the 15th, Lewis hit her tee shot into the water for the second time this week and slammed her club into the turf.
Sarazen's single hole victory over Percy Alliss came courtesy of a birdie two at the 15th, where his tee shot landed in the lap of a woman spectator and bounced back onto the green as she stood up to shake it off.
Guan had a bogey at the par-3 second after his tee shot off the back of the green.
But he did not leave Turnberry to be at expectant wife Jo's side on Sunday night without reflecting on the one poor tee shot that did for him.
But the Englishman recovered some lost ground with three birdies, including a two at the short eighth when his tee shot finished four feet from the cup, for a 74.
Harrington made a shaky start to the second practice session on Wednesday, firing his opening tee shot into the gallery while his second effort found a bunker.
If the direction of the wind is favourable then an accurate tee shot enables you to chip a nice low shot into the green.
Hanson bogeyed two of the first three holes, and Mickelson suffered an excruciating triple bogey on the par-three fourth hole when his tee shot pinged off the spectator railing into a bamboo thicket.
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On the par-three 17th, his first tee shot flew into the water, and although his second stuck to the green he could not make a 30-footer and came away with a double bogey.
Jason Kokrak needed a birdie on the 18th to have any chance at a playoff and yanked his tee shot into the water.
Broadhurst, who birdied five of the opening seven holes, opted for the driver from the final tee and hit a fine shot to the left-hand side of the fairway.
There was another long delay on the par-3 16th after a gust of wind dunked Manassero's tee shot in the water.
Garcia finds the sand with his tee-shot, then an untidy second lands in another bunker in front of the green.
Matt Kuchar's ball was blown off the tee before he could hit his opening tee shot.
That left only the imperturbable Lingmerth, who hit a bold tee shot to eight feet on the 17th but failed to convert for birdie or to birdie the 18th to force a playoff.
He could have been sitting alone atop the leader-board if his tee-shot on 13 hadn't ended up on the pine straw and behind a tree 10 yards outside the fairway.
Those who develop the right habits essentially let those habits take the shot for them when they tee up, says Hank Johnson, a pro who owns a golf school in Destin, Florida.
But Davies sent her shot into water and Brewerton's 17th tee-shot landed among the trees.
Having hit his tee shot into the deep rough, he took aim with a wedge.
John Daly once hit a tee shot off the top of a beer can during a pro-am.
Instead of hitting his third shot from the tee, he could reach the green for a two-putt par.
Whack a tee shot into the gorse or an approach into the sand and there's still a chance to recover.
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Els makes the green with his tee-shot and then hits a stunning 30-foot birdie putt to go three up with eight holes to play.
His tee shot on the 10th bounded through the green with such pace that it stayed toward the back slope of the rear bunker.
His tee shot on the 17th left him out of position and after finding a greenside bunker he dropped his first shot of the day.
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