Other pros complained that some of the hole locations were unfair, but Stricker disagreed.

The most crucial decision of the morning is setting the hole locations, which determine how aggressive or conservative the golfers can be.

Woods dismissed the difficulty of the hole locations, but he agreed that the wind made the 7,190-yard course play harder.

"When the hole location was set 45 minutes before the first group, what was fair became unfair," Davis said in an interview behind the seventh green.

The courses typically consist of one central hole location where different tee boxes constitute different "holes."

You tried to remember where the hole locations were from last fall.

There were 32 positions for possible hole locations, giving up to different keys.

I'm more comfortable with the hole locations this year.

He probably could go around and pick the hole locations.

Many courses will use color-coded flags to determine a hole location at the front, middle or rear of the green.