re: I wish the Tour played more courses that had driving trouble.

I’ve said this before in other threads but for a couple of years I was close to the professional golf scene from the business side of things. And unless things have changed in the past 10 or so years, the sponsors putting up the big dollars for these tournaments want to see long drives and birdies.

Those two things generate viewers way more than watching 5 footers for pars. Just look at the ratings when Zach Johnson is near the lead vs Bryson, Koepka, etc. So there’s no incentive to change anything as far as the professional game is concerned.