Merion hole-by-hole guide: 9th hole

A look at the course of the 2013 US Open, Merion in Pennsylvania

9th Hole

Merion Golf Club

9th - 236 yards, par 3

Water protects the very front and right of this downhill par 3, and a bunker eats in at the left side of the angled green. A bogey is more likely than a birdie.

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