PGA Tour professional predicts what a five handicap would shoot at Pinehurst this week

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It’s one of the constant discussion points in golf. Just what would a mid to high handicapper shoot around one of the tough PGA Tour courses?

Every year we get it with The Masters, where most PGA pros profess that the average golfer would do well to shoot below 100 at Augusta.

Of course, everyone always has their own counter-arguments in these sorts of discussion and you’ll always get the deluded among us who feel breaking 80 round somewhere like Augusta is easily done.

This week’s US Open takes us to Pinehurst and specifically, Pinehurst No.2.

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The US Open is notoriously difficult to win as the greens are often rapid, the rough harsh, and windy conditions come into place.

Around Pinehurst, things are no different and after Wyndham Clark suggested this week that the greens are already on the brink of chaos, the question about what an amateur would shoot has surfaced again.

Michael Kim shares what a decent amateur would shoot around Pinehurst

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PGA Tour player Kim is one of the most active on his social media account and earlier on today, he put out a request for questions to fans.

As usual, he was flooded with replies and asked a range of questions on all things golf.

Naturally, with the US Open just a day away, one fan asked what a five handicapper would shoot around Pinehurst playing from the championship tees.

And Kim, being kind in his reply, suggested breaking 100 might be on…but that elusive 90 might be a stretch too far.

A five handicapper would be similar to watching someone like Rick Shiels try to get around and anyone who watches his break 75 series sees how hard that is to do.

Breaking 90 around Pinehurst would be tough.

Just the speed of the greens alone is enough to add eight to ten shots a round for an average golfer who is a good putter.

Kim, then, is probably correct here, given we’ll see some of the best in the world struggle to break 80 this week at times.