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This pin placement at the 1998 U.S. Open was pretty crazy. It would cause so much outrage if it happened in the Twitter age.

By Kyle Porter

Jun 6, 2013 at 10:11 am ET • 1 min read

Maybe I was too young (I was), but I don't really remember this happening at the 1998 U.S. Open. It was definitely the source of some great controversy, though, as the USGA cut the 18th hole in the second round at Olympic Club in the back left corner of the green.

The slope was so severe that if you left your putt just one inch short, it might roll all the way back down to the middle of the green.

Payne Stewart, who led as he walked to the 18th green, said the hole was "bordering on ridiculous." I'd say it was a little bit beyond that. The USGA later recognized and apologized for its mistake.

Can you imagine the Twitter outrage if something like this took place this year at Merion. Like, let's say Tiger Woods is leading the third round and the USGA has cut a ridiculous pin placement on the already-ridiculous No. 18 hole at Merion. Woods hits a snaking 30-footer to within inches and it rolls 15 feet away. He then two putts from there for a double bogey or something.

Twitter would just ... I don't know ... it might cease to exist.

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