The Arccos Community vs. Doral's Blue Monster
By Ben Larsen
Strategic Content Manager
One of the PGA Tour season's best fields took on the notoriously tough Blue Course at Doral this past week in the WGC Cadillac Championship.
Some of the game's biggest names were battling for position on the leaderboard throughout the weekend and it was thrilling to watch the rugged course hold up against the game's best.
With the vast amount of data compiled by the Arccos Community, we decided to dive into the numbers to see if our users were bitten by "Blue Monster." As the data shows below, the answer was decidedly, "Yes."
Here's a look at Arccos users' average scores on each hole:
Front 9
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| Score | 6.25 | 5 | 5.75 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 46.8 |
| +/- | 1.25 | 1 | 1.75 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 10.8 |
Back 9
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Out |
| Par | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Score | 6.25 | 4.8 | 5.75 | 4.25 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5 | 5.75 | 46.8 |
| +/- | 1.25 | 0.8 | 0.75 | 1.25 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.75 | 10.8 |
It's quite clear that the Blue has, in fact, been a Monster for the Arccos Community. We break down the scoring holes -- as well as the ones that have derailed our users' rounds -- in the graphic below:
