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If there was one thing O'Hair said he might have done differently on his Waterloo hole last year at Sawgrass, it's that he could have used a less-lofted club and aimed a few feet away from the flag. Instead, knowing he had to make up two shots in as many holes, he aggressively bombed a 9-iron right over the flag and into the drink.
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"I think it helped me win this year's PODS to be honest with you," he said. "I wasn't paying too much attention to what Stewart was doing, but there were a lot of times where I could have gotten too aggressive on some shots coming in.
"I was playing the proper shots, I was hitting to the proper targets, and I was just parring the golf course to death and letting everybody else make the mistakes. And sometimes that's what it takes to win a championship."
So, if O'Hair has the chance to win it again this week, you can bet he won't be shying away from the challenge, even if he shies away from a few flagsticks and picks his spots a bit more cautiously, compared to last year. He's learning how to be passive-aggressive, if you will, and still contend for wins.
You can accomplish both and still play for first, after all.
"It's more about winning a golf tournament," he said. "I've never seen a great player play for money."
Even a year later, after O'Hair had successfully toured the 17th again in his practice rounds, everybody wanted to get his take on the hole. He has no issues with it, really.
There's no scar tissue, he promised. In fact, it's just the opposite.
"It's one of those things that's almost a steppingstone instead of something that drags you down."
