It can't be right that you can hit a drive and sand wedge into the par-five 13th, can it?
But Watson was astonishing as he cut his unconventional swathe through golf's most celebrated course.
The fact is that no-one else in the game can come close to pulling off some of the shots in the big-hitting left-hander's armoury. Take his tee shot to the 240-yard par-three fourth. Only he could summon the towering height that enabled him to land his ball so close to the final-day pin position that was inaccessible to everyone else.
Spieth needed to hole a bunker shot to make his birdie while Watson was left with a short putt to keep pace.
No conventional technique can create such shots; Watson, with his self-taught method, is a freakish force of nature.
Yes, in general, the ball is travelling too far in golf - we've been saying it for years. But Watson's feats shouldn't be the ones to prompt change.
Instead, his unorthodox power generation should be celebrated for its proof that there is more than one way to play the game.
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