Yes.
Woods never plays here, because the course is gimmicky and not designed for tournament play. The hardest holes are all on the fron nine. Know any others like that?
If you knew anything about golf, I would not have to explain this to you. As it is, I am once again faced with trying to explain things to someone who is ignorant, but has no wish to change.
Woods has been skipping Colonial because until this year it has been known as the Master Card Colonial. Master Card is a competitor one of his Corporate Sponsors, American Express. Why he skipped this year is anybody’s guess. I doubt very seriously it has anything to do with the golf course. Have you read anywhere where he said the course is gimmicky?
I know that Colonial is the venue that has held the same Tour event for the longest consecutive period of time, but that's not necessarily the same as 'oldest course on the Tour'.
"Woods never plays here, because the course is gimmicky and not designed for tournament play. "
Is that it? Woods has only played Colonial once, back before he picked up Amex as a sponsor (Mastercard was the Colonial sponsor at that time). As I said before, Colonial isn't your average treeless stadium course, but it's held a Tour event since long before there was a Tour.
"The hardest holes are all on the fron nine. Know any others like that? "
LOL, all the hard holes......? Common misconception held by people, like yourself, who don't know their a$$ from the proverbial hole in the ground about tournament golf, or golf courses in general.
Every course has an 'easier side' - has to, since there's an odd number of holes on each side (do the math). Colonial has 5 of the 9 toughest holes on the front, and 4 of the 9 toughest on the back, based on handicap stats, so yayhoos like yourself think that the back is 'easier'.
Further, Colonial's toughest holes are distributed front / back, front / back all the way down the line - #1 is front, #2 is back, #3 is front, #4 is back, etc. The handicap numbers are based on years of stats, incl the tourney stats. Any one tournament might have stats that change a bit (1 or 2 holes at the most, depending on conditions, esp wind direction), but they hold true over the years.
"As it is, I am once again faced with trying to explain things to someone who is ignorant, but has no wish to change. "
presidio, you're just making this stuff up as you go, isn't it time to stop?