There will also be no preferred lies. PGA officials said Wednesday that the field will play the ball as it lies in the fairway. Quail Hollow is equipped with a SubAir system.

Firestone was where Nicklaus first became acquainted with the professional tournament game, at the age of 18, making his PGA Tour debut at the 1958 Rubber City Open. That week, Nicklaus and his then girlfriend, now longtime wife, Barbara, drove every day to Akron and back to Columbus, Ohio, where they were students at Ohio State University.

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A four-time winner of the Wanamaker Trophy, Tiger Woods recently had surgery and will miss playing at Quail Hollow after an Achilles injury in March.