The 17th hole on the East Course is a par-3 that plays to an amphitheater green and tips out at 246 yards in length, the longest par-3 at Merion. But it can be played 50 yards shorter than that, too, depending on which teeing ground is used; it is also slightly downhill from the tee to the green. The 17th green has one of the more pronounced false fronts on the East Course.