"With soft conditions and little rough, a Tour course needs to be 8,500 yards or more to have teeth. Seriously."

There's so much to chat about from Sunday's exciting day of golf: Tseng winning a second major this year, Appleby's 59 to win and Langer's amazing sweep of old geezer Open titles at Carnoustie and Sahalee (how's that for architectural opposites!).

But the SI/golf.com gang zeroes in on the question of a 59 on top of a scoring onslaught and what it means for the venue and overall state of the game.

Alan Shipnuck, senior writer, Sports Illustrated: Birkdale is a big-time course and Tseng has now made it clear that she's going to be a monster for the next decade. Big picture, this was the most important win. But it was impossible not to get swept away by what Apples was doing. His magic round is an all-time stunner.

Damon Hack, senior writer, Sports Illustrated: I'm going with Yani. Three majors by the age of 21, and one win shy of a career grand slam. Nobody male or female has done so much so soon in the history of the game.

Farrell Evans, writer-reporter, Sports Illustrated: I care more about what Appleby's 59 represents for the game. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with birdies, but par should mean something more than just once a year at the U.S. Open.

Shipnuck: Back in Geiberger's day a 450-yard par-4 was a monster. Now it's a driver/flip wedge. With soft conditions and little rough, a Tour course needs to be 8,500 yards or more to have teeth. Seriously.

I just didn't see enough of the Old White this week to understand why it was so susceptible to low scores and ultimately, no one should care that the scoring was low if the golf was entertaining.

However, I am curious how much you'd chalk it up to technology dating the course vs. soft conditions. Is it really true that Jeff Overton didn't hit more than wedge into most non-par-3's all week?