Mike Davis, the United States Golf Association's championship guru who isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers with bold setup moves, might be considering one for the age for the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place.

Changing a hole's par during a tournament.

Huh?

That is what he told Associated Press reporter Doug Ferguson over the weekend in a telephone interview.

"One thing I'm absolutely positive we'll do in the future, perhaps in 2015 at Chambers Bay, is play a hole certain days as a par 4, and certain days as a par 5," Davis said.

To which the world's No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods responded: "You can't change par in the middle of a tournament."

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When I talked to Davis last winter about the changes that the USGA has in store for Chambers Bay, he noted that in all likelihood, both back-nine par-5 holes – No. 13, a dogleg right hole; and No. 18, a straightaway hole – would be played as par-4s.

The 13th hole will stay that way for the U.S. Open, and even next summer's U.S. Amateur, but Davis told Ferguson he's considering playing the 18th hole and/or the first hole (long par-4) at either par score.

As far as the 18th hole, Davis said last winter that the front tee would be used, and a future bunkering design would be constructed to make it an appropriately challenging par-4.

"It might be perceived as goofy," Davis told Ferguson. "But all we're looking for is the low 72-hole score. That doesn't change."