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Why have they made changes to the Augusta National Golf course?
I have heard of some major changes to the course the past
years and Jack and Arnie were kind of pissed about the changes.
Does this take away from the integrity of the golf course the way Jones intended?, or does it sustain the way players have evolved? just curious
The course is nothing like the course Jones and MacKenzie envisioned or designed. It was designed to play like The Old Course at St Andrews. It was built to be wide, mostly treeless, with big greens, ground game options, with greens that rewarded approaches from correct angles.
What they have now is incredibly narrow, with new and more trees planted regularly, a second cut of rough that was never used in the past (balls were allowed to miss the fairway and keep rolling even further out of position), greens that can only be approached from one general angle since they've narrowed landing areas so much and choked lines of play with new trees.
They overreacted to Tiger, just like everyone, and bastardized their course into something it was never intended to be. That said, Golf Digest will reward them with a #1 ranking in their next issue, so I guess that shows what I know.
Ask yourself this, has the Masters been more or less exciting in recent years? Gone are the days where someone could blitz with birdies and drop a 31 on the back. You used to hear cheering from all corners on the back nine on Sunday. You don't hear that as much anymore, and it's because of the course.
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