The Masters Tournament

#102
#102
GAVol said:
The chair situation, concession prices and the fact that the course sits across from a strip mall and is bordered on one side by very modest houses always blows everyone's minds.
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I was very shocked when I went by all that. I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that.
 
#103
#103
In my opinion, conditions can make any course difficult. But lies and greens are difference makers. Oak Tree in Oklahoma has some of the most diabolical in the country. To get them fast enough on the stimp as the PGA prefers the greens aren't even playable
 
#105
#105
golfballs03 said:
In my opinion, conditions can make any course difficult. But lies and greens are difference makers. Oak Tree in Oklahoma has some of the most diabolical in the country. To get them fast enough on the stimp as the PGA prefers the greens aren't even playable
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That's Augusta all the time. Have you ever seen the 6th hole in person? If you get above the hole just a couple feet it's impossible to stop the ball unless you make it & that's on just about about every green. A 30 foot uphill putt is better than a 6 foot downhiller.
 
#106
#106
brandonco05 said:
I was very shocked when I went by all that. I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that.
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I'd venture to guess that it's got to be the only major championship venue within walking distance of a Hooters.
 
#108
#108
govols/cc said:
That's Augusta all the time. Have you ever seen the 6th hole in person? If you get above the hole just a couple feet it's impossible to stop the ball unless you make it & that's on just about about every green. A 30 foot uphill putt is better than a 6 foot downhiller.
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Yeah, I've been a lot.

Those kind of shots exist on a number of courses. Augusta is difficult, but it's not the most difficult around.
 
#111
#111
golfballs03 said:
Yeah, I've been a lot.

Those kind of shots exist on a number of courses. Augusta is difficult, but it's not the most difficult around.
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Well dang I'm wondering why the USGA & PGA keep holding majors on the same mundane courses year after year.
 
#113
#113
Highest rating/slope combo in the nation. Sometimes those numbers are trumped up, but they seem pretty legit in this case
 
#115
#115
golfballs03 said:
Yeah, I've been a lot.

Those kind of shots exist on a number of courses. Augusta is difficult, but it's not the most difficult around.
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You almost always see Kiawah, Pine Valley, Oakmont and Bethpage near the top of any of those lists with Augusta, Pebble Beach etc. in the next tier.
 
#116
#116
govols/cc said:
Well dang I'm wondering why the USGA & PGA keep holding majors on the same mundane courses year after year.
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From everything ive heard Pine Valley is a lot harder than Augusta but it's not a spectator friendly course, and the members don't really care to host a tourney.

The PGA won't go back to Oak Tree because the greens are too undulating and they can't get them fast enough without them becoming unplayable.

Not sure your point
 
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