Masters Week 2007

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Originally Posted by gales0678

kev,

they have taken the excitement out of this course. The back 9 at Augusta on Sunday afternoon was to me the best golf to watch on TV. Things happened so fast with the par 5's and rae's creek, but they have made this course to hard now.

I don't think we'll see a 30 on the back like Jack had in '86 ever again.
It's too bad, Hootie and the boys made this place to tough with all these trees. #7 is a joke now, used to a a long iron off the tee , left a short iron, now, there hitting a driver and a mid to long iron to a green that was not designed to have a long club in. #1 the medium to short hitters can't get the ball up on the top of the hill, just kills these guys.
These scores are a joke, for a tournament that is an invitational. The 2 founders have this course Jones and Roberts gotta be questioning what ever happend to their golf course. Hootie went overboard and f'd up a great place.

Martin....


I see what you are saying...it is exciting to see these guys shoot lights out...but we get that week in and week out. I LOVE major championships like this. Majors are supposed to be hard work. I love the firm and fast conditions...makes these guys use imagination. Every PGA Tour event now, all they do is BOMB it off the tee...and wedge it on from there. No course management anymore. Look what Tiger did in the British Open last year. He was the only one in the field with enough mental discipline and fortitude to play the tournament for 72 holes and only use the driver ONE TIME. Tons of guys out there now hit it just as far, if not farther than Tiger. Many of them could have played the British the same way last year...but they lack the mental toughness to do it. Tiger "gets it"...he sees how a course is supposed to be played, knows that he possesses the strength to stick to his game plan...and that is why he continues to beat these guys like a drum.

Hogan was the same way...
Nicklaus was the same way...
Faldo was the same way...