![]() ![]() Last year Augusta’s keepers similarly increased the 15th hole-Augusta’s second par 5 of the back nine-and the results were zero eagles for the week. The big change this year is at the par 5 13th, which has been lengthened by 35 yards, turning a routine birdie hole-which yields its share of eagles-into more of a risk/reward proposition. ![]() Now, players will have to navigate 7,545 yards of hilly, verdant track. During that historic performance, it played at a modest 6,925 yards. Nelson: Ever since Tiger Woods first overpowered Augusta National en route to an 18-under-par finish in 1997, the course has grown by leaps and bounds. 12, let’s dive in! - Elizabeth Nelson What’s new at Augusta National? As always, we’re here to get you set for a glorious week of mental carnage, with a heaping side of golf’s own civil war on the menu. Augusta National is golf’s Overlook Hotel-a lavishly decorous setting haunted by history and certain to bring about nerve-jangling horrors. Not a second too soon, sport’s most wonderfully preposterous rite of spring is ready to transport us to the place where synapses stop firing over 4-foot putts, and nerves snap, crackle, and pop like twigs at Amen Corner. What’s that sound-is it the soothing ripple of Rae’s Creek? The calming sway of majestic dogwoods and azaleas? The soft squish of spikes padding through the lush lawns of America’s favorite golf mecca? Oh, hell yes: It’s Masters week! ![]()
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