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It's a greens thing.(THE MASTERS)
Augusta National has been controversially lengthened--again--but no bomber, not even Tiger, can win without his short game
They lengthened Augusta National again, and this time Jack Nicklaus is complaining. But he shouldn't be.
Jack didn't blame Augusta chairman Hootie Johnson in 2002 when Augusta lengthened half of its holes and grew by 285 yards; he ripped golf ball makers and the USGA and sympathized with Hootie. But this summer Augusta will play another 150 yards longer--the second-longest layout ever for a major--and Jack says, "I think they've ruined it from a tournament standpoint," adding that it looks as if it were redesigned by "someone who doesn't know how to play golf."
Ouch. But the fact is, history shows that when Augusta is lengthened, a premium is placed on putting--which is precisely how Jack won his last Masters, at age 46, in 1986, before Augusta and the ball makers started playing "mine's longer." Nicklaus' stunning 1-putts in 1986 are part of golf's greatest moments, and this year's Masters might provide more such highlights.
In the two years before Augusta was lengthened for the 2002 event, the winner averaged a middling 41st place in putts per green in regulation (P/GIR)--in other words, golfers could win with their long games. Since then, the winner has ...
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