Fore Please. 2024 Masters Thread

[Cosmo]

Bam Bam just hit from a spot I've never seen anyone play from on 15 and promptly dunks it into the drink. Wild stuff.

 

[UNCGrad]

Rooting for Max, Collin and Ludvig.

 

[Webster]

Is Verne allowed to say "Oy" like that? Or will the green jackets kick him out before Sunday?

 

[playthrough]

Verne's line when Bryson three-putted 16 (paraphrasing) "the wheels have come off and now the rims have come off" was fantastic.

 

[UPChip]

Verne's line when Bryson three-putted 16 (paraphrasing) "the wheels have come off and now the rims have come off" was fantastic.

Hits it into a national park off the tee, plays out sideways and of course the dumb bench holes out from 100 yards for a birdie on 18.

 

[jr/shotglass]

I can't even believe he did that, given his trajectory.

 

[Cosmo]

CBS got the money shot, from behind on the fairway, the crowd exploding as it drops. Kudos.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Agreed ,,, but it's probably good they stopped milking it after six minutes.

 

[da man]

One last comment on this threadjack: If I could play just one hole at Augusta, it would be the 12th. First of all, because it's a hole I could (in theory) actually par with a good tee shot, and second, so I could better understand how some of the best golfers on the planet so often misjudge their tee shot.

Every year it amazes me that (I believe) the shortest and seemingly most straightforward of the holes at Augusta National causes so much trouble.

The reality is 12 is anything but straightforward. For one, the green is tiny — especially front to back. The threat of that front bunker forces players to make difficult choices. The back-to-front slope of the green makes for some very fast and tricky putts as well as chips from behind the green. Because it's at the lowest point of the course and it's surrounded on three sides by trees, the wind tends to swirl. And, as this story from Golf Digest explains, the tilt of the green from the line of the tee shot can bait players into going for the pin, only to find themselves in the water.

 

[I Should Coco]

The reality is 12 is anything but straightforward. For one, the green is tiny — especially front to back. The threat of that front bunker forces players to make difficult choices. The back-to-front slope of the green makes for some very fast and tricky putts as well chips from behind the green. Because it's at the lowest point of the course and it's surrounded on three sides by trees, the wind tends to swirl. And, as this story from Golf Digest explains, the tilt of the green from the line of the tee shot can bait players into going for the pin, only to find themselves in the water.

You know, as I was watching today, I realized that to get anywhere near the left-side pin placement, you had about 12 yards of green in between a nasty bunker in front and a steep bank filled with azaleas behind. Most players opted for the latter.

And that's not even the toughest pin placement.

Still, as a hacker who occassionally hits good shots with his longer irons, I'd like to give 12 a try and see if lightning strikes.

 

[Cosmo]

So many guys were going long and using the azalea bank as a backstop today. Not the worst strategy, even if that chip back to the hole is super delicate.

 

[qtlaw]

Watch tomorrow, pink will be back right, and daring you to go for it and if you miss just a tad short?? Water baby. Tiger knows, go middle every day.