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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
How Tough Is Augusta National?
How Tough Is Augusta National?
#golf #themasters
BY DEAN KNUTH
PHOTOS BY J.D. CUBAN
April 2010
Nearly every golf course in North America, Asia and Continental Europe has been rated for handicapping purposes using the USGA Course Rating and Slope Rating system that I developed more than 30 years ago. Notably, all but a handful of the courses among Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest have been rated officially by authorized regional and state golf associations. So it seems curious that the No. 1-ranked course, Augusta National Golf Club, doesn't have an official USGA rating.
The reason? Despite the fact that almost every member has a USGA Handicap Index from another club, Augusta National maintains its system for members only.
As Golf Digest Contributing Editor David Owen wrote in his book, The Making of the Masters,the system developed by co-founder Clifford Roberts is based on the number of pars a player ordinarily makes in a round, with a small adjustment for birdies. If you average six pars per round, for example, your handicap would be 12. (Think of it as 18 holes minus six pars equals a handicap of 12.) The club also uses Roberts' method for allocating handicap strokes, using yardage as the criterion. READ MORE
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Australians Follow Adam Scott’s Lead to Augusta
Australians Follow Adam Scott’s Lead to Augusta
#golf #themasters
#golf #themasters
AUGUSTA,
Ga. — Adam Scott’s shout of “C’mon Aussie” after he drained a long putt
that vaulted him into a playoff at the Masters last year echoed a late
1970s cricket jingle that became a country’s rallying cry. Little did
Scott know then that his countrymen would treat it as an exhortation.
A
year after Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters with a
sudden-death victory over Ángel Cabrera, he is back at Augusta National
Golf Club with six countrymen in tow. This week’s field of 97 includes
three Australian first-timers, who answered Scott’s implicit challenge
to come on and join him among golf’s elite. READ MORE
Monday, April 7, 2014
78th Masters Tournament Preview
78th Masters Tournament Preview #themasters #golf
Henrik Stenson, the third-ranked player in the world,
continues to play with wrist pain that he has been dealing with since
last year. No. 4 Jason Day hasn't played since winning the WGC-Accenture
Match Play Championship, while No. 5 Phil Mickelson is battling the
newest injury.
The three-time Masters champion and reigning British Open champ hurt his oblique at the Texas Open, and withdrew. After some practice at Augusta, he shared 12th at the Houston Open.
While those four battle with injuries, the remainder of the field deals with a lack of momentum. Outside of the last two Masters winners, not many players have any momentum heading into Augusta.
Reigning champion Adam Scott has six top-25 finishes in six starts this season. However, he did close the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a 76 to lose the title. READ MORE
The three-time Masters champion and reigning British Open champ hurt his oblique at the Texas Open, and withdrew. After some practice at Augusta, he shared 12th at the Houston Open.
While those four battle with injuries, the remainder of the field deals with a lack of momentum. Outside of the last two Masters winners, not many players have any momentum heading into Augusta.
Reigning champion Adam Scott has six top-25 finishes in six starts this season. However, he did close the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a 76 to lose the title. READ MORE
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