What started as an exercise to improve the functionality of the layout by installing a sub-air system and ridding the fairways and greens of Poa annua became a revisionist mission.
A program of this kind had been in discussion for multiple years, and the tour's Player Advisory Council always understood the value in rewarding the tour’s highest-profile players.
As always, a golf tournament is about so much more than the guy holding the trophy – or wearing the jacket – come Sunday evening. Here are 18 parting thoughts from Augusta National.
Water comes into play on 12 holes, but the real defence of the golf course is found in the greens, which for member play can sometimes run as fast as 14 on the Stimpmeter.
