Golfweek Masters Survey: Pros and legends share lessons learned at Augusta
Top golfers like Gary Player, Padraig Harrington and Scottie Scheffler share their most important lessons learned from playing in the Masters.
The Masters is the one men's major that returns to the same site every year and that means experience can be an advantage. In the latest question for this year's Golfweek/USA Today Masters Survey, we asked pros what was an important lesson learned (maybe the hard way) during the first few Masters they played in? Gary Player When I first played Augusta, I couldn’t reach the par 5s in two shots.
So I began a serious weightlifting program. The following year, I played the par 5s better than Jack Nicklaus, who was the longest hitter of our era. I’d like to see him then with today’s equipment.
Thank goodness for weight training. It proved that golfers, like athletes in every other sport, benefit from strength and fitness. Adam Scott The big change for me was around 2010 I figured out that the course will give you a lot if you let it.
You don’t have to beat it up. For a lot of years before 2010, I played defensively. I had all the places you shouldn’t go in my head.