Are you a good player? Could you handle Augusta? Think again
Michael Bamberger, with the help of a knowledgeable friend, ponders what good golfers might actually shoot in cheat-code conditions at Augusta.
At Augusta, there's no such thing as an easy two-putt. Getty Images AUGUSTA, Ga. — Carlos Ortiz of Mexico, the LIV Golf golfer, got into this Masters tournament by way of a T4 finish at last year’s U.
S. Open. He’s a highly skilled golfer, of sound mind and body, playing in his second Masters.
He shot 80 on Thursday. You could say he played poorly but this would be a more accurate statement: Augusta National is an insanely difficult course . If you have ever played it, you know that any two-putt from 20 feet is an accomplishment.
Augusta National during the Masters — back tees, fairways lined with spectators, cameras pointed at you, and millions watching on TV, fairways cut to crew-cut length, and the prospect of immortality — is almost impossibly difficult. We ordinary golfers cannot even conceive how difficult it is. My friend Mike Donald and I discuss this now and again.
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