The Masters and rules go together like pimento cheese and white bread. No running, no phones, no cash. Heck, there’s even a rule for where swing coaches stand while working with their player on the driving range… oh, and don’t under any circumstances call it the “driving range”. That’s according to Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee, Read more…
While Chamblee says he’s never felt Augusta is a perfect course fit for McIlroy’s game, he stated that the problems, particularly in the first round, seem more mental than physical.
The current majors rota of the Masters, US Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship has been established since 1934, when the Masters was inaugurated, and since then, there hasn’t seemed to be much appetite from fans or the golf establishment to add to that. Chamblee calls that thinking “antiquated”.
Faxon argued the golfers are playing for their countries and not their tour. And Chamblee still wasn’t having it. Have a look as this debate leads to an all-time awkward moment between the two.