Reflecting on the 2020 Masters, last year’s Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne looks like an event that’s still growing in significance historically as a turning point for things to come.
Using the statistics listed in the official Masters media guide, we found Johnson had set or matched nine tournament marks, some of them of historical note and others of a more arcane nature.
For the four rounds Johnson had just four bogeys, two each in the second and final round, the fewest by any Masters champion in the 84-event history of the tournament.
While it’s preposterous to even think someone would record the first 59 in Major championship history this week, the current low mark of 62 isn’t out of the question.
It’s a conversation that has been amplified in 2020, partially due to the R&A and USGA’s Distance Insights Project but mostly because of Bryson DeChambeau.