The players who best control distance and spin on their wedge shots do well every week on tour, but it’s an especially important skill when the conditions are like those at Augusta National during the first round.
The mystique, the undulations, Rae’s Creek, the azaleas – all the subtle nuances of Augusta National provide something no other course can. And it takes remarkable vision to ‘see’ certain shots; shots you truly only witness at the Masters. Shots like this.
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The carnage of Jordan Spieth’s collapse and the fortitude Danny Willett showed on the back nine of the Masters last April made for scintillating viewing, although for a moment of sheer golf madness – in a good, although freakish way – nothing topped Louis Oosthuizen’s ace at the 16th hole.
The archive of Phil Mickelson short-game stunts is vast, like that warehouse at the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. To Lefty, the phenomenal has become standard; in his mind, it’s an aberration when the magic doesn’t happen.
Tonight marks one week until the 2017 Masters tees off and the turning of the calendar each year from March to April generates a heightened level of excitement in every golfer.
He’s drifted out to No.184 in the world ranking but 2015 Australian Open champion Matt Jones still owns one of the best moments in Shell Houston Open history courtesy of his finish to the 2014 tournament.
You’re excused if Hideto Tanihara wasn’t a familiar name to you before this week at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. But after defeating Jordan Spieth on day one, and battling with Dustin Johnson in Sunday’s semi-finals, Tanihara is definitely on the radar of golf fans around the world after this week.
Australian Golf Digest
