Which holes are amen corner

A standard 9-iron for the top players under normal circumstances, but the swirling winds mess with the mind.

The 13th hole: Azalea - Par 5, yards. The ultimate strategic par 5 where the tee shot is everything. How this writer and eight-handicapper took on Amen Corner in The cambers and the left-to-right dog-leg camouflage your landing area, which is mildly unsettling.

As you walk over the final crest, the hole transforms from tree-lined to open-planned. And there it is, Amen Corner spread out in front of you in all its glory — the 12th tee and green to the right, and the par-5 13th stretching into the distance.

After a solid drive, I had yards to the pin. My caddie handed me my 9-iron and told me to aim at the right edge of the green. I did as instructed, the ball caught the right fringe and cruised down towards the flag.

My foot birdie putt grazed the hole and I tapped in for an easy par. If they miss it right, it gives them an up-and-down pitch for par.

The usual Sunday pin placement at the Masters, tucked to the right of the green, is a scary approach for pros just ask Jordan Spieth. The closing hole of Amen Corner is the short par-5 13th Azalea , which plays at yards. It played as the second-easiest hole in 4. In past years, with players hitting the ball farther, some have found ways to pick it apart, hitting wedges and short irons into the greens on their second shots.

Before the Masters, there was a report that ANGC was looking to buy land from neighboring Augusta Country Club to move the tee box back and lengthen the hole.

Nakajima found water off the tee and the water again in front of the green. And then incurred two penalties: first when the ball landed on his shoe after he tried to play it; then, when he and his caddie fumbled his sand wedge and it touched the water. November 9, November 7, It is his second victory at the event in as many years. In February , Hovland won this event by a narrow one-shot margin. The Masters: Feature Holes Amen Corner April 6, The Masters Feature Holes Amen Corner Amen Corner.

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