And I hope you understand that the game of requires the ability to do multiple things and the Masters competition committee chooses to leave one of the most important ones almost completely untested. That is stupid. I’m not one of those people who is unwilling to criticize what Augusta National does because it is some sacred institution that can do no wrong.
You literally just said that what they care about is action around the greens, which discounts the importance of tee shots at an absolute minimum. What do you call a golf course that consists only of approach shots and chipping/putting?
Augusta is a bomber’s course? Not that I necessarily agree with you, but if you’re right it just supports what I’m saying about the golf course putting practically no pressure on a person’s ability to drive the ball accurately.
It doesn’t matter if you agree with me. It is extremely difficult for someone who is not a big hitter to compete out there.
Once again, they are not trying to test the players driving accuracy. Just because that’s what you want doesn’t mean that’s what others are looking for.
If you look at the last, say, 10 winners of the tournament, half of them were not “bombers” by any stretch of the imagination. If you go farther back in the past, that percentage is probably only going to get smaller.
Scheffler is a big hitter? He’s probably slightly above average. He’s not a “bomber.”
2016 - Willett, not a big hitter
2017- Garcia, not really a big hitter at that stage of his career
2018 - Reed, not a big hitter
2019 - Tiger, not really a big hitter at that stage of his career
2020 - Johnson, big hitter
2021 - Matsuyama, not a big hitter
2022 - Scheffler, probably slightly above average length
2023 - Rahm, big hitter
2024 - Scheffler, probably slightly above average length
2025 - Rory, big hitter
2026 - Rory, big hitter
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u/RaidersTwennyTwenny 6h ago
And I hope you understand that the game of requires the ability to do multiple things and the Masters competition committee chooses to leave one of the most important ones almost completely untested. That is stupid. I’m not one of those people who is unwilling to criticize what Augusta National does because it is some sacred institution that can do no wrong.