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Originally Posted by DonH57
Very true. I remember announcers mentioned that as well reguarding the back nine with the many water hazards and pin placements or I should say the slopes on a couple of greens theball would roll right to left and back. Augusta appears to be a very beautiful and challenging course as the past days have demonstrated.
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The thing about that golf course, especially the back nine, is that there is a very fine line between a great shot and disaster. If you hit it to a spot on a green you can make birdie. Five feet left of that spot and it's almost impossible to keep the ball on the green and you are looking at a possible double bogey.
Jordan just made an unbelievable mental error on 12. It's hard for me to understand how he could completely lose his focus at that point in a tournament as important and prestigious as The Masters. The one thing that every one knows about this golf course is that, unless you are trailing and desperate, you simple hit you ball over the middle of the bunker on 12 and two put from 35 feet. When you're leading or in the hunt, you should never even think about going anywhere near the hole when it's cut on the right like that.
Jordan has always had a strong mental game. It's really surprising to me that he could have made this mistake. Of course players in that position, especially after two days of cold windy conditions, are beginning to suffer from mental fatigue. When that happens, these kind of things happen. Maybe his caddy could have slowed him down. With ll of the great communication they seem to have over every shot, it was peculiar that he hit this important shot without much discussion. He seemed to have just rushed up and hit it.
Unfortunately, this will always be remembered as The Masters that Jordan Spieth gave away rather than the one that Danny Willet won. That's unfortunate, because in the end whoever takes the fewest strokes over 72 holes is the winner. You can always woulda, coulda, shoulda, but in the end, Danny Willet shot the lowest score.
Congratulations to Danny Willet, Masters Champion.