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THE 11TH HOLE<br />
BEAST<br />
AUGUST<br />
20<strong>16</strong><br />
A<br />
2<br />
Approach With<br />
Caution<br />
Before Fazio’s tweaks, players used to<br />
play to the right edge of the green or<br />
beyond, to leave a long putt or chip<br />
then tap in for par. But the ground<br />
being lowered to the right of the<br />
green has changed things. “You rarely<br />
go for a flag unless it’s on the right<br />
and then you still have to be<br />
disciplined,” says Cink. And lucky.<br />
“Darren Clarke once hit what looked<br />
to be a great shot in that was going to<br />
pitch short and bounce up,” recalls<br />
caddie Billy Foster. “But it hit one of<br />
the humps and flew left into water.”<br />
FLOYD’S CHOKE<br />
It was into this pond,<br />
back in 1990, that<br />
Raymond Floyd pulled<br />
his 7-iron approach on<br />
the second extra hole<br />
to lose his play-off<br />
against Nick Faldo.<br />
“The pressure got<br />
to me,” he rued.<br />
3<br />
Slope Of<br />
No Hope<br />
Somewhat nondescript by Augusta<br />
standards, the 11th green is around<br />
50 yards deep and features one<br />
general slope – back right to front<br />
left, that sucks balls towards the<br />
pond. Augusta’s hardest hole is<br />
even tougher when the pin is<br />
positioned to the left side of this<br />
green, as it tends to be on the first<br />
two days. Most opt for a cautious<br />
approach, heading for the relative<br />
safety of the dry right-hand side.<br />
By the final round, with the whole<br />
world watching, the pin position<br />
is usually set to the front and right<br />
of the green, encouraging the<br />
more controlled iron players to<br />
take a more attacking approach.<br />
THE MIZE MIRACLE<br />
The point from which Larry<br />
Mize chipped in to beat<br />
Greg Norman in a sudden-<br />
death play-off in 1987. The<br />
American’s approach had left<br />
him with a 140-foot chip,<br />
across level ground that now<br />
sits three or four feet lower<br />
than the green. The ball<br />
pitched just short of the<br />
green, bounced twice and<br />
hurtled to the hole. A birdie<br />
three secured a Green Jacket.<br />
May 20<strong>16</strong> Golf World<br />
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