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Golf: Are these the best 5 shots every pulled off at the famed Augusta National?

They are the iconic shots that every golf fan remembers, the marvellous Masters moments at Augusta that leave mere mortals awestruck.

It is pot luck, with the writers receiving notice on the weekend of their good fortune. They are required to attend a special briefing, pay heed to every guideline associated with their invitation and then set forth on Monday on the golfing adventure of a lifetime.The challenges abound, not least because the pins are left in the same place as they were in the championship round on Sunday.which caters to fans and players alike after the 72nd is up there as well.

“It was a day when Adam Scott and Jason Day both made a great charge and I think they teed off on the 71st hole as co-leaders. So I thought all of my chickens were coming home to roost, but that was the year that Charles Schwartzel reeled off birdies on the last four holes to win. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 07: A view of course signage and the score board prior to the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 07, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. After enjoying a southern breakfast, Linden said, players head to the practice fairway, where their caddy, clubs and a pyramid of 100 balls are waiting.Tbonz,

“I’m pretty sure it is the 12th, because blokes have been on the course for three hours and they are going to want to have a slash.”AUGUSTA, GA - APRIL 03: A sign for Amen Corner is displayed during a practice round prior to the start of the 2017 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 3, 2017 in Augusta, Georgia.

“It is a very wide green, as wide as a cricket pitch, but your actual landing area, if you short you trickle into the pond and if you go long, you bounce into the brush behind.” After arriving, Walton was taken to the Champions’ Locker room and was issued with the locker used by Canadian Mike Weir when he won the Masters 20 years earlier.

Walton’s wheels fell off. He triple-bogied the 10th, named Camellia, and then double-bogied the 11th, which is called White Dogwood. And he was stunned when arriving at the 12th hole, the famous par three named Golden Bell. “It is the most difficult hole on the course for an amateur player because it doesn’t matter where you are, your second shot is treacherous,” he said.

Standing on the first tee the day after Bubba Watson hit one of the most remarkable shots in Masters history to edge Louis Oosthuizen on the second playoff hole, Blake had another problem. So thick was the southern drawl of his caddy, he could not understand a word. “I’d never seen anyone end up there and I had to hit it back towards the water, straight down hill towards the water, but somehow managed to stop it on the green and make par,” he said.

“I dropped it and ended up in a nasty little spot and I flubbed it straight back into the water, so I ended up taking six on the most famous par three in the world. That was not ideal.” “It is just like the old Lee Westwood line, like ‘Disneyland for Adults’. It was just brilliant, one of the highlights of my life and I can tell you I have dined out on it since.”Jim Tucker’s nerves were already jangling when he stepped onto the first tee alongside Martin Blake, a good mate, for his dream round at Augusta in 2012.

The club made it clear that arriving via a cab for such an auspicious moment would not do and so Tucker, who had never driven in the United States before, hired a car and picked up Blake on the way. The club pro recommended the latest model Scotty Cameron putter but, as Tucker said, it scarcely did him any favours, with the Brisbane-based media specialist having 40 putts in his round of 92.His caddy was named Warren Leffler, who had played on lower-tier tours and, “after some prodding from his fellow caddies”, divulged that he had once scored an albatross on the 500m 15th name Firethorn.

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