Two months after Hurricane Helene left a path of destruction by means of Augusta, a former Masters Champion spoke in regards to the course circumstances.
The previous winner performed a spherical at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership in mid-November, and instructed Golfweek, “The trees on the left side of No. 1 looked thin; thinner than normal. And so did the right side of No. 9.”
However probably the most notable distinction wasn’t the alleged lacking pines. Upon finishing the par-5 fifteenth, the foursome was knowledgeable that the sixteenth gap was not open for play.
“So after we played 15, we went straight to 17.”
Augusta Nationwide declined to remark about No. 16.
Simply weeks in the past, pictures have been launched that confirmed important harm to the sixteenth inexperienced, together with a variety of timber down.
As for different areas of Augusta Nationwide, the previous champion stated the course “was in great shape.”
Based on the previous champ, Magnolia Lane “looked the same.”
“The clubhouse had no damage,” he added.
Within the wake of Hurricane Helene, Augusta Nationwide Chairman Fred Ridley introduced a $5 million donation can be made in the direction of the Hurricane Helene Neighborhood Disaster Fund.
The No. 16 inexperienced at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership. (Picture: Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Community)
“Our Augusta community has suffered catastrophic and historic impact from Hurricane Helene. We currently are assessing the effects at Augusta National Golf Club,” Ridley wrote.
The sixteenth inexperienced has been a staple for historic moments on the Masters Match — most notably in years that finish with ‘5.’ It has additionally recorded probably the most aces of any gap at Augusta Nationwide with 24.
This April, the enduring chip turns 20. When requested about his Nike ball clinging over the sting earlier than toppling in, Tiger Woods stated within the aftermath of the 2005 Masters, “All of a sudden it looked pretty good. And all of a sudden it looked really good. And then it looked like how could it not go in, and how did it not go in, and all of a sudden it went in. So it was pretty sweet.”
A decade in the past, Jordan Spieth reeled in a left-to-right par putt on No. 16, which Spieth described as, “The most clutch putt I’ve ever hit in my life.”
Thirty years in the past, in 1995, Ben Crenshaw birdied No. 16 to grab a one-stroke lead.
A half-century in the past, Jack Nicklaus drained a 40-footer, then broke right into a celebratory trot across the inexperienced. The putt, which announcer Henry Longhurst described as, “The greatest putt I ever saw in my life,” helped Nicklaus fend off Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller by a stroke.
