I am not the person writing these articles nor am I the professional golfer playing at Augusta National who is making these statements. As for Tiger winning the Masters, he has only won ONCE since the redesign of this course which was completed following the 2002 Masters which Tiger won.

And I KNOW that Rory is right handed. Beat thought he was left handed and I corrected Beat. Again, I was merely pointing out that many commentators and the players themselves have stated unequivocally that the course following the redesign favors left handed players. I made this statement in response to the fact that Alex stated it was BS. Obviously there must be something to this or the entire golf world would not be discussing it. I maintain that major golf courses should be set up in a neutral fashion which should favor neither a right hand or left hand player and I stand by my statement.

According to the article the course was changed several years ago and since the change half of the winners have been left handed with Phil winning 3 times.
I don't watch Rory play because I'm not a fan. I couldn't give a shoot'n shinola about Rory.  I thought I read that he was left handed. If he's not, he's not. I don't care.

I maintain that major golf courses should be set up in a neutral fashion which should favor neither a right hand or left hand player and I stand by my statement.

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I maintain that major golf courses should be set up in a neutral fashion which should favor neither a right hand or left hand player and I stand by my statement.

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i agree.   especially majors.   

but i will say this.

there are some courses that are set up to favor right handers, etc.

but to purposely change the course and say it is being Tigerized,

and then to make holes favor left handers, is suspect to say the least.....

if that is truly the case.    i would have to have more info on this.

:-)


TIGER WOODS IS THE BEST!

The Master set it up for lefties as another way of Tiger proofing it.

When Tiger set the Masters record in 1997, he drove down the right side on holes 2, 7, 11, 15 and 17, thus getting a very good angle and level lie into the green. He did similar strategies in 2001 ans 2002.  At that time, 13 was much shorter, thus the angle to get to the flatter part of the fiarway could be hit easily with a three wood. It is much easier to hit a controlled draw with a three versus a driver. Yest it is easier to hit a high cut with a driver.

ANGC added 2 inch rough and many trees down the right sides of the above mentioned holes and added much length to 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, and 18th hole.

These changes forced all golfers to draw the ball more on these holes and play the holes farther to the left.

Anyone that plays golf today knows that a draw is harder to hit consistently versus a fade or cut. Left handers can hit a fade on these holes easier than right handers can hit a draw. It is also unfortunate that Tiger has had the normal missed shot to the right for many years. It's just this year that he is changing that miss.

These changes (narrowing of fairways with rough and trees) seemed to go against Bobby Jones original concept with the Masters - very wide generous fairways, but strategies  requiring correct angles into the greens. As they say, it is a second shot course.

It's interesting that these changes were done after Tiger scored so low on the hollowed grounds of ANGC; but the changes were not done after Ray Floyd tied Jack's record in 1976.

Why wouldn't it be enjoyable? I understand that Tiger isn't in contention, but it's THE MASTERS! If you're not going to watch, it does indeed make you very much less of a golf fan. If you don't get that, then you're really not into golf all that much.

Anyone but Phil on Sunday!!

Let's use a little common sense here. How do you set up a course to favor left-handed players? These are professionals who can maneuver the ball however they need to. To suggest that a particular course favors either righties or lefties is simply silly.
You state that "there must be something to this or the ENTIRE GOLF WORLD (your words) would not be discussing it". Really??? Can you provide us with some names who have credibility in the golf world who claim that the setup at Augusta National favors left-handers?