Augusta National continues to screw with its layout and design. In a recent article on GolfDigest.com, both Jack and Arnie, who I think know a thing or two about what makes a good golf course and what makes one suck the life out of you, rail against the recent changes.Here is the most telling quote regarding Jack's feelings towards the recent changes...
"They've totally eliminated what Bobby Jones tried to do in the game of golf," Nicklaus says. "Bobby Jones believed golf was primarily a second-shot game. He believed that you should have enough room to drive the ball onto the fairway, but if you put it on the correct side of the fairway, you had an advantage to put the ball toward the hole. He wanted to give you a chance to do that shot."
Also, check out the photo included here (you can click on it to make it bigger). It clearly shows how different the course is today from years gone by.
What is most interesting to me is that Jack and Arnie aren't ticked that the course is longer, but that Augusta National has completely compromised the shotmaking / personal strategy element from the course.
