It is predicted that the 85th Masters Tournament of’Masters’ Heat Match’, which will open on the 8th (Korean time), will make players embarrassed this year with faster green speed.
Masters, held at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, USA, is also known as’glass ball green’ because of its fast green speed.
It’s a difficult green, but the players in the practice round say that this year’s competition will be more difficult due to the recent weather.
The US sports media ESPN predicted on the 7th, “Recently, the cold and dry weather has continued, and the green condition is very hard due to the wind blowing,” and “it can be a harsh test for athletes.”
The Internet homepage of the American Professional Golf (PGA) tour also conveys the memories of Adam Scott (Australia)’s 2007 Masters, pointing out that the play on the green of this tournament will be a variable in the game.
2013 Masters Champion Scott said, “I poured a little water on the 16th hole green at the time of the 2007 tournament, but it didn’t seep into the ground at all, and it just flowed down.
The 2007 tournament was won by Jack Johnson (USA) with 1 over par 289 strokes. In the history of the tournament, the title of Overpar was only three times: Sam Sneed in 1954, Jack Burke Jr. in 1956 and Johnson in 2007.
Fred Couples (USA), who became the protagonist of’Green Jacket’ in 1992, also said in an interview with ESPN, “If the dry weather continues, the difficulty of the course will increase considerably.”
ESPN reported that “the 2nd and 3rd rounds of rain accompanied by thunder and lightning were forecast, but weather forecasts change frequently due to regional characteristics.”
Phil Miculson (USA), who won the Masters three times, welcomed the hard green.
He pointed out, “In fact, in the last 10 years, the Master’s Green has been rather soft,” he pointed out, “It is difficult to evaluate the skills of players who are suitable for major competitions because the angle of the shot becomes meaningless.
Due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), Dustin Johnson (USA) won the all-time under-fine 20 under par at the Masters last year held in November for the first time in the history of the tournament.
In addition, Cameron Smith (Australia), who tied second place with Lim Seong-jae (23), hit 60 at-bats for four consecutive days for the first time in the history of the tournament.
ESPN said, “Last year, the competition was delayed for more than 3 hours due to rain from the first round, and the course conditions were still humid afterwards. This course condition led to the most under-par wins in history,” ESPN analyzed.
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who has only won the Masters among the four major competitions, said, “Iron shot accuracy has become very important.” It will be.”