When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
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/Merchandise Addendum...The MacKenzie Plan!
/The Drive, Chip and Putt merchandise was taken out of the Masters merchandise pavillion for Tuesday and while my initial review still stands, there was this in its place and for just $25. Some might call it an ashtray, but my receipt says glass tray.
And yes, that's an Alister MacKenzie early plan for the course. We have a winner!

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/"Patrick Reed's never been the kind of player who's going to go anywhere quietly."
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/A First Look Around Augusta National
/It's pouring, so I neglected to get into how dry and immaculate the course appears (Nick Masuda on the 10 am closure).
Instead, reports of shredding and other dire descriptions (Jim McCabe talked to past champs Sunday) had me expecting the worst when taking a Monday morning tour of Augusta National. It turns out that yes, a lot of trees suffered damage but in general, the place still looks beautiful and dare I say the damage did some good on the 7th and 17th holes?
I did.
Here's the full report (including flora and fauna), with images of the 17th and the 12th.

