The fifth hole at Augusta National is certainly not the most famous, but this ye...
AUGUSTA, Ga. - The fifth hole at Augusta National is certainly not the most famous, but this year it could be the hardest after being stretched so far that they had to reroute the road that ran behind the old tee.
The par-four has been turned into a brute, lengthened some 40 yards to nearly 500 yards, officially 495 though the number will change slightly each day depending on where the pin is put.“I think number five is probably going to play the toughest hole now for sure,” said world number one Justin Rose. Rory McIlroy, perhaps the longest hitter in the field, used to worry about his ball running through the fairway and into bushes on the right, and often used a three-wood off the tee for safety instead of a driver.“I think five has been a very good change in terms it puts driver back in a lot of guys’ hands that wouldn’t necessarily hit driver on that hole,” said the Northern Irishman.
“If you hit three-wood and you’re 30 yards back of you’re on the upslope and you can hardly see the green.”“It’s just long,” he said on Wednesday. “The bunkers are still deep. I think they are unplayable to get the ball to the green.”
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