Shadows at ANGC

[redanman]

These are always spoken of so reverentially.

Why?

[John Kavanaugh]

I know it is cheesy but the rays of light coming through the trees on the final round really do look like what you see in a cathedral that same morning.  Some people believe that 12 may have even been intentionally positioned to take advantage of this fact.  Some people give architects more credit than what they deserve.  I was wondering the same thing about the St. Francis Catherderal on St. Louis University because just as 10:30 mass was nearing its end a ray of light shown directly on the alter...Did the architect get lucky or did I...I would say me since the angle of the sun changes so often with the seasons and it was the first time I had been at that church.  That being said...the shadows and rays of light during a bright sunny day in April around 4pm are pretty cool at Augusta.

[Mike Benham]

Are you including the shadow of Phil's golf bag?

[redanman]

I think #12 is in the shadows all day long.

That's a no-no

LINK TO ANGC #12

[John Kavanaugh]

I think #12 is in the shadows all day long.

That's a no-no

LINK TO ANGC #12

Why is it a no no...does the green ever die or has it been in poor condition for the Masters?  

[Bill_McBride]

I think #12 is in the shadows all day long.

That's a no-no

LINK TO ANGC #12

Why is it a no no...does the green ever die or has it been in poor condition for the Masters?  

They've spent literally millions of dollars on that green, with underground piping, etc.

[John Kavanaugh]

I think #12 is in the shadows all day long.

That's a no-no

LINK TO ANGC #12

Why is it a no no...does the green ever die or has it been in poor condition for the Masters?  

They've spent literally millions of dollars on that green, with underground piping, etc.

I think it is worth every penny not to have a wide open green with the wind acting in a linear motion.

[redanman]

It gives less well-budgeted clubs the wrong idea ....... without all those histrionics that green would be chocolate pudding, dead or both

green committees are generally not too smart and they like to emulate ANGC

[tlavin]

I know that the golf course gets shut down sometime in May for the summer, but it it true that the entire course gets regrassed?  I find that a little hard to fathom, especially for the greens.

[John Kavanaugh]

green committees are generally not too smart and they like to emulate ANGC

I don't believe that with the current industry wide budget crunch that there is a green committee in the country that tries to emulate Augusta.  This a now just an urban legend.

[Mike Nuzzo]

I heard a talk where they discussed rebuilding a few greens a year.  As a technical note, they filled and compacted the green cavities at in 6" lifts (that means twice).

I'd imagine they minimize the limits of work - they do not regrass everything only where they work - recalling from some overhead pictures in the past.

I seem to recall that they sod the greens.
Is that correct?

[redanman]

JK did you get snopes to verify that?

[ed_getka]

green committees are generally not too smart and they like to emulate ANGC

I don't believe that with the current industry wide budget crunch that there is a green committee in the country that tries to emulate Augusta.  This a now just an urban legend.

John,
   That is about the silliest thing you have ever said. You think green speeds of today just naturally evolved withoutthe influence of Augusta?  The over the top conditioning that is seen at so many high end golf courses too? If not Augusta, then where do you think these trends came from? Sure, not everything is Augusta's fault, they didn't start the flattening of green contours to allow for superfast green speeds, and they obviously didn't start the tree thinning trend, but to say clubs don't try to emulate Augusta, that is a stretch.