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John Kavanaugh

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I'd like to see the fairway bunker on 10 come into play.  Move the tee up 50 yds or back 100, whatever works.

Tim Gavrich

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2012, 09:53:04 AM »
I think he'd be in favor of getting rid of the second cut, which would have almost universal support 'round these parts.
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Mike Hendren

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2012, 09:55:37 AM »
I think he'd be in favor of getting rid of the second cut, which would have almost universal support 'round these parts.

No doubt given the USGA's disdain of narrow fairways and deep rough. ::)
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John Kavanaugh

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2012, 09:55:51 AM »
I think he'd be in favor of getting rid of the second cut, which would have almost universal support 'round these parts.

Sure, but I'm more interested in Mike's love of using different teeing grounds.  14 at Torrey Pines is a perfect example.

Mike Hendren

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2012, 10:00:20 AM »
I think he would move the 13th tee up and to the left so that players are forced to hit a snap hook from the tee or either lay up straight with a 5-iron.    Another brilliant template!
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Rich Goodale

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2012, 10:07:18 AM »
He'd obviously start by moving the Masters around the country, preferably to either old but creaking courses that need to be brought into the 21st century through massive expenditure to prove that even the great historic venues were not yet obsolete due to the USGA's failures to rein in technology and/or new ones designed in the middle of nowhere so that Masters Golf (tm) could be brought to more of the people.  If we were realy lucky he'd bring it some day to southern Illinois...

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John Kavanaugh

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2012, 10:09:45 AM »
I'd love to see 15 played at 672 yds so the pros would be forced to layup with hybrids.  It would set a record for "others" at the Masters.

Tim Gavrich

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2012, 02:49:20 PM »
I think he'd be in favor of getting rid of the second cut, which would have almost universal support 'round these parts.

No doubt given the USGA's disdain of narrow fairways and deep rough. ::)

Bogey--

I'm more thinking about the fact that the 2014 and 2015 US Opens will be played over courses with either no or non-traditional "rough." I think even Davis' most ardent critic would not seriously think Davis would want the rough made long and gnarly at ANGC, would he/she?

John--

Re: teeing grounds, I would love to see more of the elasticity we've come to see at the US Open of late.  Hasn't #3 been made drivable on one or two days over the last few Masters?  Maybe move the tee way up on one of the front-side par 3s too?
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Garland Bayley

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2012, 03:06:06 PM »
By staying as far away as humanly possible.
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Ben Sims

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2012, 03:20:05 PM »
I think the the dreaded "second cut" at Augusta is more playable than the average fairway.  It is fluffy ryegrass cut somewhere around 1-inch.  I don't think it really qualifies as "rough."

From an elasticity standpoint, they do move the tees around quite a bit at Augusta.  They even used members tees on a couple of holes.

Tiger_Bernhardt

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2012, 03:36:17 PM »
It is completely different approach. He would not be of value there

Rick Shefchik

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2012, 05:50:38 PM »
I agree with Garland and Tiger. The premise of the question is flawed, sort of like asking how Hugo Chavez could make America a better country.
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Matthew Rose

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Re: How could Mike Davis make the Masters a better tournament?
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2012, 07:32:10 PM »
Get ready for 13 and 15 as par-fours.

New tee on #12 allowing it to be played at 97 yards.



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