Augusta 11th hole is the most difficult... This year's course conditions remain the same as last year
Augusta 11th hole is the most difficult... This year's course conditions remain the same as last year
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The Masters will play this year under the same course conditions as last year without much change.
Augusta National Golf Club, which hosts the Masters, issued an official media guidebook ahead of the 2025 tournament on the 5th (Korea Standard Time) and compiled and announced records written until the 2024 tournament.
Based on the difficulty level of each hole that was created from 1942 to 2024, Hole 2 (par 5) was the easiest, and Hole 11 (par 4), the beginning of the "armen corner," was the trickiest. The average number of pars at Hole 2 was 4.773, which was lower than the standard number, and Hole 11 was 4.304. Holes 11 to 13 at Augusta National Golf Club are called "armen corners" as they are difficult to target. It was first used by Sports Illustrated journalist Herbert Warren Wonde in 1958.
There are a little more difficult holes in the second half than in the first half, followed by 11th and 10th (second difficulty per hole), 12th (fourth), 18th (seventh), and 14th (eighth). The average number of holes in the first half was 36.875 and the average number of holes in the second half was 37.120, with an average of 73.994 in 18 holes.
The length of the course has not changed ahead of the 2025 event. The first nine holes are 3,775 yards and the second nine holes are 3,780 yards, the same length as in 2024.
The Augusta National Golf Club, which hosts the Masters, has made slight changes to players' performance and adjustment of the difficulty of the course. Ahead of the 2023 event, the golf club increased the length of its 13th hole (par 5) by 35 yards to 545 yards, and at the 2024 event, the golf club increased the length of its second hole (par 5) by 10 yards to 585 yards, bringing its total length to 7,555 yards, the longest ever.
The Masters Tournament, which is the first major competition of this season for men's golf, is as difficult as the course itself. The Masters Tournament has to meet at least one of the 20 conditions set by the organizers.
The first player who is eligible to participate is the champion of the Masters. He is entitled to participate for life. Next, the winner of the U.S. Open, the D-Open, and the PGA Championship is entitled to participate for five years (categories 2 to 4), and the winner of the PGA Tour Players Championship for three years (five times). Olympic gold medalists are entitled to participate in the Masters only in the following year (six times).
Augusta, who is interested in fostering amateurs, also gives promising players around the world a chance to play.
The US Amateur Championship winner and runner-up (No. 7), The Amateur Championship (No. 8), Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (No. 9), Latin American Championship (No. 10), US Mid Amateur Champions (No. 11), and NCAA Division I Men's (12) receive invitations to Augusta.
Depending on the Masters' performance, the top 12 players will also receive automatic participation in the next season (No. 13), while the top four players in the U.S. Open, The Open, and PGA Championship (No. 14-16) will also receive invitations the following year.
Depending on his performance in the PGA Tour, he can also get a chance to play in the Masters. The winner of a full-point competition with more than 500 FedEx points and the winner of the final playoff (Tour Championship) will also achieve his dream of participating in the Masters.
메이저놀이터 The world ranking team has two chances (19, 20). If the team ranks within the top 50 in the world as of the end of last year, or if it ranks within the top 50 in the world rankings announced in the week before the opening of the Masters, it will receive an invitation.
If they fail to meet the 20 requirements, the only way to participate in the Masters is to be specially invited by the organizer. This year, Joaquin Niemann of Chile who plays in LIV Golf and Nikolai Hoygor of Denmark who played in the DP World Tour have been added to the list of specially invited guests. The total prize money for the Masters will be announced on the third day (round three) during the tournament period.