On a beautiful day in Augusta, Georgia, those responsible for setting up the pin locations sat back and enjoyed their handiwork.
No warm handshake to welcome players to the first major of the year. Instead, players were greeted on the 1st hole with a tricky back right pin. Then front right on 3. Number 4 was 230+ yards as a par 3. The flag on 6 was on the back left shelf and that is just plain hard. Then there was #15 - I don’t know the body ball count, but defending champion Sergio Garcia scored a THIRTEEN on the par 5 (5 balls in the pond fronting the green).