Ridley sheds light on Augusta National conditions
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AUGUSTA, Ga. –Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones co-designed Augusta National Golf Club with the spirit of St. Andrews’ Old Course in mind, hoping to create an inland links-style course that challenged players with angles and tough greens rather than hazards and long rough.
“When you think about that, we certainly don't look like a links course because we have a lot of trees,” Masters Chairman Fred Ridley said Wednesday in his pre-tournament press conference, “but we can have the characteristics of a links course by having the ground play a big part in how the course is played, and that's what we are trying to do.