AUGUSTA, Ga. – It was the first question Augusta National chairman Billy Payne was asked on Wednesday and he acknowledged it is the “subject de jour.”
Reports have been swirling in recent weeks that the club was negotiating with adjacent Augusta Country Club to purchase a parcel of land in order to move the tee back on the 13th hole.
“That was right off the bat, wasn’t it?” Payne laughed when asked about the iconic par 5. “As we do every year, and historically forever, we are always looking at options for numerous of our holes .