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Posted March 7, 2012, 5:38 pm
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David Westin
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Staff Writer

Mickelson: Two greens redone at Augusta National

Phil Mickelson played a practice round at Augusta National this week. He noted that two greens, Nos. 8 and 16, were redone as part of the club’s annual maintenance on the course.
Here was his take on the course:
“It’s in great shape as it always is. There’s more grass coverage than in years past.  Every year, two greens are redone with subtle changes, and this year those holes were 8 and 16. After looking at them, I think that some of the more challenging pin placements on those greens were softened a little bit, and made to be not quite as difficult.  I don’t know if – I’m not saying it’s good, bad, indifferent. But there was bigger plateaus up on the top right on 16.
“The green on 8 in the front was widened.  The hill on the left was softened.  So little things that I felt like the back right pin on 8 was made much more accessible. It’s much flatter, a lot more room there. You can be a little bit more aggressive now into that pin. So, it was interesting.”

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