Simple one this - just pick your personal favourite. Have included them all even though there's at least 2 or 3 that probably won't really get a look-in considering what they're up against...
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Monthly poll 2 - which of these is your favourite back nine hole at Augusta?
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richart
Major Champion
Not expecting many votes for 14 and 17 then Jezz ?
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Got to be the 13th - has everything: big sweeping draw off the tee required, risk/reward on the 2nd shot, or a delicate pitch for the 3rd, huge contours on the green and it just looks amazing.
It is also helped by some brilliant shots having been played on it - Faldo in '96, Leftie's 6 iron from the pine straw.
It is also helped by some brilliant shots having been played on it - Faldo in '96, Leftie's 6 iron from the pine straw.
bluewolf
Money List Winner
Yup. I tried and tried to think of another hole that sums up the Masters as much as the 13th does, and I couldn't. Absolutely beautiful, but lethal too, like a Bond girl...Gets my vote every time...
Achilles
Challenge Tour Pro
Another for the 13th. If a hole captures the magic of the Masters, it's that one for me.
SyR
Challenge Tour Pro
It can only be the 13th for me. It's a gem of a hole, even if they make the green in two, the sloping green can force a three putt.
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
12th, for me the best par 3 I know of. Think it has an historic average of being over par.
swanny32
Journeyman Pro
I'm going a different approach on this one, although the 13th is a truly awesome hole, as well as 12, I'm actually going with 16, especially when the pin is back left at the bottom of the slope. The green feeds down to it making an Ace very possible and makes for really exciting golf for the spectators. With the water on the left, the tee shot needs to be pin point accurate when that pin is back left. If players can make birdie there then they seem to get extra motivation heading on to 17 and 18, or they chip in like Tiger did which for me is one of the best shots in Masters history.
Couldn't see them proving overly popular myself...
joma1108
Assistant Pro
Problem for me on the 13th is that it plays easier than its par usually around 4.5 for a par 5,
12 on the other hand usually plays harder than its par around 3.2 so from that point and that augusta is supposed to be a test its 12 for me
and yes i do have too much time on my hands.
12 on the other hand usually plays harder than its par around 3.2 so from that point and that augusta is supposed to be a test its 12 for me
and yes i do have too much time on my hands.
Monty_Brown
Tour Rookie
13th for me...I know what people mean about the 13th playing below par on average.. but for me that's why it's such a good hole. The number of times it has kickstarted a winner's run for home and ruined the hopes of contenders makes it a classic.
I've never got the fascination with holes that play over par... I prefer watching good golf than people dropping shots and falling apart (most of the time
I've never got the fascination with holes that play over par... I prefer watching good golf than people dropping shots and falling apart (most of the time
ADB
Journeyman Pro
Voted 13 as well, but I have always liked the 11th. The second shot with the water looming left and green sloping away is one of the hardest (also the hole is over 500yards Par 4!). Bail out right leaves an very tricky pitch and putt.
coolhand
Head Pro
Has to be 15, always a scene of drama.
Mattyboy
Tour Rookie
X2
- Down hill lie, honey pot pin (as Ken will call it on Sunday), no lucky bounce to skip the drink like on 13.
- Water beyond, especially if they mow the bit in between.
Pure risk reward theatre and will kill of some hopes on Sunday evening.
Brookesy
Head Pro
Have to say 13th, such a beatiful hole and id lits probably the hole id love to play the most! Looks awesome on the tv.
Tiger
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Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
13th is the best.
As has been said, it can deliver you an Eagle or it can cut your legs from under you or anything inbetween - yet it's a fairly straight-forward hole.
11th is good too for similar reasons except it's really a par 5.......
12th is good - tricky with the wind
15th is good - don't be short with your approach
16th is good - but a bit reliant on the slope.
10th is good - as long as you don't go in the houses
18th is good - I hear a 7 iron from the bunker is the shot..
14th is ok - much less memorable
17th is ok - even less memorable...
As has been said, it can deliver you an Eagle or it can cut your legs from under you or anything inbetween - yet it's a fairly straight-forward hole.
11th is good too for similar reasons except it's really a par 5.......
12th is good - tricky with the wind
15th is good - don't be short with your approach
16th is good - but a bit reliant on the slope.
10th is good - as long as you don't go in the houses
18th is good - I hear a 7 iron from the bunker is the shot..
14th is ok - much less memorable
17th is ok - even less memorable...
mcbroon
Journeyman Pro
I go with 11 too. 10 is a tricky introduction to the back 9 but 11 is where you realise that things are suddenly going to get very interesting. You almost never see anyone attack it, which shows you just how daunting the approach is.
And Fred Couples hit one of the best shots of all time out of the right hand pine straw a few years back :fore:
MegaSteve
Tour Winner
Can't build a strong enough case for any of the other holes... So 13th for me also...
Ethan
Money List Winner
I voted for 13. It doesn't really matter if it is a shortish par 5 that many can reach in 2 - it generates loads of drama on both the tee shot and subsequent shots. Some will say that the 15th does the same, but the 15th has a less interesting tee shot and the second shot has a much larger element of chance associated with it, in my opinion. This makes it a bit unfair (not in terms of equity, but in terms of arbitrariness). The 10th is a better hole than 0 votes too, but I can't argue with the 14th being the least exciting.
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