The Genius Trick of Augusta National's 12th Hole | The Game Plan | Golf Digest

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Lurking beneath the beauty of Augusta's iconic 12th Hole lies an ingenious trap that tests the limits of players' discipline and smarts. Year after year, players see that Sunday pin on the far right side of the green. Every Masters, somebody tries to chase it and they pay the price. Which begs the question: What is the RIGHT way to play the 12th hole at Augusta National? What is...the Game Plan?

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Excellent content. Crisp commentary, some true archival footage, and an imaginative concept. More of these, please.

GreenDistantStar
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Excellent explanation. Shows how much thought goes into designing, and then playing, golf holes.
My plan? Lay up short of the stream. Duff my second shot into the stream. Next shot over the back of the green. Chip close, two putt. An easy 7 🙂

andrewcarter
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Ken Venturi said it best about the tee shot on #12 on Sunday:

“You can’t win the Masters with this shot, but you sure can lose it”

#12 is one of the greatest par 3 holes in golf, without question.

ericknopik
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The quintessential "sucker pin" if there ever was one. Evil genius course design. Nice break down.

TjBruce
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This was fantastic. So many great pieces of history, design, and game management well presented. Well done LKD and team

lawbinson
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I don't even watch or play golf and I couldn't stop watching this video.

thegreatescape
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great video. kept me interested the entire time and I felt like I learned a lot despite already being familiar with Augusta. PLEASE do more of these!

braydennazarian
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Brilliant. Examples like this demonstrate that elite golf is not all about "natural talent". It takes planning, strategy and self discipline.

wittenberg
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I love the data showing what we know Tiger could do so well: stay out of stupid mistakes.

Real
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Has to be the best course management / course design video I've ever seen.

virtualbown
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This was a perfect description of how such a short hole can create so much consternation, and intrigue. It's no wonder why this is often the hole that wins, or LOSES the Masters seemingly every year.

jeffreycooley
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Additionally, the slope on the right compounds the problem.
The water may be 20ft short of the putting surface, but any shot not landing on the green rolls back. It’s essentially ‘water to the edge of green’ as you play it.
Excellent video.

cptkent
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Jack Nicklaus, who played Augusta pretty well, said take aim at the trap in front and take your 3.

rlevitta
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I loved Morikawa’s strategy drawing of a line bisecting the 12th green into left & right… with an all-caps “NO” for the right side.

paulodoherty
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Absolutely LOVE this type of video! Gives such great insight as to what makes a hole so challenging and opens us high handicappers up to game-management thought processes we can implement on our own rounds. Real question - why don't pros hit draws into the 12th if that allows for better dispersion patterns?

chrisscott
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I really like this kind of instruction. It defines the problem, and leaves it up to all of us to deal with it, rather than just telling us what to do. I really can't tell you how much I appreciated and needed this.

As an old golfer, I rarely see something that I feel improves my approach to golf but this video did that. Liked and subscribed, and thank-you.

TheToledoTrumpton
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Great stuff, Luke! Thanks for letting me be involved! #DECADE

scottfawcett
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As a former PGA teaching professional and someone who's watched the Masters for 50 years this analysis is spot on. Those who have lost the Masters on this hole either broke the golden rule (going after that right pin), hit a poor shot, or both. I'd say that even if you are a couple shots behind on Sunday going into this hole, this is not the hole to try and make up that ground.

CarlVandenberg
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Mind boggling. Please more and more and more of this content.

SpinachTea
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Best explanation I've seen.
So, right handed players chasing the pin, have a better chance drawing the ball, due to the dispersion pattern.

MaartenAnna