AUGUSTA GA — These are the skills that a golfer must have to win the Masters Tournament. They need patience, power, precision, toughness, and touch.
Augusta National Golf Club tests and examines professional golfers every spring. This is consistently the most difficult test in golf. To win the green jacket, you must be patient and excel.
It is also helpful to take a break once in a while.
How can we use the performance and form of past Masters champions to project this year’s winner in our future?
The history tells us that the champion will be a great player on the approach shots and around greens. Most of his scoring will be done on the par 5. His past successes will be a highlight of his resume, and his Masters experience includes likely promising finishes.
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Recent tournament play by the golfer has been solid, if not exceptional. It also features consistent ballstriking. There are many ways to say it, but a golfer searching for his game on Magnolia Lane cannot expect to find it there.
Other factors can expose weaknesses in swings or souls on a course.
A course with a length of more than 7,500 meters requires a driving distance that is above the average. It will likely play longer this week due to the weather forecast, which predicts rain, stiff winds, and temperatures in the 40s and 80s. The first major championship of the season will be played on steroids by golf’s inherent variable.
With a tip from golf data experts and handicappers Ron Klos and Dave Tindall, both of Betfair Golf, and Justin Ray of Twenty First Group for their research, here’s what you need to win an office pool, fantasy group or wager.
Augusta National is more focused on trends and course history than other places. There are many reasons. It’s the only major championship that is played on the same course every year. The tournament is played in different conditions. They are constantly learning and taking notes. Confidence grows once they feel comfortable. Some people learn it faster than others. Some people never succeed.
Cam Smith is. Cam Smith is the leader of the Masters field in Strokes Gained for the past three years.
Rory McIlroy is following suit. He is third in Masters scoring in the past 10 years, and has 17 top-10s at major championships since 2015.
However, neither of them is invited to Tuesday’s Champions Dinner. Past contestants, such as Ernie Els and Davis Love III, Greg Norman, David Duval, and Greg Norman, are not invited to the Champions Dinner on Tuesday night. They all seem certain to win a green jacket.
Okay, let’s move on to the metrics. LIV Golfers will not be represented well here. They are not being picked on. Stats aren’t readily available.
