Monday, March 21, 2016

Winning The Masters Is Making It To The Top Of The Mountain

The Masters: The Highs and Lows of Augusta National Terrain

10th Hole
  • Drop from the 10th tee to the lowest part of the 10th fairway = 116 feet
  • Statue of Liberty head-to-foot (111 feet), wearing 5-foot heels = 116 feet
2nd Hole
  • Drop from the second tee to the second green = 90 feet
  • King Kong (official height in the 1933 original, 50 feet), standing on his own shoulders = 90 feet (-10 feet for big ape head)
11th Hole
  • Drop from 11th tee to 11th green = 62 feet
  • George Washington's head on Mt. Rushmore (60 feet), with General Washington wearing a 2-foot fez = 62 feet
8th Hole
  • Rise from the eighth tee to the eighth green = 61 feet
  • Three-and-a-half giraffes balanced carefully atop each other's heads (avg. height of 17'3" each) = 61 feet
12th Hole
  • Drop from the highest point on the course (back right of the first green) to the lowest point (Rae's Creek in front of the 12th green): 175 feet
  • Niagara Falls: 176 feet
(Golf.com)




 

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