2008 Masters hole-by-hole preview

2. Pink Dogwood  – Par 5, 575 Yards
This dogleg left should be reachable in two for the longer hitters. Large, deep greenside bunkers can catch errant second shots.
2007 Average Score: 4.78
2007 Difficulty: 17th

3. Flowering Peach – Par 4, 350 Yards
The shortest par 4 on the course. Golfers usually hit short of the four fairway bunkers, resulting in a full club to an L-shaped green where it is better to be long than short. The tricky green slopes right to left.
2007 Average Score: 4.14
2007 Difficulty: 13th

4. Flowering Crabapple – Par 3, 240 Yards
A long par 3 that got a whole lot longer with the most recent round of changes. The hole is made even tougher by changing winds. Two greenside bunkers guard the wide, sloping green.
2007 Average Score: 3.42
2007 Difficulty: 4th

5. Magnolia – Par 4, 455 Yards
An uphill dogleg left hole with a sloping green. The deep fairway bunkers make accuracy off the tee essential. It is a 315-yard carry over the bunkers. The pin is always on the upper level of the two-tiered green, which slopes down to the front.
2007 Average Score: 4.31
2007 Difficulty: 8th

6. Juniper – Par 3, 180 Yards
Fans often gather on the hillside beneath this elevated tee, which looks down to a large target. The green features a big hump on its right, making pin position the key. Three-putts are not uncommon.
2007 Average Score: 3.19
2007 Difficulty: 12th

7. Pampas – Par 4, 450 yards
This hole is straight but extremely tight. Drives are often played to the left-center of the fairway, leaving a short to mid-iron from a level lie. Players will need to avoid the three bunkers in front of the green and the two behind.
2007 Average Score: 4.30
2007 Difficulty: 10th

8. Yellow Jasmine – Par 5, 570 yards
Tiger and the long knockers can get home in two, but there’s a fairway bunker in play on the right, placing a premium on accuracy. This uphill hole features trouble left of the green.
2007 Average Score: 4.77
2007 Difficulty: 18th

9. Carolina Cherry – Par 4, 460 yards
This hole is best known for a green that slopes from back to front. Players often hit their tee shots down the right side to take away the two greenside bunkers on the left.
2007 Average Score: 4.14
2007 Difficulty: 14th

10. Camellia – Par 4, 495 yards
The famous downhill fairway of this long par 4 can produce some long drives, although tee shots that stray to the right can leave an awkward stance off a slanted lie. The green slopes right to left. Historically, this is the toughest hole at Augusta National.
2007 Average Score: 4.38
2007 Difficulty: 6th

11. White Dogwood – Par 4, 505 yards
The hardest hole on the course in 2006, this is the start of Amen Corner, and wind is often a factor. A pond guards the green to the left, and a bunker is strategically placed right-center. This hole has decided all but three of the Masters sudden death playoffs, and may be best remembered for Larry Mize’s incredible chip-in in 1987.
2007 Average Score: 4.51
2007 Difficulty: 1st

12. Golden Bell – Par 3, 155 yards
One of the most famous holes in golf, this is the shortest par 3 on the course. With swirling winds, club selection for a knee-knocking tee shot can range from a 6-iron to a 9-iron. Rae’s Creek and three bunkers guard the impossibly narrow green.
2007 Average Score: 3.40
2007 Difficulty: 5th

13. Azalea – Par 5, 510 yards
A delightful risk/reward hole where both 3 and 7 are possibilities. An accurate shot to the center of the fairway allows a player to go for the green in two. A tributary of Rae’s Creek guards the green, and behind the putting surface are a deep swale and four bunkers. From tee to green there are approximately 1,600 azaleas.
2007 Average Score: 4.85
2007 Difficulty: 16th

14. Chinese Fir – Par 4, 440
The only hole on the course with no bunkers, No. 14 is made tough by a green that terraces down sharply, with significant contours. From a well-struck drive, the second shot will usually be a short-to-middle iron.
2007 Average Score: 4.32
2007 Difficulty: 7th

15. Firethorn – Par 5, 530 yards
The tee has been moved back and shifted to the golfer’s left, placing a premium on an accurate tee shot. Still, it’s a reachable par 5 when the winds are favorable. A well-hit second shot must carry the pond and avoid the right-hand bunker. Gene Sarazen’s double eagle here in 1935 is golf’s most famous shot.
2007 Average Score: 4.98
2007 Difficulty: 15th

16. Redbud – Par 3, 170 yards
This tee shot is all carry over a pond to a green secured by three bunkers. The famous Sunday pin placement tucks the hole behind the pond and front bunker.
2007 Average Score: 3.30
2007 Difficulty: 9th

17. Nandina – Par 4, 440 yards
With the hole about 15 yards longer now, the Eisenhower Pine at the left-center of the fairway is now approximately 210 yards from the tee. Again, an accurate tee shot is a must. The green slopes dramatically off toward the back; players need to leave their approach shots below the hole.
2007 Average Score: 4.22
2007 Difficulty: 11th

18. Holly – Par 4, 465 yards
A rugged finisher, this uphill dogleg right is protected off the tee by two bunkers at the left elbow. The uphill second shot will likely require a middle iron to a green guarded by two bunkers. Par is a good score, especially under the crushing Sunday pressure.
2007 Average Score: 4.42
2007 Difficulty: 3rd