Who Will Master the Masters?

The Masters is underway, and the burning question is: Tiger or the field? Now, although I would expand that a bit to: Tiger, Phil, Padraig, or the field; I believe that ultimately it will come down to the player with the best iron work.

The greens of Augusta are some of the most unforgiving greens on the tour schedule with their hard breaks and changing elevations. This being said, everyone automatically jumps to putting as the be-all, end-all of conquering this course.

I understand that if you can’t putt, you can’t win; but in the case of Augusta I think that smart ball placement on the green could save a lot of strokes. Being in a position to putt a twelve footer uphill, on this course, may be better than having to putt a six footer downhill. Hence, these guys need to make great friends with their irons.

So, who will take home the green jacket? I’m going with Tiger. I think he will average 70 per day, and 280 will be strong enough to take the tournament.