Augusta in the 1980's. With persimmon and Balata, this is how the course was playing. The key to understanding how Augusta was intended to be played is to understand the relationship between the shape of the greens and the general trajectory of the shots coming into the greens. Seve was one of the tours longest hitters and played driver 3 wood to 40 yards short of the green on #8. It was a 3 shot par 5 unlike today. Much more difficult.

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Players are hitting approaches from 160 to 180 yards. Mid irons by design, 5,6,7 irons.

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Langer and Seve hit 5 irons into #10. Nakajima misses down the right side missing the left bounce down the hill and comes
in with a 3 wood. He still hits the green. Not one player came through here on the telecast and backed a ball up on this green. Narrow and deep green designed to accept mid to long iron approach.

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Seve and Kratzert are coming in with 4 and 5 iron into 11. The green is narrow but deep designed for long iron approach shots.

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With no wind #12 plays about 155 with guys hitting 7 and 8 iron. With the typical prevailing wind it can play a club longer.
Green is wide but shallow to place precision on distance control with a lower trajectory flight path than players are coming in today with the hotter golf ball. Much harder here than today.

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A lot of players laying up on #13 even under no wind perfect conditions. Only 465, and plays shorter in length than #10 and #11, but with the front fully protected and the green shallow but wide, it discourages lower trajectory shot arrival... essentially setting up a much greater risk reward situation. Norman bombed a hard right to left drive 285 off the tee, one of the longest drives of the week leaving him only 180 and a 4 iron. Langer goes for it from 220 coming in which is more typical. Guys are coming in generally with 2 and 3 irons or a 4 wood. Seve lays up from 190.

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#14 Nicklaus coming in with a 6 iron. Seve 155 with 7 iron. Mid iron hole to severe green. Placement is critical.

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Nicklaus and Haas lay up on 15. Pavin one of the shortest hitters on tour sticks a 3 wood 2 feet from the cup. Watson hit
the longest drive of the week until Seve came later at 280 off the tee comes into the green from 220 with a hard 3 iron. Another wide but shallow green designed to discourage going for it. Fully protected by water in the front. Kite like Pavin also hits 3 wood into #15. Langer sticks a 3 iron close from 225 out. He was considered the best long iron player on tour at that time. Seve drives 285 the longest drive of the week getting past Watson and has a 4 iron in. 4 iron, shortest iron in all week through Saturday. Seve came into 15 with a 3 wood on Friday. Both Seve and Kratzert stick long irons inside 15 feet.

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Mid iron par 3. The long iron par 3 is on the front nine. The other a mid. One long, two mid, one short.

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Short iron par 4. Watson comes in from 115, Kite 125. 8, 9 or PW to basically split L/R green

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Nicklaus is 175 coming into #18. 4 or 5 iron uphill to a narrow but deep two tiered green designed for mid irons.
Gary Koch 180 into #18. Hard 4 iron up the hill. Watson and Kite both hit 6 irons into #18.