Is it possible to master Augusta National ? As golfers get skilful and equipment advances , meaning alterations have been made to the illustrious course to keep player on their toes .
This $ 34posterby Bill Younker — just one small section of which is above — showsall the ways the path has exchange since Bobby Jones opened it 79 years ago . On the top is a side by side equivalence of each hole in 2012 and 1934 . At the bottom , a timeline register the alterations that have been made each year .
Golfers are certainly improving , but more significantly , advances in equipment technology , such as the usage of Ti and graphite in clubs , allow these jock to labor further , strike shot more accurately , and play the plot well . Nike and Callaway , for example , outfit players with top - of - the - business line equipment before it ’s even available to the average golf player .
Back when a certain philandering linksman was unstoppable , some of the biggest change came to Augusta . Between 1999 and 2006 , the course underwent so - called “ Tiger - proofing . ” This was same meter that the controversial firm - core golf ball was introduced to the game . The supercharged Lucille Ball let golfers extend their drives by as much as 20 curtilage , and Augusta had to accommodate .
And as golf game tech remain to move forward , Augusta will probably only continue to evolve , as it has for nearly eight decade . It ’s only a matter of prison term before they get down busting out the windmill hazard . [ Fast Co. ]
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