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SIX-TIME champion Jack Nicklaus is the most successful player ever at the Masters. And the Golden Bear says he always tells first-time players the key has been staying out of trouble around Augusta where water is in play. Tee shot at No.2 You don’t want to be down left of fairway, where there is a small stream. You could go down there and find a lie that you could play. Then you try to play out and you hit another tree and all of a sudden you’re half done. I see a lot of guys walk out of there with 8 and say I should have had 4 here. Now you’re behind the 8-ball. Second shot at No.11 The water on the left is an obvious no-no, so it has been a green where I’ve always aimed for front right. You have to be really careful here or you’ll walk off with a big number. Tee shot at No.12 The key is to aim at the centre of the front bunker and choose a club that will get the ball just over that spot. If the flagstick is right, I shoot at the right side of the bunker. If it’s left, I shoot at the left of the bunker. Tee shot at No.13 Off the tee, I aim at the last two trees at the top of the fairway and draw the ball. Second shot at No.13 I play for the centre of the green on my second shot and never fiddle around with a flag tucked back left. Second shot at No.15 Another par-5, Nicklaus never liked playing a wood into that green for his second. But laying up left a third shot from a difficult downhill lie. “It’s not a very easy shot, but it’s better than playing out of the water.”