Golf Australia

Jordan Spieth

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Like Bubba says, it’s all about the tee shot. The narrow fairway slopes left-to-right and the trees cut in both sides. I hit driver to the flat spot then a wedge or 9-iron. Two pins you can get at where the ball feeds down are front right or middle left. I’ll aim at the others only if I have a good yardage.

AVERAGE SCORE: 4.0

Some days the green is reachable in two, some days it’s not. I try to miss in a location where it’s an easier up- and- down. For the back left pin, you can be way right and pitch across. Miss left and you don’t have a chance. All the par 5s at Augusta are about missing it in the right location.

AVERAGE SCORE: 4.42

I try to drive it down the right. If it turns over I’ll get more distance and if it doesn’t it’s better than being left. Into the green it’s the opposite for me than Bubba. The lie encourages a left-to-right shot but the green also goes left to right so you have to turn one right-to-left to hold it on there.

AVERAGE SCORE: 3.83

I try to hit a big hook with the driver or 3-wood. It’s tricky; I have to commit to my start line well to the right. I usually have a 7-iron in and I like to play a little hold shot – a left-to-right shot. That green pitches back-to-front but it seems to putt quicker to the back, so that’s also odd.

AVERAGE SCORE: 3.83

The wind swirls in the trees but once the ball gets to its peak trajectory, it’ll get hit by whatever the direction is on the day. So play it over the centre bunker and hit the green. If I get a good number to any of the pins on a calm day, other than the Sunday right pin, I’ll go at it with a short iron.

AVERAGE SCORE: 3.25

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