Secrets Of The Augusta National Grounds Crew: What It Takes To Get The Course Masters-Ready
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2021-04-08
If you think getting on the grounds of Augusta National is tough, try getting the scoop on how those grounds are maintained. As with so much else around the home of the Masters, turf care practices are cloaked in secrecy. Anyone who has ever cut a cup or pushed a mower on the famous course is asked to swear a vow of silence, and most stick to it for fear of not being invited back.
Over the years, some information has been made public; verifying it is another matter.
GOLF.com’s Josh Sens shares what they could — and couldn’t — tell us about what it takes to whip the course into tournament shape.