Augusta National Golf Club Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/augusta-national-golf-club Small-Batch Journalism & Comment Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:21:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.halphillips.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-BNyb0KwmkKGrHgoH-C8EjlLlhlGBJrZchZqHQ_35-32x32.jpg Augusta National Golf Club Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/augusta-national-golf-club 32 32 In this Age of Identity, has Augusta National Gone Aussie? https://www.halphillips.net/in-this-age-of-identity-is-augusta-national-presenting-a-bit-aussie?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-this-age-of-identity-is-augusta-national-presenting-a-bit-aussie https://www.halphillips.net/in-this-age-of-identity-is-augusta-national-presenting-a-bit-aussie#respond Wed, 08 May 2024 19:45:39 +0000 https://www.halphillips.net/?p=5481 AUGUSTA, Ga. — Is it me, or did the 2024 Masters Tournament concluded last month exude a subtle-but-fascinating Antipodean vibe? I’m not talking about the field itself (though I do think ESPN and CBS could have done with an Aussie Cam, to track the progress of Mssrs. Davis and Smith), but rather the course itself. […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/in-this-age-of-identity-is-augusta-national-presenting-a-bit-aussie/feed 0 If Augusta National Pine Trees should fall (or fall ill), Would They Make a Sound? https://www.halphillips.net/if-a-tree-falls-or-falls-ill-at-augusta-national-does-it-make-a-sound?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-a-tree-falls-or-falls-ill-at-augusta-national-does-it-make-a-sound https://www.halphillips.net/if-a-tree-falls-or-falls-ill-at-augusta-national-does-it-make-a-sound#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 19:16:09 +0000 https://www.halphillips.net/?p=5166 Ed. I’ve contributed dozens of stories to GOLF Magazine and golf.com through the years (I’ve served on the mag’s world top 100 course-rating panel since 1997). But none landed with such a thud as this one about Augusta National pine trees, published in the March 1999 print edition. In 24 years, I’d heard nothing re. […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/if-a-tree-falls-or-falls-ill-at-augusta-national-does-it-make-a-sound/feed 5 Breaking 120 at Augusta: Could a 16 handicap do it? Experts Weigh In https://www.halphillips.net/breaking-120-at-augusta-could-a-16-handicap-do-it-the-experts-weigh-in?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-120-at-augusta-could-a-16-handicap-do-it-the-experts-weigh-in https://www.halphillips.net/breaking-120-at-augusta-could-a-16-handicap-do-it-the-experts-weigh-in#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:23:20 +0000 https://www.halphillips.net/?p=5171 [Ed. LINKS Magazine published this star-studded piece back in 2006, prior to the Masters Tournament claimed by Phil Mickelson. Breaking 120 at Augusta was a bit simpler back then. He prevailed over a course measuring 7,445 yards; ANGC plays another 120 yards longer today, and green speeds only get faster with the passage of time. […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/breaking-120-at-augusta-could-a-16-handicap-do-it-the-experts-weigh-in/feed 0 Masters Week: Fighting The Pieties That Be https://www.halphillips.net/masters-week-fighting-the-pieties-that-be?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=masters-week-fighting-the-pieties-that-be https://www.halphillips.net/masters-week-fighting-the-pieties-that-be#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:21:36 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=470 As close readers of this blog already know, I possess a highly developed aversion to sanctimony. As a result, Masters Week really is something of a trial for me — until Saturday afternoon, when the inherent competitive attractions of the tournament ultimately win out and take precedence over the weeks of bullshit fawning and musing […]

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