augusta national Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/augusta-national Small-Batch Journalism & Comment Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:27:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.halphillips.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-BNyb0KwmkKGrHgoH-C8EjlLlhlGBJrZchZqHQ_35-32x32.jpg augusta national Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/augusta-national 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 Golf on Sand: Ascendant Neo-Scrub Movement Meets Curious Headwinds in Asia https://www.halphillips.net/ascendant-sand-scrub-movement-meets-curious-headwinds-in-asia?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ascendant-sand-scrub-movement-meets-curious-headwinds-in-asia https://www.halphillips.net/ascendant-sand-scrub-movement-meets-curious-headwinds-in-asia#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:11:01 +0000 https://www.halphillips.net/?p=4490 There are two kinds of golfers in this world: those whose tastes hew to The St. Andrews Ideal, and those whose preferences gravitate toward The Augusta National Ideal. Courses built and maintained according to the St. Andrews paragon we identify generically as “links”. This prototypical golf on sand, natural and treeless, firm and fast, lightly kempt […]

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