Golf: The Masters: AUGUSTA'S HOLE-BY-HOLE GUIDE: HEAVEN TO HELL; Golf's beautiful beast.(Sport)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: April 7, 2005 | Copyright information

HOLE 1

TEA OLIVE: 435 yards, par four. The hardest hole last year. The fairway bunker on the right is now a 300-yard carry, but the main trouble comes on and around the green, one of the toughest on the course.

HOLE 2

PINK DOGWOOD: 575 yards, par five. Big-hitters come into their own here, but long or left are bad again - far more birdies come from laying up. Nick Faldo once holed a 100-foot eagle putt on this treacherous green.

HOLE 3

FLOWERING PEACH: 350 yards, par four. Shortest par four and a real teaser. Ask Tiger Woods - a double bogey in 2003 ...

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