{"id":110807,"date":"2020-11-12T07:46:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T04:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/masters-4-day-weather-forecast-not-as-bleak-as-it-once-was\/"},"modified":"2020-11-12T07:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T04:46:10","slug":"masters-4-day-weather-forecast-not-as-bleak-as-it-once-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/masters-4-day-weather-forecast-not-as-bleak-as-it-once-was\/","title":{"rendered":"#Masters’ 4-day weather forecast not as bleak as it once was"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Masters’ 4-day weather forecast not as bleak as it once was<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n AUGUSTA, Ga. \u2014 The weather for the Masters at Augusta National had looked dire for most of the week in early forecasts, but now it looks as if the only tournament day that will be greatly affected is Thursday\u2019s opening round.<\/p>\n

The forecast for Thursday is calling for an 80 percent chance of rain with some possible thunderstorms. If the tournament can get through Thursday unscathed, meaning without any substantial play stoppages, it should be home free the rest of the week.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s second round is calling for a 10 percent chance of rain, with Saturday and Sunday forecast for a 20 percent chance.<\/p>\n

The complication for the tournament is the shorter days in November than when the tournament is usually played in April, with darkness setting in shortly after 5 p.m. There are 92 players in the field and, for the first time since 2005, the opening two rounds will be played off the first and 10th tees to expedite play.<\/p>\n

The first tee times are 7 a.m. and last is at 12:22 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Magnolia Lane is seen at Augusta National Golf<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Augusta National has a SubAir system that sucks the moisture from the fairways and greens, and those have been running in overdrive for the past day in anticipation of the precipitation.<\/p>\n

Wet conditions general<\/a>ly favor the longer hitters, because there\u2019s no roll in the fairways. So, watch out for Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka and Matthew Wolff, all of whom rank inside the top 20 on the PGA Tour in carry distance.<\/p>\n

Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley on Thursday said he\u2019s hopeful the April 2021 Masters will be played with at least limited patrons, but that depends on the state of the COVID-19 crisis. There are no patrons allowed on the grounds this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking on to April, I\u2019m hopeful that we will see improved conditions regarding this virus, but April is less than five months away,\u2019\u2019 Ridley said. \u201cSo, there\u2019s certainly no assurance of that. We do have hopes that the tournament in April will be closer to normal than it is right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

At last week\u2019s Vivint Houston Open, the PGA Tour allowed fans on site for the first time since its restart in June. Some 2,000 fans per day were allowed in, and Ridley said he was \u201cencouraged by what took place last week in Houston.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Ridley addressed the game<\/a>\u2019s issue of players becoming longer and potentially rendering some golf courses obsolete.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been reluctant thus far to make any major changes regarding adding distance to the golf course,\u2019\u2019 Ridley said. \u201cI think sometimes when you do that, there are unintended consequences that come out of that.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The one Augusta National hole that has been under scrutiny is No. 13, the 510-yard par-5, which almost every player reaches in two shots. The club bought property from adjacent Augusta Country Club that\u2019s behind the 13th tee and the assumption has been that the tee will be moved back to create added yardage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt still provides a lot of drama, but its challenge is being diminished,\u2019\u2019 Ridley said of 13. \u201cWe don\u2019t think that\u2019s good for the Masters. We don\u2019t think it\u2019s good for the game. But the [length] issue is a lot larger than Augusta National and the Masters. We have options. We can make changes, but not every golf course can.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n

The best moment of all the pre-tournament Masters interviews the past three days came from Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 ranked player in the world. It came when he was asked what his favorite Masters tradition is.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s really tradition, but my favorite thing about the Masters is the sandwiches,\u2019\u2019 Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich one?\u2019\u2019 he was asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of them,\u2019\u2019 he said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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