The holes that jump up and bite

The unglamorous cousins to the exciting 13th, 15th and 16th are No 10, 14 and 17 at Augusta, but they’ll be just as decisive this weekend

Picking out the toughest holes at Augusta National is like being asked to rank America’s Most Wanted List in terms of the guys you’d least want to meet in a dark alley.

The bottom line is that you don’t want to mess with any of them and while the iconic par-three 12th, the colourful par-five 13th and 15th holes or the exciting short 16th capture the imagination of millions of viewers every year, it’s easy to overlook three holes that often decide the destiny of the green jacket — the par-four 10th, 14th and 17th.