Golf: Hole-by-hole of Augusta National

How each hole played in last year’s Masters (Rank 1 = hardest, Rank 18 = easiest):

1st (Tea Olive), 410yds, par 4: A slight dogleg right with a huge bunker on the right a carry of over 250 yards. Drives left can run into the trees and the plateau green is one of the most treacherous on the entire course.

2000: 4.29 average

(Rank 2)

2nd (Pink Dogwood), 575yds, par 5: Lengthening the hole has brought the fairway bunker on the right more into play. Two bunkers guard the slender green where Nick Faldo once holed a 100-foot eagle putt. Over 100 birdies last year but only one eagle.

2000: 4.84 average

(Rank 16)

3rd (Flowering Peach), 350yds, par 4: Often a iron off the tee to leave a full shot to a pear-shaped green where anything short can spin down a steep bank. Plays hardest when the flag is placed in the narrow neck on the front left.

2000: 4.08 average

(Rank 12)

4th (Flowering Crab Apple), 205yds, par 3: The tiered green claims more than its fair share of victims. Par always a good score, even when the tee is moved forward for a pin position just over the front bunkers. Was the toughest hole in 1999.

2000: 3.26 average

(Rank 4)

5th (Magnolia), 435yds, par 4: Jack Nicklaus holed his approach here twice in three days in 1995 and there were also two eagles last year. But there were also more than twice as many bogeys than birdies, mostly because of the viciously-sloping green.

2000: 4.12 average

(Rank 10)

6th (Juniper), 180yds, par 3: Olazabal lost by one in 1991 after taking seven here in the second round. There is a huge tier in the green and only the most precise shot can hope to get close to the flag when it is on the ledge back right.

2000: 3.18 average

(Rank 8)

7th (Pampas), 365yds, par 4: A real birdie opportunity. An iron off the tee still leaves only a pitch to a narrow green surrounded by five bunkers. The green slopes back-to-front and, like the third, control of spin is essential to finish close.

2000: 4.03 average

(Rank 14)

8th (Yellow Jasmine), 550yds, par 5: Reachable in two for only the long hitters as there is a steep climb from fairway to green. There is trouble down the left, but Bruce Devlin did not see that in 1967 he achieved an albatross two. Not a single eagle last year, though.

2000: 4.79 average

(Rank 17)

9th (Carolina Cherry), 430yds, par 4: Not a very testing drive, but then comes the difficult part. The green tilts from back-to-front again and it is possible to roll right off the green 50 yards or more down the slope in front.

2000: 4.15 average

(Rank 9)

10th (Camellia), 485yds, par 4: A dramatic hole which plays sharply downhill. Players try to find the left-hand side of the fairway, which kicks the ball down and leaves a much shorter second. Over all the years of the Masters this has been the hardest hole.

2000: 4.28 average

(Rank 3)

11th (White Dogwood), 455yds, par 4: The start of Amen Corner, where Nick Faldo won his two play-offs and Larry Mize chipped in to beat Greg Norman in 1987. The green has since been raised, Rae’s Creek comes more into play and last year it went from being the sixth hardest hole to the hardest.

2000: 4.38 average

(Rank 1)

12th (Golden Bell), 155yds, par 3: The best-known par three in golf. It is the shortest of the four short holes, but the wind swirls and club selection is all-important. Tom Weiskopf took 13 in 1980 and Tiger Woods had a triple bogey in the first round last year.

2000: 3.25 average

(Rank 5)

13th (Azalea), 485yds, par 5: A sharp dogleg left which can produce anything from an albatross - Jeff Maggert in 1994 - to Tommy Nakajima’s 13 in 1978. Rae’s Creek runs down the left-hand side and then in front of the green.

2000: 4.79 average

(Rank 18)

14th (Chinese Fir), 405yds, par 4: No bunkers, but joint course-record holder Nick Price still managed to run up an eight here six years ago. The green is one of the most undulating and the temptation to attack the flag often has to be resisted.

2000: 4.05 average

(Rank 13)

15th (Firethorn), 500yds, par 5: Mounds on the right have disappeared and instead a group of tall trees positioned to penalise any pushed drive. Most players will still try to cross the water and make the green in two, but there are dangers attached.

2000: 4.89 average

(Rank 15)

16th (Redbud), 170yds, par 3: The tee shot is over water, but merely finding dry land is not sufficient. The green slants significantly from right to left, making a pin on the right the toughest. Semi-circular putts are a common occurrence.

2000: 3.12 average

(Rank 11)

17th (Nandina), 425yds, par 4: Former President Eisenhower, a club member, hit the huge pine tree down the left so often he wanted it removed. Instead it was named after him. A new back tee brings it more into play and because the hole runs alongside the 15th there are trees on the right now as well.

2000: 4.22 average

(Rank equal 6)

8th (Holly), 405yds, par 4: The drive down an avenue of trees favours a left-to-right shot to avoid the two bunkers. From the back one of those, Sandy Lyle hit a seven-iron to 10 feet to win in 1988. It has just been named the greatest shot ever played in a British magazine.

2000: 4.22 average

(Rank equal 6)