We all wax lyrical about Amen Corner. What about Augusta's Devil’s Switchback?

Amen Corner gets all the Masters poetry written about it, and deservedly so. But it’s the far corner of the course that sets a vital tone and gets almost entirely overlooked even since they stopped refusing to televise the front nine. 
We all wax lyrical about Amen Corner. What about Augusta's Devil’s Switchback?

Augusta's third hole: Rory McIlroy says he can drive the green

No. 3, Flowering Peach (par 4, 350 yards)

Everyone rants or raves about the driveable 10th hole at Riviera as the one of the most dynamic short par-4s in the world. There should be much more conversation about Augusta’s third being at the top of the list. Rory McIlroy says he can drive the green and has that gear to call upon depending on where the tee and pin are located. But the risk of missing just short of that green – which sits about 22 feet above the lowest collection point – keeps players honest. The toughest pin is on the narrow neck to the left, where anything long or short is big trouble.

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