Masters practice round question

The will have a board on site with a list of players who are on the course.

they dont announce it before hand. the players will usually just walk up to each other on the practice green and ask if they want to play 9 real quick or something.

once they are on the course they will have boards around with who is on which hole

This is kinda on topic, but do they play practice rounds from different tee boxes? Never see a bunch of divot marks on Thursday.

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They place green mats on the hitting areas of the par threes during practice rounds ..guys hit from right around the mats but never from the exact spot that they will hit from on Thursday

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when i was there they just ahd them covered

Tiger’s custom is to play the back 9 only early on Wednesday. Went on the Wednesday in 2013. We were at the gate when it opened, and Tiger was already on the range. Suggest you hit merch pavilion first and buy your swag. You can check it in or ship it home so you don’t have to carry all day. The lines were crazy long in the afternoon, so definitely hit that first thing.

Then hit the range, and start on the back nine going down 10 and to Amen Corner. From there, head to 15. There is a pedestrian crossing between where they hit second shots and the layup zone. We were standing on that and got to get really close to Tiger and Freddy. 16 grandstand is a really cool place to watch action... they’ll be trying to skip their balls across the pond.

Spend the morning on the Big course and then plan on the afternoon watching the Par 3. We posted up along the side of the 5th hole. It’s a really narrow walkway for the players there, so you get a lot of great pictures. My buddy got a great shot of Arnie giving us a thumbs up. It was his second to last time playing. There’s bathrooms and concessions right behind you, and you can see 3 green, 4, 5 and 6 all from that one spot.

A great day to go. Just my opinion, but I'd rate the best 3 days at Augusta as:
Sunday
Saturday
Monday

Just something about the course on that day. Pristine, quieter.

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They place green mats on the hitting areas of the par threes during practice rounds ..guys hit from right around the mats but never from the exact spot that they will hit from on Thursday

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gotcha. But what about fairways?

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They place green mats on the hitting areas of the par threes during practice rounds

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Well this is just flat out incorrect. They lay down mesh on the areas they will use for the tournament so the players can't use that spot, but they use the teeing grass on the teeing ground on practice days.

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Well this is just flat out incorrect. They lay down mesh on the areas they will use for the tournament so the players can't use that spot, but they use the teeing grass on the teeing ground on practice days.

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That’s what he said. Just replace mats with mesh. He never said they hit off the mats.

I went on Wednesday 2 years ago. I second pretty much every piece of advice given in this thread so far. Definitely get there very early, park and go shopping first. You can get into the gift shop before they actually open the course. I recommend parking by 6:30 AM at the latest. We actually walked all of our stuff back to the car after purchasing, but you can check it as well if you don't feel like doing that.

I would also recommend entering the grounds around the back entrance that lets you onto the course around Amen Corner. There's a large gift shop back there that I found less crowded than in the front, and it's a shorter walk to the parking lots.

Everything is great on Wednesday, but the thing I enjoyed most that day might have been going back onto the big course after the Par 3 was over around 5:00-6:00. The course is closed to play at that time, so it was pretty empty. Walking around Amen Corner and around by 15 and 16 with almost no one else around except my buddy was a really cool experience. We got up close to several greens (7&16 we got about 3 feet from up next to the ropes). As someone else mentioned, it was a religious-like experience. Highly recommend hanging around as late as you can.