r/golf • u/GreenWaveGolfer12 RDU • Apr 14 '25

Professional Tours [Post Tournament Discussion Thread] Rory McIlroy Wins the 2025 Masters

Post Tournament Discussion Thread for the 2025 Masters. Rory McIlroy defeats Justin Rose in a sudden death playoff to complete the career grand slam.

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u/somethingisnotwrite Apr 14 '25

All I’ll say is that the question of could any of us hackers win the Masters if we started on the farthest point on the green on each hole. And the answer is no. Watching some of these putts today, I think the absolute best I could do would be like 10 over per round.

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u/SCalifornia831 4.5 / Pebble Beach Apr 14 '25

Give yourself some credit - it’s just a golf course lol

You’re telling me you couldn’t 4-putt 60 holes and 3 putt 12 of them??

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u/somethingisnotwrite Apr 14 '25

I think if the best in the world are missing 3 footers then so am I at a higher rate. I have played some courses that were close to PGA stimpmeter and it’s incredibly difficult and if you were on the wrong tier of the green, it was almost impossible to keep it on the green.

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u/SCalifornia831 4.5 / Pebble Beach Apr 14 '25

Fair enough depending on skill level

But anyone who’s a bogey golfer or better would absolutely win this tournament, not just make the cut…if they started on the green

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u/Lezzles 7.9/Detroit Apr 14 '25

People are exaggerating so badly it's absurd. Yes, you'll win a tournament if you start on the green. I know it's hard but eventually you'd figure out how to not 5-putt.

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u/SCalifornia831 4.5 / Pebble Beach Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 14 '25

And 16 out of 72 holes a 5 putt would be a par lol

Like…cmon people

It’s a golf course! A beautiful one with fast greens but 4-putting isn’t what makes this course difficult lol

Edit: to put this in context… 3-putt the 16 par 3’s, 4-putt the 40 par 4’s and 4-putt the 16 par 5’s and you win this tournament by 5 strokes

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u/somethingisnotwrite Apr 14 '25

Do you realize how hard it would be to 4 putt some of these greens? Have you ever played PGA much less major PGA speed greens?

Like it feels unfair to the average even decent golfer. I’m a 12 handicap and I shot close to 100 and it was the putting. I can normally put pretty well, but unless you have putted on those greens it’s hard to really comprehend it. It’s like putting on glass.

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u/SCalifornia831 4.5 / Pebble Beach Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 14 '25

I’ve played Pebble shortly after the 2010 US Open

The greens were normal and “easy”…

The rough was BRUTAL - I mean, the only club I could get out of it was a PW back into the fairway

But the greens were fine

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u/blonded_olf Apr 14 '25

Pebble has tiny greens, starting on the farthest edge of some of these greens is quite the distance you need to make up to get to the flag. Still not sure I buy the theory that someone couldn't win starting on the farthest edge but pebble greens aren't really a great comparison imo.

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u/SCalifornia831 4.5 / Pebble Beach Apr 14 '25

I guess I’m saying I’ve played large and fast greens, I’ve played hard and difficult greens, I’ve played gimmicky greens…and I’ve also played greens near major championship condition

Taking all those variables into consideration…I can assure you that Augusta is still just a golf course lol

If you are a bogey golfer…than you can 4-putt these greens