Augusta National Golf Club announced on Monday that it is donating $2 million to local coronavirus response efforts.

PhotoQuest (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)The Coronavirus pandemic has hit a giant pause button on fans being able to watch golf on TV, and in some cases, even kept people off courses. But while we hunker down and hope for a speedy return to normalcy, we can also use this time as an opportunity to learn more about the game we love. Here’s our latest installment of “Did you know?”
Forget the “the shot heard 'round the world,” the Golden Bear coming out of hibernation or the chip that didn't go in until it did. The biggest thing that's happened to Augusta National's second nine is switching it from the first.
That's right, golf's most famous back was once a front.
Although architect Alister Mackenzie mapped out the course as its currently presented, for reasons that remain unknown he decided to flip the nines during construction. Mackenzie's switch served as the layout when the club opened, and was the routing for the first Masters Tournament in 1934..

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Four years ago—or long before we got used to seeing quarantined tour pros hitting indoor shots—European Tour winner Nicolas Colsaerts went viral with a smashed 3-iron through a sliding door of his hotel room. It was a spectacular and dangerous display of skill and guts. It also turns out to have been a lie.
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Well, sort of. Colsaerts definitely pulled off the shot, but the two-time European Tour winner apparently needed two takes. And now years later, golf coach Kevin Craggs has revealed a first attempt that could have killed someone. Have a look and listen:
https://twitter.com/kevincraggsgolf/status/1243656207694471168
Sounds like a hockey player dinging a slapshot off the goalpost. And keep in mind the former Ryder Cupper is one of the most powerful players in the world. So, yeah, that could have been bad.
Why is this coming out now? Good question. Also, who cares? We need this stuff now more than ever with no live go..

BettmannThe coronavirus pandemic has hit a giant pause button on fans being able to watch golf on TV, and in some cases, even kept people off courses. But while we hunker down and hope for a speedy return to normalcy, we can also use this time as an opportunity to learn more about the game we love. Here’s our latest installment of “Did you know?”
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