There’s hot and then there’s the back nine on Sunday here when there are five players within two shots of the lead. The TV weathermen reckoned it was 30C, but then they weren’t at Amen Corner when Rory McIlroy was standing on the tee at Augusta National’s 12th hole, that little rinky-dink 155-yard par three, tied for the lead and waiting for the wind to drop long enough that he could get his shot off.
Four days ago, they asked Tom Watson the one change he would make to the course if he could. He didn’t blink. “I’d fill in that creek in front of No 12.” “Touché” said Gary Player. “Good move,” added Jack Nicklaus.
