AUGUSTA, Ga. – Masters chairman Fred Ridley said that there is “no timetable” for any potential lengthening of Augusta National’s 13th hole that would restore some of the risk-reward elements to the famous par 5.
“That’s something that certainly we have considered and will continue to consider,” Ridley said during his annual news conference ahead of the Masters.
Ridley said that he remains reluctant to make any dramatic changes to the 13th hole given how much history, both tragedy and triumph, has unfolded there over the years. Still, he recognized that the iconic par 5 was not intended to have players hitting mid- or short irons into the green.