LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Will players really be allowed to putt with the pins in during at the Masters?
Asked that question Thursday at the Latin America Amateur Championship, Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley didn’t say no.
Under the new Rules of Golf, which went into effect on Jan. 1, players are now allowed to leave the flagstick in while on the greens, as Bryson DeChambeau so eagerly demonstrated.
Given Augusta’s slick and sloped putting surfaces, it’s possible, even likely, that a player will save multiple shots using the pin as a backstop. Picture a player putting down the hill towards the water on the par-5 15th, for example.