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Augusta National Has Some Sort of Underground System for Collecting Balls on Practice Area

Watch this video captured and posted to Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHky6Y1pCX2/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again

It appears that the practice area collects the balls in the underground bucket???

According to Golf.com, that is pretty much what happens:

One Instagram user, however, who says he lives in Augusta, Ga., commented on the Instagram post and said: “The practice greens have pipes that run to each of them. They will push the balls in the cup and back in the tent someone will press a button and the balls return to the tent.” Seems like a likely explanation.

 

Jon Rahm Skips Across Pond for Hole-In-One at Augusta’s 16th

It is a Masters practice round tradition for the golfers to try to skip a shot across the pond and onto the green on the 16th. Jon Rahm’s attempt didn’t just get on the green, but ended up as a hole-in-one.  It also happened to be his birthday.  What a great birthday present.