"I think we are going to hear some cheers."

Steve Elling says the early reports Sunday suggest several vulnerable hole locations.

The 10th flag is in a slightly different spot, but that's not particularly considered a scoring hole, anyway. He reeled through the rest and started to smile, then made note of a new pin locale on the 17th.

The 17th green was rebuilt in the offseason and the flag is in a back-right location Sunday. It's usually tucked in the front portion, closer to the bunker, Westwood said.

It will allow players a better chance to get closer to the flag, in theory.

"That'll be the most interesting one," Westwood said. "Because that's the firmest green on the golf course."

Most importantly, the flags on the 13th and 15th, the crucial par-5s, appear to be within a few inches of the traditional locations.

John Huggan had noted this about Saturday's setup:

Not unexpectedly, the very low scoring of the first two days was generally more difficult – but far from impossible – to spot on a hot and humid Augusta afternoon. With as many as 36 players under par for 36-holes – and much anecdotal evidence of par-5s being reached in two by the likes of Alvaro Quiros, Gary Woodland and Bubba Watson with 3-woods and short irons – the course was predictably firmer and faster than the strangely soft lay-out we saw before the weekend, the pins tucked away in spots that proved too much for the likes of the increasingly lamentable Sergio Garcia, whose 75 included a disastrous 42 shots on the back-nine and Lee Westwood, who was struck dumb by the hopelessness of his work on the slick putting surfaces.

"It was tougher today," said Justin Rose, who shot 71 to be one under for the week. "The greens are faster and the pin positions were definitely trickier. The tournament committee clearly thinks that ten-under par is a good score for two days but they don't want the guys getting too much deeper than that."