David Owen On Clifford Roberts' Single Greatest Blunder

Continuing his look back at select Augusta National original holes (with old photos), The Making Of The Masters author David Owen opens up the can of worms that is the 8th, the single greatest Green Chairman Gone Bad moment in golf architecture history.

And also one of the best of many revelations in The Making Of The Masters.

Amazingly, the flying saucer of a green lasted about 20 years before sanity prevailed and an effort was made to restore MacKenzie's original.