Phil: Augusta Has More Grass, Tweaks At 8, 16

Fresh off a scouting trip to Augusta National with Dustin Johnson and Keegan Bradley, Phil Mickelson says there is more grass coverage than in years past, something that many believed was a positive last year. And, Dave Shedloski reports, changes to the 8th and 16th greens.

"After looking at them, I think that some of the more challenging pin placements on those greens were softened a little bit, and made to be not quite as difficult. I don't know if -- I'm not saying it's good, bad, indifferent. But there was a bigger plateau up on the top right on 16. The green on 8 in the front was widened. The hill on the left was softened. So little things that I felt like the back right pin on 8 was made much more accessible. It's much flatter, a lot more room there. You can be a little bit more aggressive now into that pin. So, it was interesting."