Punter's Note: Stricker Explains Why His Chances Aren't Great

From an unbylined Sky report on Steve Stricker's brutally honest comments Monday at Augusta National:

"You need to spin the ball here, and I'm not a spinner of the ball.

"I bring it in with some height but I don't put a lot of spin on it, and I think that's a negative for me here.

"And I'm coming in with usually a club or two more than some of these big hitters."

Having walked the course today I was struck again by how high the fairway cut continues to be. When combined with the mowing pattern toward the tee, this makes it very hard to spin the ball going into the greens. So one to two clubs will make a huge difference.