Master patrons take many steps in Augusta National.
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Hello friends and welcome to today’s edition of Rogers report! I am back to the press building after a full day of adventure during round 1 of Masters. As I was moving Amazon last week and buying some last minute needs for this week (sunlight, hydration tablets, allergy medicine), I found myself in a Monday-to-front online purchase Augusta National (As if there was no Walgreens immediately on the road). This, friends, is how I bought my first pedometer.
I know I walked a lot in Augusta, but I’ve never been sure how much. I’m not an Apple Watch or a good person (knowing my heartbeat, recovery and sleep meters always emphasizes me!), So the only thing that really traces my steps at home is my iPhone. The only thing about the only steps I walked into masters every day is usually how tired I am at the end of the night. This year, however, I wanted real data.
Enter the pedometer. For $ 18.34, I can Amazon Prime A “Cops Step with Clip & Lanyard, Fitness Tracker LCD Display LCD, Tracker Step Step for Men, Women, Children and Elderly”. It seemed to me like a deal! When I arrived at the press building shortly before 9:00 am on Thursday morning, I stopped it (clicked “on”) and we were good to go. My plan was to walk all 18 holes and then continue enjoying the day as I would do it normally. Let’s collect numbers, right?
I got the transfer from print construction Towards the course and provided to zero by the pedometry before I started my adventure around Augusta. I met a friend from the 10th Tee and decided to walk with her. We followed Joe Highsmith, Zach Johnson and Chris Kirk. When the group ended at 18, I looked down my steps: 5,900, or 2.95 miles.
After that I walked out of club Return to the press building for lunch. Then I took the ship again toward the first tee to walk the first nine. I was at 7,950 when I started my journey, and the last group of the day was at no. 5, so I was forced to stroll a very free hole in Augusta National – which was an absolute dream. Because there was no golf that was happening in those holes, I found myself shaking with power until I finally grabbed the group of Sahith Theegala at no.8. I walked the first nine in just less than 90 minutes, and I was in 14,013 steps when I returned to the club. The total number of steps taken in nine in front of Augusta? 6,063, or 3.03 miles.
Add all together and my 18 -hole walks around Augusta National added up to 11,963 steps, or 5.98 miles, which we here in the Rogers ratio will round up to six. Six miles! This is a pretty good trip, and we are not considering all the hills. Things continued to become interesting after my 18 -holes. I went back to the press building to check with some collaborators, then headed for a few minutes. From there, I went to the founders circle in front of the club, where customers can take their picture. After that, I ran to a friend and walked with her after her 18th Green, where I saw my associate Sean Zak, who was going to 15 to see Ludwig Aberg, Akshay Bhatia and Rory Mcilroy end.
Zak and I left at No. 15 and walked with the Aberg group for the last holes three and a half back to the club. From there, we went to the Quotes area of Quotes, we heard in the interview after the round of Victor Hovland, led back to the range and took a last stroll back to the press building. My general steps for the day to the masters added to 21,875, or 10.36 miles.
There are some things to consider here. First is that I just had a very full day in the masters. I was here until 9am, and as I write this sentence a lot, I am still here at 8:44 in the afternoon another is that the media does not enter the gates in Augusta National through the entrance of the defender, which would have added 10 minutes more on both inside and outside the course. And my biggest intake is that even if you are not in the course in the masters, you are still walking a lot. Between the walks straight and from the range, the goods shop and hanging between the first tee, the 18th green and the club, you still end up moving quite a lot.
Here’s what I can tell you. If you go to masters and are planning to get more from your day, you will walk in less Six miles. You need shoes that will agree with the steps you will take and hills will conquer masters. Now it’s not time to try a new shoe with zero support. There is a reason that so many cadets wear Hokas!
As someone who covers many golf tournaments, long walks in the golf course are not new to me. At other events, I on average about 12,000 steps a day. Augusta National is undoubtedly bigger than many of the pages I visit, but the fact that is Masters are the real reason people walk so much here. You only have so much time to experience this place! I spend more time on the master’s course than in most other events, and I know that customers here want to get the most out of the course. This is exactly what I did today, and almost 22,000 steps later, I wouldn’t change anything.
