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A lot is said about Augusta National’s bunkering, but not much is said about the actual sand, which is really crushed white stone. For one thing, there’s the brightness. When I first played there, I went to practice sand shots on a sunny afternoon, and five minutes along my head was throbbing. The glare can overpower you—it was my first time on a course thinking I absolutely had to wear sunglasses. The sand has a thin layer of softness on top and then it’s superfirm underneath. You have to thump hard on this subsurface, which is why you see such big swings in the bunkers. And there’s a lot of friction—it’s like playing a wedge shot off emery paper. It forces you to be aggressive and delicate at the same time.
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