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The key to winning the Masters is dominating the longest holes

Cork Gaines,Diana Yukari   

The key to winning the Masters is dominating the longest holes

During Thursday's first round at the Masters, Jordan Spieth had a meltdown when he mishit four straight shots and carded a nine on the 15th hole.

The quadruple-bogey was bad enough. But it was made worse by coming on a Par 5, a hole where players are supposed to pick up strokes, not lose them.

In the last seven Masters Tournaments, the winners have shot a combined 54-under on Par 5s and just 26-under on all the other holes combined. In other words, shooting 4-over on one Par 5 is even worse than it sounds and that's hard to do.

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