Hootie Johnson Course Quotations

We have never been worried about scores. Our greatest concern has always been that the course be kept current with the times. Change has been a constant at Augusta National, starting in the earliest years of the tournament. Bobby Jones made innumerable modifications to the layout, and that philosophy continues to this day.

I think that the shorter hitter, or someone that's not a bomber, has just as good a chance of scoring on this golf course as the guy that's going to hit it 330.

We will keep the golf course current with the times.

As far as the golf course is concerned, we'll have to continue to evaluate that.

As in the past, our objective is to maintain the integrity and shot values of the golf course as envisioned by Bobby Jones and Alister Mackenzie . Players' scores are not a factor. We will keep the golf course current with the times.

They are entitled to their opinion. We are comfortable with what we're doing with the golf course for the Masters.

I didn't know that a tough golf course was supposed to be a lot of fun.

I didn't know that a tough golf course was supposed to be a lot of fun. I don't know that hitting a 6-iron on No. 1 would be any more fun today than it was 20 years ago.

The golf course is the way we want it to be this year. We will continue to study possible improvements.