Augusta’s desire to keep its distance may spark a lengthy dispute | Ewan Murray

A hot topic has again risen to the fore during the week after the club chief set out the intention to maintain his course’s design

Lost in the understandable focus that fell upon Augusta National’s decision to host a women’s amateur event, as revealed this week, was an early broadside from Fred Ridley, the club’s new chairman.

Matters of distance have become a hot topic in golf, to the point where leading lights in the sport – the R&A, USGA, PGA of America, European and PGA Tours – held talks at the home of the Masters. Ridley made it perfectly clear his club is uncomfortable with continual modifications as necessary to prevent the modern professional from overpowering historically great courses.

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