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Posted April 6, 2016, 5:35 pm
BY
Lance Lahnert
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Amarillo Globe-News

Nick Faldo says Masters players can't wait until Sunday to step up

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    Nick Faldo says Masters players can't wait until Sunday to step up
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    Nick Faldo hits from the bunker during the Par-3 Contest at Augusta National Golf Club.

Nick Faldo said the wisdom of words that the “Masters Tournament starts Sunday on the back nine” just isn’t true.

The three-time Masters winner, now the lead golf analyst for CBS, said players need to be ready to go when they tee it up Thursday.

“That saying is not true by a long way,” Faldo said. “Now in all the majors from Thursday first shot you have to be full on, full into it, and not fall asleep. That’s how I treated it. Every shot was important on Thursday and that got me right into it.

“So no, I think that’s a cliche phrase we just throw around.”

Faldo said because of the difficulty of Augusta National and the talent in the field, players can’t afford to wait to make a move.

“Because you have to do a lot just to be in contention to have a shot,” he said. “It’s not a shootout because the golf course is so difficult. It’s not a putting competition. You have to hit great shots.”

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