Hole-by-hole guide to Augusta National, with how the course played in last year’s Masters (key to rank: 1 hardest, 18 easiest) and what Trevor Immelman scored to win:

1st (Tea Olive), 445 yards, par 4: reduced in length by 10 yards this year. Deep bunker on the right, but the contours of the green make it a really tough opener. 2008 average: 4.24 (rank 4). Immelman: 4-4-4-5

2nd (Pink Dogwood), 575 yards, par 5: going left off the tee brings a ditch in the trees into play. Bunkers left and right short of the green see a lot of action. Nick Faldo once holed a 100-foot eagle putt here. 2008 average: 4.82 (rank 16). Immelman: 5-5-5-5

3rd (Flowering Peach), 350 yards, par 4: shortest par four on the course and a real teaser. The pear-shaped green with steep slope in front allows for some wicked pin placings. 2008 average: 4.02 (rank 14). Immelman: 4-4-4-4

4th (Flowering Crab Apple), 240 yards, par 3: the back tee - not always used - went back 30-35 yards three years ago and turned it into a beast with the green sloping from back to front. Jeff Sluman aced it in 1992. 2008 average: 3.23 (rank 5). Immelman: 3-3-4-3

5th (Magnolia), 455 yards, par 4: Jack Nicklaus twice holed his second shot in 1995, but Immelman was delighted to open his birdie account three times. Another devilishly difficult green. 2008 average: 4.23 (rank 6). Immelman: 3-3-4-3

6th (Juniper), 180 yards, par 3: from an elevated tee down to a vast green with a huge slope in it. Jose Maria Olazabal took seven in 1991 and lost by one to Ian Woosnam. 2008 average: 3.10 (rank 11). Immelman: 3-4-3-3

7th (Pampas), 450 yards, par 4: what used to be a real birdie chance had 35-40 yards added two years ago. Trees were also added and the green re-shaped.
2008 average: 4.25 (rank 3). Immelman: 4-3-4-4

8th (Yellow Jasmine), 570 yards, par 5: the bunker on the right, about 300 yards out, pushes players left and from there it’s harder to find the green in two up the steep hill. Bruce Devlin made an albatross two in 1967. 2008 average: 4.79 (rank 17). Immelman: 5-5-4-6

9th (Carolina Cherry), 460 yards, par 4: the tee was pushed back 30 yards in 2002. The raised green tilts sharply from the back and anything rolling off the front can continue down for 50-60 yards. 2008 average: 4.19 (rank 7). Immelman: 3-4-4-4

10th (Camellia), 495 yards, par 4: a huge drop from tee to green and a big right-to-left shot required to get the maximum run. Over all the years of the Masters the most difficult hole. 2008 average: 4.29 (rank 2). Immelman: 4-4-4-4

11th (White Dogwood), 505 yards, par 4: a hole to be feared since the tee was moved back 10-15 yards three years ago, trees added down the right and the fairway shifted left. Water front and left. A key hole in Immelman’s win. 2008 average: 4.35 (rank 1). Immelman: 3-3-4-4

12th (Golden Bell), 155 yards, par 3: probably the most famous par three in golf. Narrow target, water in front, trouble at the back, it’s seen everything from a one (three times) to Tom Weiskopf’s 13 in 1980. 2008 average: 3.09 (rank 13). Immelman: 3-3-3-4

13th (Azalea), 510 yards, par 5: massive dogleg left where scores have ranged from Jeff Maggert’s albatross two in 1994 to Tommy Nakajima’s 13 in 1978. Rae’s Creek runs down the left and then in front of the green. 2008 average: 4.83 (rank 15). Immelman: 5-5-4-4

14th (Chinese Fir), 440 yards, par 4: no bunkers, but three putts are common on a viciously sloping green. Joint course record holder Nick Price took eight here in 1993. 2008 average: 4.09 (rank 12). Immelman: 4-4-3-4

15th (Firethorn), 530 yards, par 5: often a tough decision whether to go for the green in two across the pond on the hole where Gene Sarazen sank his 235-yard four-wood shot for an albatross in 1935. 2008 average: 4.77 (rank 18). Immelman: 4-5-5-5

16th (Redbud), 170 yards, par 3: the hole always to be associated with Woods’s chip-in in 2005, while Padraig Harrington and Ian Poulter have both aced it. There was also 73-year-old Billy Casper’s record 14 three years ago. 2008 average: 3.12 (rank 10). Immelman: 3-3-3-5

17th (Nandina), 440 yards, par 4: while the Eisenhower Tree in front of the tee is a famous feature it does not really come into play much. Control of the second shot is the key. 2008 average: 4.14 (rank 9). Immelman: 4-3-4-4

18th (Holly), 465 yards, par 4: the drive through an avenue of trees was made much harder when the tee was moved back 60 yards in 2002. The fairway bunker from which Sandy Lyle got up and down to win in 1988 is now 300 yards away. 2008 average: 4.15 (rank 8). Immelman: 4-3-3-4