Stretched 13th hole boosts Masters to record length

Augusta (United States) (AFP) – A lengthened par-5 13th hole at Augusta National will offer a new challenge for golf’s greatest players when the 87th Masters tees off Thursday. But the latest change to the famed course under the Georgia pines, which will play to a record length of 7,545 yards, has some concerned that dramatic back-nine eagles that brought Sunday thrills in prior Masters will vanish. “It will take a little bit of the excitement out of that 13,” 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed said. “There’s going to be a lot more laying up adding that extra length.” Augusta…