For a “tradition unlike any other, ” way back when two Masters tournaments obtained been decidedly non-traditional.

This, of course , was a few necessity. In 2020, the mere act of playing the Masters was seen as by some to be imaginative. The world had sagged in the present depths of a once-in-a-century pandemic, and it was a struggle to arrange just those necessary to habit a tournament. In 2021, things had improved precise that Augusta National good back patrons … but just at reduced numbers , and with specific rules meant for masking, distancing and proximity to players.

In 2022, though, it appears to be the Masters has made some conscious effort to return to the particular pre-pandemic form. In the new year, Augusta National will nice the return of the Par-3 Contest, sweepstakes — the best long-time tournament staple which had been canceled in each of the last 2 years — and, with outbreak restrictions lifted, will grow even more the total number of on-site entertainment files from each of the past 2 years.

But maybe there most notable change to this year’s Masters was installed before tournament week: the grandstands.

On Nov. 25, our friends at Eureka Earth shared their informative batch of photos from higher above Augusta National . For those with eagle particular attention, the new images show a better look at the course (including database updates to the 11th and 15th holes), but zoom outdoors a little bit further and you are getting to see the large, green obstructions of seating casting the new shadow over fairways yet greens.

At the past totally pandemic-altered Masters, Augusta Indigenous went grandstand-free in order to highlight safe distancing. Instead, junkies sprawled out across the your lawn in every which way, relying upon folding chairs and thus friendly neighbors to secure a completely view of the biggest clubs in play. In 2022 though, patrons will be able to catch superior sightlines from gaule at Amen Corner, adjacent to the prickly 15th soft stemmed and beyond.

For those watching from from other places, it’s unlikely you’ll look at much of a difference. Augusta Nationalized goes to painstaking lengths to assure its galleries are silent to the eye by synthetics them the same pigment with regards to surrounding trees and putting them next to naturally occurring mounds.

Rather, the changes most likely most evident with your ear. In 2022, Augusta National’s famed roars will come back to their traditional decibel college degree, particularly on Sunday, as thousands pack into the thoroughfares at Amen Corner additionally Nos. 15-18. The Professionals does not traditionally share attendance information, but the grandstands appears to be to indicate the course is ordinarily preparing for larger crowds versus graced the fairways of a Augusta National in ’20 or ’21.

In the zélé scheme, the grandstands get but a small piece of seriestourney week. But for those irritation to see the Masters tournament these guys left behind when Tiger Woods earned string fifth green jacket wearing 2019 , it’s a task larger.

This return of a tradition.

Randy Colgan

Golf. com Manager

James Colgan is an assistant editor by GOLF, contributing stories for all the website and magazine on the broad range of topics. My husband writes the Hot Mic, GOLF’s weekly media column, and in addition utilizes his broadcast female across the brand’s social media coupled with video platforms. A 2019 graduate of Syracuse Or perhaps, James — and clearly, his golf game — kept on defrosting from four decades in the snow, during which time your husband cut his teeth at NFL Films, CBS News combined with Fox Sports. Prior to entering GOLF, James was a poussette scholarship recipient (and clever looper) on Long Island, in which he is from.