The storms that ripped through Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday night most likely won't have any significant impact on Thursday's opening round. Masters chariman Billy Payne confirmed during his annual Masters week press conference on Wednesday that despite having to deal with several downed trees and washed out bunkers, the course will be ready. What remains to be seen, however, is how the course reacts to the 1.4 inches of rain that fell overnight, soaking every inch of the grounds. Augusta National has a SubAir system that should dry things up a bit in the next 24 hours, but Payne admitted that the course was still "extremely wet." And with rain in the forecast for Thursday and Friday (there's a 60 and 70 percent chance chance of shower for the first two rounds), there appears to be no end in sight. Augusta National is going to play soft, and that could play right into the hands of the longer hitters in the field. As Phil Mickelson noted during his Tuesday weather forecast press conference that the soft conditions could turn this year's tournament into a "birdie-fest."
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