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Originally Posted by gpickypick
I think it has a lot to do with Augusta being a par-72. I wonder if the other Majors' sub-60 strings have come on par-72 layouts. You'd have to shoot -12 at the worst to shoot in the 60s all four rounds. That's pretty tough.
That, and Augusta has some elements that can cause inconsistency, such as the biggest Sunday pressure in golf, the water on 13 and 15 that makes one choose to lay-up for go for it, etc.
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In a way that doesn't matter, because it's how many strokes you take, not how far you are under par. Even if the Master's did something drastic like make holes 2 and 13 par 4's to make it a par 70, you still have to break 70 no matter what 'par' is. Theoretically, the winning score would be 4 to 8 under, instead of 8 to 12 under, but it's still the same number of strokes.
And Augusta National will NEVER change from a par 72 course, just to make the winning score higher in relation to par.