1.   Seeing the low scores, the Chairman of the Greens Committee was muttering darkly about setting more difficult pin positions the next day.

2.   As Sir Bryan had predicted, the weather had sorted out the men from the boys and difficult pin placings had not been needed to tame the pros.

3.   Factor in difficult pin positions, and two-putt pars become precious.

4.   For the second consecutive day, wind and difficult pin placements turned this normally birdie-filled tournament into a grueling test.

5.   The conditions were again tough in the final round at Augusta on Sunday, with gusting winds and usual difficult pin placements.

6.   Barnes said he put himself in too deep of a hole for the final round by firing at too many difficult pin placements in the second round.

7.   Starting the third round four shots off, McGuire, playing off difficult pin positions, had three bogeys on the front nine.

8.   Hoch said some difficult pin placements balanced out the advantage of the more receptive greens.

9.   As Woods spoke, you could almost sense tournament officials making plans for even more difficult pin placements along the undulating Masters greens.

10.   Difficult pin placements and firm greens combined to create some of the most difficult playing conditions players had seen.