With extremely firm greens, the 6,905-yard Augusta National was a testing track in bright sun and mild wind.

Although there wasn't much rough, it's still hard to control it out of the rough with those firm greens.

The wind helped to harden the already very firm greens, which resembled landing strips by the time Wrenn choked up on his 5-iron and hit 163 yards to the final green.

The deep rough and firm greens will make scoring difficult, and the players want it that way.

I believe there should be firm greens.

I would think that that's part of the game and a true test of golf - firm greens and fast greens.

Tom Watson, a two-time Masters champion, said these were the firmest greens at Augusta since 1970.

Wind, high rough and fast, firm greens made the challenge of the course similar to what the field will face at Baltusrol at this week's United States Open.

The conditions, complete with small, firm greens, were not drastically different from what the golfers encountered last week at Pebble Beach.

If the weather remains dry, the already firm greens will be rock hard by Thursday, making it difficult to get any approach shots close to the pin.