It would be easy to dismiss such talk as a young man’s delusions of grandeur. After all , when confronted with the most essential challenge that the Masters presents, hitting the precise landing areas on Augusta National’s rolling greens, Woods was unable to consistently deliver, even with short iron and wedge approaches. Critics could choose to consider the first official putt of Woods’s Masters career a 30-footer on the 1st hole that trundled past the cup, off the green and down an embankment before stopping 50 feet from the hole as an ugly harbinger. They might also point out that both Ben Crenshaw in 1972 and Phil Mickelson in 1991 did better in their Augusta debuts as amateurs. They could make a case that the reigning U.S. Amateur chrk for many future trips to andam-