Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer reportedly have had enough.

In the April issue of Golf Digest, the golfing legends take issue with the numerous changes that have taken place in recent years to toughen and lengthen Augusta National, site of their 10 total Masters victories.

"I think they've ruined it from a tournament standpoint," Nicklaus says. "Augusta has meant a ton to me in my lifetime. It's a big, big part of my life, and I love it. That's why I hate to see them change it."

"I love the place, just love everything that happens there," Palmer says. "But now, I'm not so sure. It's changed dramatically from the course I knew the last 50 years."

These two players, who are members of Augusta National, told Golf Digest they are disappointed that they've not been consulted on any of the recent changes that have occurred to the course, despite the fact that (or maybe because) they're both golf course architects.

Nicklaus says some changes, which were supervised by consulting golf architect Tom Fazio, looked as if they were done "by somebody who doesn't know how to play golf."

According to Golf Digest, the course will play 7,445 yards, par 72, this year. That's 155 yards longer than it played in 2005, and 520 yards more than in 1997, the year Tiger Woods won his first Masters.

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