spot on, and was especially not true in 2001 with the new tech...
Post 2002 there were complaints that the roars were gone for a few years, which had everything to do with unseasonably cold wet weather and wind being in the face on 13 and 15.
This year I noticed the same thing(players hitting it in similar pre lengthening places) but with clubhead speed via technique, player evolution, and fitness and tech ever evolving, it's already a matter of time before more lengthening is coming as further equipment rollback/bifurcation probably isn't coming because I'd say the powers that be have waited too long to react and become "distance normalized" , and even those that have dug their heads out of the sand are too commercially compromised.
Augusta with its purpose built major venue will widen the gap between it and other major venues, as The US Open and PGA(and horrifyingly maybe even the R&A) will simply revert to modern monstrocity courses that are automatically devoid of the tradition and history that makes the Masters so special and memorable-and the wanna be "play the major courses" player will begin to normalize the 6 hour experience so often had at Big scale modern major venues.
I'll be at Palmetto if anyone needs me...