Masters’ Leftovers John Feinstein lets us know that “Golf Will Survive without a Major from Woods.” Trevor Immelman does the Top 10 on The Late Show with David Letterman: Geoff Shackelford excerpts from Golf World and The Times highlighting that the general consensus is that Augusta National “has become all about playing defensively and minimizing [...]
If anyone other than Tiger Woods was six shots behind with one round to play, they would not be considered to be in contention. However, when it comes to Tiger, six shots might as well be one shot according to the mainstream media. Why? Because in-contention Tiger means better ratings and more reads. It does [...]
The Cut The cut came a three over par, which leaves a lot of big players out of weekend play. Ernie Els’ coaching switch from David Leadbetter to Butch Harmon wasn’t enough to keep Ernie in contention this week. Sergio Garcia continues to search for his competitive spirit and once-superb shot-making abilities. Both missed the [...]
How the cut works: The field is cut to the low 44 and ties. Anyone within ten shots of the leader gets to play the weekend, too. Projected Cut The cut should fall at +3 or +4. Unless something really funky happens, then the ten-shot rule won’t come into play. There are currently ten players [...]
I was busy with class and such, so I did what I could to keep up with the Masters today. Thanks to the live online coverage via Masters.org I was able to see the groups passing through Amen Corner and holes 15 and 16. While I was driving around, XM Radio had some decent coverage. [...]
Pure Domination – 1997 Tiger Woods’ 1997 record-setting victory. I was and still am a huge Tiger Woods fan. Just that past summer I watched and rewatched on tape Tiger’s 1996 U.S. Amateur victory over Steve Scott. Those two tournaments may still be the two best golf tournaments I’ve ever seen. Win One for the [...]
MY PICKS: I’m making my picks early. This is my order of likely winners. (1) Tiger Woods – The loss to Oglivy at Doral a few weeks ago will have Tiger fired up. Augusta is perfect for his game. The only thing that might hurt is chances is if the course it too soft. That [...]
I’ll be covering the Masters from my living room. My inside sources will be the ESPN / CBS television broadcast and anything I can read online. I figure if I keep my clubs nearby it’ll be better than being there. Now if I could just get my hands on a pimento cheese sandwich. Here are [...]