The OFFICIAL 2009 Golf Majors Thread - The Masters

[Dr. Sak]

I know there are a few golf geeks like myself on the board. I can't wait till 4pm to get home and watch The Masters. It's my favorite tournament of the year and the only one that I'll watch all of the TV coverage from start to finish.

Hard to go against Tiger but I think a few players to watch for are Paul Casey and Geoff Ogilvy. I'll be pulling once again for Phil to get his 3rd green jacket!

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Pretty good shot from Vijay during the Par 3 challenge, even if he is a pompous ass..........

Deadspin - Skip Off The Pond, On To The Green, Nothing But Cup.... - Vijay Singh skips ball off the pond for hole in one (http://deadspin.com/5203751/skip-off-the-pond-on-to-the-green-nothing-but-cup?autoplay=true)

[Dr. Sak]

That was at #16. It a tradition each year that after the players hit a shot on that hole (in the practice round) that they walk up and skip a few across.

Last year when I was there, Mike Weir did it right handed.

[Thomkal]

Love the Masters, know the holes so well after all these years and the surrounding forest, flowers, ponds, etc make it my all-time favorite course. Really pulling for Coastal Carolina product Dustin Johnson who has just teed off in his first Masters.

EDIT: He parred his first hole, so not too nervous I guess.

[Dr. Sak]

For those who didn't see it last year...here are my pictures from my trip last year...

My Trip To Augusta National - Front Office Football Central (http://osatwork.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=64734)

[Thomkal]

And Johnson picks up his first birdie at the Masters on the second hole!

[tarcone]

Channel 702 and 704 on Directv has Masters coverage. Not sure if you have to buy it or not.
3 pm CST

[Thomkal]

And birdied the third hole, wow great start for Johnson, a stroke off the lead now.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

And birdied the third hole, wow great start for Johnson, a stroke off the lead now.

Johnson looking good in preseason.

[Thomkal]

Johnson looking good in preseason.

heh yes indeed.

[Thomkal]

You can now watch live coverage from Amen Corner and later from 15-16 at:

Masters - CBSSports.com (http://www.cbssports.com/golf/tournaments/masters/video)

[Dr. Sak]

Looks amazing as always!

[Butter]

I really enjoy watching the majors, especially The Masters. Have a Masters polo shirt someone picked up for me from the gift shop about 3 years back.

Wonder if Greg Norman will do anything this year, that would be a great story.

[Dr. Sak]

Okay so I found someone willing to part with Sunday tickets for a few hundred $$$...now I just have to convince one of my friends to go with me .

[Thomkal]

I really enjoy watching the majors, especially The Masters. Have a Masters polo shirt someone picked up for me from the gift shop about 3 years back.

Wonder if Greg Norman will do anything this year, that would be a great story.

He's currently -1 through his first six or seven holes, so off to a good start

[Thomkal]

Well Johnson got to -2 a couple times only to fall back including a double on 11. He seemingly is drawn to water as he hit in the water on 11, and hit several times in the tourney at Houston last week where he missed the cut. At +2 right now. :(

[NoSkillz]

Okay so I found someone willing to part with Sunday tickets for a few hundred $$$...now I just have to convince one of my friends to go with me .

Going again are you!? Wow...you've got contacts! Loved those pics from last year!

I'm definitely writing to get into the practice round lottery for next year.

[Dr. Sak]

I am still jealous you got to play Oakmont!

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I am still jealous you got to play Oakmont!

Over/under on number of foot wedges used?

[Thomkal]

Well Johnson got to -2 a couple times only to fall back including a double on 11. He seemingly is drawn to water as he hit in the water on 11, and hit several times in the tourney at Houston last week where he missed the cut. At +2 right now. :(

Dustin rebounded nicely from the double when he birdied 15, 16, and 17. Sadly he bogeyed 18 to fall back to Even for the day, but given it was his first round at Augusta, a pretty good result. Hopefully he'll do enough tomorrow to keep him around for the weekend.

[Dr. Sak]

Phil is putting like shit today.

[cartman]

The Masters iPhone app they released for the tourney is pretty damn sweet. In addition to the normal leaderboard and such, they have live video from Amen Corner, plus 15 and 16. If you decide to leave the full screen video to check the leaderboard, it keeps the audio going and puts a micro screen of the action in the upper corner.

[NoSkillz]

Over/under on number of foot wedges used?

You do know there are no trees left at Oakmont right? :P No where to hide!

I shot an 86 and finished double, triple, triple, par (finished on the second hole in a shotgun start). Disappointing to say the least.

[Dr. Sak]

The person that said they would go with me on Sunday backed out! I'm not driving to Georgia by myself. Looks like I'll have to wait till next year :(

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

You do know there are no trees left at Oakmont right? :P No where to hide!

Wait, you need to hit it next to a tree before a foot wedge is required? Hmmmm, didn't know about that rule. That's going to hurt my golf game.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

dola

Haven't see the John Daly RV store at Augusta mentioned yet.........

The Associated Press: Daly hopes to resume his show, minus the circus (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gG4lbVGZh6hKeFZC12dMbr-K_HswD97F81103)

[KWhit]

The person that said they would go with me on Sunday backed out! I'm not driving to Georgia by myself. Looks like I'll have to wait till next year :(

You have a ticket? And you're not gonna use it?

[Dr. Sak]

No I found it on stubhub.

[Thomkal]

Dustin Johnson eagled both the 8th and 15th today and then bombed it 365 yards on the 18th to birdie that hole to finish -2 for the day the same as that Tiger Woods person. ;) That'd be cool if they were paired tomorrow

[Logan]

Unbelievable shot by Mickelson on 7.

[Radii]

That shot near the trees by Phil on the 7th hole was gorgeous, wow.

Even without Tiger making a run this is setting up to be a hell of a final day.

[Logan]

Beat you!

[Radii]

:D

[Karlifornia]

BTW, just a little bit of trivia:

The Masters Golf Tournament was named after the group of Southern Gentlemen who formed Augusta National Golf Club

I'm rooting for the Japanese man in the distressed Cowboy hat, because I'm amazed he could still shoot 18 holes after finishing all those early morning farm chores.


EDIT: Way to screw up the joke, Karl.

[Karlifornia]

Mickelson is ON FIRE

[Logan]

Until he found the drink on 12.

[Logan]

I'm just gonna keep bumping this to make sure people are watching.

Tiger and Phil both have eagle putts coming up (Phil's is short) on 15.

[Logan]

Tiger pushes his a bit right. He'll tap in for bird and be two back.

Phil pushes his 4 footer far left! One behind the leader.

[larrymcg421]

Tiger barely missed his long shot and Phil chmissed his 4 ft shot by like 8 ft.

[Logan]

Ha yeah that was terrible.

[Logan]

On the par-3 16th, Tiger hits a beauty to about 5 feet from the pin.

Lefty has a more difficult birdie attempt.

[larrymcg421]

Great shot by Tiger on 16.

It'll be very interesting if both Tiger and Phil end up one stroke behind. Imagine the pressure on Perry as he's got to finish knowing he can't make a single mistake or he'll be in a playoff with two of the best golfers in the world.

[Logan]

Phil leaves his birdie putt way short.

[Logan]

Kenny Perry angrily drops his club after his birdie put on 11 doesn't fall.

[larrymcg421]

I'm not a Mickelson fan, but I sympathize with those who are. The rollercoaster ride he puts them through has to be brutal.

He's given up at least 4 shots on the back 9.

[Logan]

Tiger birdies, one back!

[Radii]

I can't believe Phil missed his eagle putt on 15.

[Logan]

Perry with a huge bird on 12!

Phil has an excellent birdie opp on 17, Tiger is off the green after 2.

[Logan]

Tiger chips past the hole, fairly long par putt coming.

Perry off to a great start on the par-5 12th.

[larrymcg421]

And that's probably it for Tiger.

[larrymcg421]

Holy shit Phil Mickelson what the fuck?

[Logan]

Phil - again - fucks up a simple birdie putt.

[larrymcg421]

Both Tiger and Phil with terrible finishes.

[Logan]

Tiger rocked that tree.

edit: But ended up with a fairly decent approach shot despite being on the 10th hole. He left it within about 10 feet it looks like, shooting for par and what would end up as -9.

Perry pars 13, believe he 3-putted.

[JonInMiddleGA]

ESPN.com current headline on the story
Lefty and Tiger are engaging in a duel for the ages at Augusta. Will one wear another green jacket?

One of 'em is two strokes back of the leader, the other is three strokes back.
How about talking about Perry & Campbell, or even Cabrera, instead?

[Logan]

Um, interesting sand shot by Phil. A long par putt coming up.

[Logan]

Jon, you're not really surprised are you?

Mickelson bogeys to finish at -9. Poor job by him.

[larrymcg421]

ESPN.com current headline on the story


One of 'em is two strokes back of the leader, the other is three strokes back.
How about talking about Perry & Campbell, or even Cabrera, instead?

You're in advertising and you're asking this?

[JonInMiddleGA]

You're in advertising and you're asking this?

Depends upon whether that espn.com front page is supposed to have news or pull viewers short term. In this instance, I'd say they're just as well off to have the leaders in the headline, or at least to say "Tiger & Left try to chase down the leaders".

[Eaglesfan27]

That was a heck of a shot.

[Logan]

Angel with a big birdie drop.

Sick shot by Perry, at -14 and 2 up. For anyone following who didn't see, he rolled his tee shot to about a foot from the cup.

[Radii]

oh boy, perry with a poor chip to potentially make it interesting.

[Karlifornia]

Every time I hear the name Kenny Perry, I start thinking about that "I Kissed a Girl" song.


I'm now actively rooting against Kenny Perry.

[Logan]

Perry hits his tee shot on 18 into the sand. Campbell missed a birdie putt up ahead that would've tied them up.

[Radii]

DRAMA!

A 3 man playoff sounds good here.

[Thomkal]

well that was some impressive choke jobs by Mickelson, Woods, Perry and Campbell there too on the playoff hole.

And Dustin Johnson looked like he was on his way to a horrible final round, six over for the day after 12, he then eagled 13, eagled the par 4 14th, and birdied 15 and parred in from there to at least get back to a respectable +1 for the day, -1 for the tournament. Nice week for the Masters rookie :)

[Dr. Sak]

I love Phil! I'm really impressed at what he did today...yes he missed a makable eagle on 15 and a birdie on 17 but the shot on 7 was amazing. He played in the group with Tiger and he beat him. It wasn't good enough to win this tournament but I'm sure it'll help his confidence from here on out.

#11 was the hole that killed him...+3 for the tournament. It wasn't today that lost it for Phil it was Thursday. Tons of people went low...the course was ripe for the taking and he shot a 73.

[Butter]

Kenny Perry and the Miami Redhawks... 2 choke jobs for the ages this weekend.

Will anyone remember Perry's shot on 16 two years from now?

[Dr. Sak]

Not since he didn't win...and that's a shame because it was one hell of a shot.

I was talking with someone at work this morning about Tiger and Phil's run. We were wondering if they were closer to the leaders (only 1 or 2 holes ahead) if that would have made an even bigger difference because the leaders really didn't start playing good until Tiger and Phil were off the course.

Oh well...still a great tournament.