McIlroy charges but Scottie hangs tough to win the Green Jacket.
Notes, numbers and Quotables, plus the 3rd hole's key role Sunday and a telecast review.
This one is for all to check out and sample the Quadrilateral. Hope you enjoy as much as I did being back in Augusta for a Tradition Unlike Any Other.
Whenever I played the thirteenth or fifteenth hole at Augusta, [my dad] had a habit of kneeling down, cupping his hands and yelling, “Lay up, lay up!” He was just beside himself every time I got near the water. BEN CRENSHAW
Our world No. 1 seizes on the better half of the draw and light afternoon winds to tie 36-hole record for the largest lead in Masters history.
I am no lover of the habit of giving names to holes, but the trees and shrubs which give identity to the holes at Augusta are real enough: flowering peach, magnolia—the drive is alive with them too; yellow jasmine, Carolina cherry, camellia—never was the iron gauntlet of challenge more skillfully concealed in velvet. BOBBY JONES
I am no lover of the habit of giving names to holes, but the trees and shrubs which give identity to the holes at Augusta are real enough: flowering peach, magnolia—the drive is alive with them too; yellow jasmine, Carolina cherry, camellia—never was the iron gauntlet of challenge more skillfully concealed in velvet. BOBBY JONES
I am no lover of the habit of giving names to holes, but the trees and shrubs which give identity to the holes at Augusta are real enough: flowering peach, magnolia—the drive is alive with them too; yellow jasmine, Carolina cherry, camellia—never was the iron gauntlet of challenge more skillfully concealed in velvet. BOBBY JONES
I am no lover of the habit of giving names to holes, but the trees and shrubs which give identity to the holes at Augusta are real enough: flowering peach, magnolia—the drive is alive with them too; yellow jasmine, Carolina cherry, camellia—never was the iron gauntlet of challenge more skillfully concealed in velvet. BOBBY JONES
Groupings were announced on a soggy Tuesday in Augusta and evaluated.
Plus, quotes galore, player insights into the course changes (with photos!) and more in the latest edition.
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A video crew for Masters.com received exclusive access to Tiger Woods’ Sunday practice around and the official site has shared an edited package. Unfortunately it’s more glossy than meaty so it’s tough to tell much about his game, though he’s definitely taking an aggressive lash at the ball. The course was closed to all other media and spectators.
Tiger Woods heads to the course (Geoff Shackelford)
As promised in celebration of 4/4/22—a Triple quadrilateral, this one is open to all to sample as we begin a busy week in Augusta.
Augusta is only fifty minutes by air from Atlanta, everything is just as you have remembered. The air is sweet and soft ; you never fail to see a few familiar golf faces around the terminal; and the man at the car rental desk once again can't seem to find a record of your reservation and can't quite fathom how anyone could have written you a confirmation. HERBERT WARREN WIND
Augusta is only fifty minutes by air from Atlanta, everything is just as you have remembered. The air is sweet and soft ; you never fail to see a few familiar golf faces around the terminal; and the man at the car rental desk once again can't seem to find a record of your reservation and can't quite fathom how anyone could have written you a confirmation. HERBERT WARREN WIND
Augusta is only fifty minutes by air from Atlanta, everything is just as you have remembered. The air is sweet and soft ; you never fail to see a few familiar golf faces around the terminal; and the man at the car rental desk once again can't seem to find a record of your reservation and can't quite fathom how anyone could have written you a confirmation. HERBERT WARREN WIND
Due to budget cuts and tax-incentive driven move to Connecticut, Golf Channel ratings have flatlined and the “brand” diminished despite housing all early round PGA Tour coverage. The once highly-profitable and popular channel is now down to 63 million homes from a peak of nearly 80 million just a few years ago, causing NBC Sports to shift early round U.S. Open and The Open coverage to USA Network.
To stop the bleeding, network executives are said to be mulling an aggressive plan to win back nostalgic viewers. Sources say the initiative, dubbed internally as “Since Holly’s No Longer An Option,” centers around regular weekly late night showings of Tin Cup, the Ron Shelton-directed movie once airing so often that Cheech Marin bought two ocean front homes just off his Golf Channel residuals.
“Someone upstairs equates the film with our Golden Age instead of anything from the original programming, documentaries or award-winning feature department,” said a source. “So get ready for a lot more Tin Cup. Seems Tommy’s Honour just isn’t clicking with the millennials.”
Another source added: “It’ll be expensive, but say goodbye to late night infomercials for Villages insomniacs like Relief From Inflammation, Forgetful?, Try THIS Trick, and Bye Bye Neck Pain. They think this will get the channel’s average age viewer back into the mid-70s.
A third source in Hollywood and connected to actor Don Johnson added, “It’s his most layered role and worthy of more study. So it’s a win-win-win.”
Continuing a concerted effort to go to America’s greatest courses and ensure that future Executive Committees have nothing fun to do, the USGA is set to lock Pebble Beach in through the end of the 21st century.
In announcing the latest “anchor site,” the 2100 U.S. Open “will ensure the next generation can celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tiger Woods’s 15-stroke win in the 2000 U.S. Open,” said the press release which also announced 14 championships for the famous seaside course.
From the release:
“In a world so secure with a future as clear as a sunny day on the Monterey Peninsula, we can’t be more delighted than to announce the securing of Pebble Beach as the site of our national championship for decades to come,” said USGA Chief Championships Officer John Bodenhamer. "It really is a relief to have gotten this deal done for the betterment of the USGA, the Pebble Beach Company and the world’s best golfers who want to play the very best courses. And we have contingency plans should the 18th hole be taken from us.”
Sources say the USGA contract with the Pebble Beach Company includes several “out” clauses should ocean levels rise and take out the finishing holes.
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