The 2011 Masters - The Main Thread

[topspin4hand]

What a Sunday. Honestly, Rory was key in making it entertaining. He was either gonna bring it and runaway like Tiger yrs ago or he was gonna implode and let everyone go at it. Too bad it was the latter ... I'm wondering if the analysts will try to rank Rory's collapse with ones from the past. Oh yeah ... Tiger had a small role in jacking up the excitement level too.

[Sai-Jin]

Charles Schwartzel wins masters....

Wow... Tiger did very well imho.

Too bad about Rory

[Zeph]

What can we say, this has been one of the most thrilling sundays I've ever seen. I'm a bit disappointed with the finish, wanting Tiger to win it, or at least see a playoff, but you got to give it to Charl for making birdie on the last four holes at Augusta.

Yet again wee see the pressure of having a 54 hole lead in a major championship, it was painful to watch Rory today.

[bplewis24]

Yeah, if anything I think this shows us that nobody ever really looks like they're going to implode or choke under the pressure until they actually do. Dustin Johnson never showed signs of it last year for the first three rounds at the US Open, and Rory didn't show any signs of it the first three rounds this year. The craziest thing about these implosions, though, is that they are nearly immediate. DJ gave it up right away, and you saw Rory's lead shrink immediately after the first hole was done, and it was completely gone by the 3rd hole. The implosion was still a ways off, but the signs of it slipping away were evident right off the bat. Brandon

[Uncle Peter]

Congratulations to Schwartzel. He really played a good round. It's too bad Rory couldn't hang on.

[jamo]

I was rooting for Tiger early, then when we realized that -10 wasn't going to win it, I switched to Scott. Too bad.

[mcfc_nick]

incredible day of golf! its amazing how sunday at the masters always delivers! bit gutted as i really wanted jason day to pull through and win it (my 3rd favourite golfer behind AK & Watney) but for Scwartzel to finish birdie-birdie-birdie-birdie proves how much he deserved it!

oh and Rory completely bottled it, he'll learn from it though, he is a good enough player to do so, Watney and DJ both did the same thing last year in the last round of a major and have hit back with wins after them (Watney the WGC last month & DJ with the BMW towards the back end of last year). Rory will benefit from having the experience of being in the final group of a major on Sunday and will definitely win a major and soon!

[Deryck Griffith]

I am still out of breath.....what a Sunday.  I love this game........

[BonoVox]

And when the dust clears........

Have to say one of the best Sundays ever. Saddest part is we have to wait a whole year to do it again.

A bit anticlimactic at the ending as the possibilities added up into possible dream scenarios. Great tournament and came close to being epic of all time.

[michaeljames92]

Thats a few times now Rory has choked with a lead in a tournament. Time to switch to S&T; Rory! :-P

It's interesting because most players do have a centred pivot these days but Rory stil has quite a lateral movement in the backswing for a renown ball striker

[mcfc_nick]

the only way today could have been better was if there was a play-off, one of the best of all time

[iPutt]

I stopped my round today after 13 holes to watch the back 9 and am not regretting my decision one bit.

[topspin4hand]

For some reason this felt different than what Rory did at the Open ... I didn't see that round but I remember hearing that the wind was crazy that day.  But you gotta admit that he did choke today. Even if you subtract the triple bogey, he was looking a little tight on the front 9 at times.  As the old-heads in my golf league say, "that pressure will bust a pipe!"

Originally Posted by michaeljames92

Thats a few times now Rory has choked with a lead in a tournament. Time to switch to S&T; Rory! :-P

It's interesting because most players do have a centred pivot these days but Rory stil has quite a lateral movement in the backswing for a renown ball striker

[mcfc_nick]

Originally Posted by topspin4hand

For some reason this felt different than what Rory did at the Open ... I didn't see that round but I remember hearing that the wind was crazy that day.  But you gotta admit that he did choke today. Even if you subtract the triple bogey, he was looking a little tight on the front 9 at times.  As the old-heads in my golf league say, "that pressure will bust a pipe!"

to be fair he wasnt too bad, the 7 on 10 did do him over, after that he had 2 more bogeys and a double so was 7 over on the back so was playing solidly (as well as nervously) until the 10th!

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by mcfc_nick

to be fair he wasnt too bad, the 7 on 10 did do him over, after that he had 2 more bogeys and a double so was 7 over on the back so was playing solidly (as well as nervously) until the 10th!

I'd be happy with  43 on the back nine at Augusta National, but I suck. He sucked on the back nine today. Sucked real bad. The end.

[topspin4hand]

No doubt about that. I don't follow the quotes of golfers except during the weeks of majors, so I don't know about the accuracy of all the alleged Rory quotes, but if true, he was a VERY confident young'n and near the line of cocky (you gotta be to be that good at such a young age...) and this experience will definitely humble him a little.  I thought his post-rounds comments were excellent and better than I would of mustered if I were in his shoes and I'm in my mid 30's.

Originally Posted by sean_miller

I'd be happy with  43 on the back nine at Augusta National, but I suck. He sucked on the back nine today. Sucked real bad. The end.

[Chilli Dipper]

My rubric on the quality of major championships is this: if I'm browsing through the television channels late on a Wednesday night, and the highlight video of that tournament is playing on Golf Channel or somewhere, would I be compelled to watch it? Well, I would definitely watch the 2011 Masters recap.

[golf4fun12]

Originally Posted by mcfc_nick

the only way today could have been better was if there was a play-off, one of the best of all time

imagine if there was a playoff with 6 people at -10. that would be crazy!