The 2011 Masters - The Main Thread

[dblbgy17]

Originally Posted by Aquaguru

I absolutely love the coverage the Masters offers online.  I like how they are following fowler, day and rory I like seeing how they play each shot tee to green.  You don't get that on tv coverage.

i couldn't agree more.  this is the first year i actually preferred watching the round online instead of tv.  the round was so much more in depth, more caddy/player interaction as well as player/player interaction.  very cool.

[Aquaguru]

Originally Posted by dblbgy17

i couldn't agree more.  this is the first year i actually preferred watching the round online instead of tv.  the round was so much more in depth, more caddy/player interaction as well as player/player interaction.  very cool.

Yea thats what I love about the online coverage. Awesome

[Kieran123]

The last grouping was impressive. Absolutely bombing it, making putts, laughing....awesome golf

[Backspinalot]

I have phil, rory, and anthony kim as my top three in an 80 person pool, 10 bucks an entry. I guess I am doing okay but anthony kim really has to pick it up.

[iPutt]

So what's the census, one under for Tiger after the first round a positive or negative thing? On one hand he missed a good amount of chances but on the other, he didn't blow up and he played some solid golf. I say positive. I mean overall his first round average is 72.something, so technically he's doing better than most times.

[golf4fun12]

tiger changed his putter again. so who knows what will happen with his putting this weekend.

attention all.....did anyone else notice that a commentator got mixed up with Y.E. Yang and KJ Choi?? the guy kept saying Y.E. when it was obviously KJ. he did it twice in fact calling KJ by Y.E. and then there was some silence and then after the cameras went away, they resumed talking. maybe not a big deal, i don't know.

[motteler621]

Originally Posted by golf4fun12

tiger changed his putter again. so who knows what will happen with his putting this weekend.

attention all.....did anyone else notice that a commentator got mixed up with Y.E. Yang and KJ Choi?? the guy kept saying Y.E. when it was obviously KJ. he did it twice in fact calling KJ by Y.E. and then there was some silence and then after the cameras went away, they resumed talking. maybe not a big deal, i don't know.

Tiger has used this Nike method mallet for like the last 2-3 tournaments. I pretty much expect him to come to tournaments with it now,

[Chilli Dipper]

Originally Posted by iPutt

So what's the census, one under for Tiger after the first round a positive or negative thing? On one hand he missed a good amount of chances but on the other, he didn't blow up and he played some solid golf. I say positive. I mean overall his first round average is 72.something, so technically he's doing better than most times.

Tiger has become predictable. He has one good round on Friday or Saturday, and pads it with a pedestrian showing in the other 54 holes. Thursday was an unspectacular round, and he'll surprise me if he can go lower than 71 more than once this week.

[xxsoultonesxx]

Originally Posted by Kieran123

The last grouping was impressive. Absolutely bombing it, making putts, laughing....awesome golf

They did a really good job selecting pairings for more airtime. Between the pairings online (Mcilroy, Fowler, and Day) , Mickelson, Ogilvy, and Uihlein...And these mega bombers holding down the caboose with a good show all the way to the end. Looking forward to see how the course plays through the rest of the tournament, there are a lot of pretty difficult hole locations they can use.

[Bananarama]

does anyone else find the masters website kills your browser?  I am at a standard work station on IE6 (argh) and it kills it or I am at home on a good laptop with firefox and it still kills it... argh!

Edit: just found this thread about it... http://thesandtrap.com/forum/thread/45426/masters-website-script-errors#post_592447

[ohio golfer]

Originally Posted by topspin4hand

How did Stenson make an 8 on the first par 3?

He missed the putt for quadruple bogey?

[groovezilla79]

Kaymer.... fail.

[Chilli Dipper]

Originally Posted by groovezilla79

Kaymer.... fail.

Poor Martin hasn't done a good job defending his World No. 1 status in light of that "6 of top 7 players can go to the top of the rankings" talk before the event. He's not going to make the cut, which will only make things easier for his pursuers.

[MrKadash]

I say Tiger betters his opening 71 today.

[Uncle Peter]

I say K.J. Choi takes it this year

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by Uncle Peter

I say K.J. Choi takes it this year

What a gutsy call this morning - LOL.

In honour of another guy near the top of the leaderboard, Ricky Barnes, I've changed my avatar to one of his fellow players.

[jamo]

Phil is starting off a little slow.

Originally Posted by Uncle Peter

I say K.J. Choi takes it this year

He was in it until the end last year, but IIRC he fell apart on the back nine.

[jamo]

AK just damn near whiffed one from the pine straw on 11. He drove it further into the straw and had to take an unplayable. Watching him is getting painful.