The 2012 Masters Discussion Thread

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Is this your opinion or are there some stats out there to look at?

I really miss Shot Tracker and the stats we get on regular tour events. I like to look at fairways hit, GIR, putts, left or right tendencies etc.

Somewhere late in the second nine they commented that Lee was leading the field in GIR.  I just know that he was close a lot yesterday; he made four birdies on the back nine, but could have made 7 or 8.  And he missed a few really easy putts on Friday/Saturday, including a 3-putt from like 6 feet on 18 on Friday.

[bplewis24]

Originally Posted by k-troop

Unless you set your DVR to keep recording for an hour after the scheduled end time, you won't get the finish.  I was at the beach yesterday morning; my DVR cut off when Phil and Hanson were on 18.  Yeah, I'm an IDIOT.

I've learned to always add 1.5 hours to the recording for golf tournaments.  For some strange reason, I really enjoy watching golf as a recording as opposed to watching it live.  Not only can I skip all of the genuflecting, commercial breaks and sponsor plugs, etc.  But there is much less of a chance of me seeing random Facebook updates of friends spoiling the golf results for me or text messages updating me on the action.  Golf just isn't important to most of my friends I guess :)

Anyway, from doing that over the past year, I learned that 30 minutes extra was not enough to catch a whole round.  Then I learned that an hour extra wasn't even enough in the case of delays, extra slow rounds and or playoffs.  So starting a few rounds ago, I made sure to always add 1.5 hours to any golf recording.

But you're right, I'm still not sure if it would catch the whole thing.

Brandon

[Zwick]

I feel bad for Louis, he played just absolutely error-free golf the whole day. He made every important par putt on his 18 holes and just barely missed the putt to win on the first and the putt to tie on the second hole. Lee Westwood is another guy who deserves a lot of applause for his stunning play from tee to green this week, I can't believe how many lips he burned. If you could combine the putting of Louis and the ball striking of Westwood, you would have a winner by 10 strokes.

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by Zwick

I feel bad for Louis, he played just absolutely error-free golf the whole day. He made every important par putt on his 18 holes and just barely missed the putt to win on the first and the putt to tie on the second hole. Lee Westwood is another guy who deserves a lot of applause for his stunning play from tee to green this week, I can't believe how many lips he burned. If you could combine the putting of Louis and the ball striking of Westwood, you would have a winner by 10 strokes.

And that's just Sunday.

[brocks]

Lee Westwood is another guy who deserves a lot of applause for his stunning play from tee to green this week, I can't believe how many lips he burned.

That's why the other players call him "crack pipe."

[Wansteadimp]

Originally Posted by Wansteadimp

Okay here we go, this is where the money has gone: -

Woods at 5/1 & McIlroy at 6/1 - win only - I couldn't bear it if they won and I hadn't backed them

Rose at 33/1, Garcia at 60/1, Snedeker at 80/1 and Oosthuizen at 90/1 - all each-way - all have a reasonable record round Augusta and/or have shown some recent form

Sang-Moon Bae at 200/1 - each way - because he has contended too much this year not to back him at that price

Peter Hanson at 150/1 - each way - I like the odds and he is the sort of player that will end up in the top 5 having flown under everyone's radar all week - see last year's US Open

That only leaves a couple of people in the field that I haven't backed and I don't see Sandy or Larry recapturing past form!!!

That shot of Bubba's cost me £450 - arse!

But Hanson & Louis covered what I put on and then some.

Great tournament - who needs Tiger and Rory in contention to make it great viewing.

[jamo]

[URL=http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/246008/width/214/height/177][IMG]http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/246008/width/214/height/177[/IMG][/URL] I just had to post that somewhere. :-P

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by jamo

I just had to post that somewhere.

Looks like Bubba mistook the old guy's "Take it away guys - I'll step back (but not really) so you can do the jacket presentation" as a handshake offer. Then he shook Chuck's because he didn't want to slight the defending champion. I learned more about Bubba in this clip than his speech.

[Windmill]

Did anyone see this during the jacket presentation to Bubba? I noticed it when it happened live but didn't think twice about it. Then a friend sent me a link to this GIF. It's pretty hilarious when you watch it a few times through. It almost looks choreographed.

http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/misc/hangin.gif

Sorry, this was already posted in the Masters Discussion thread.

[Windmill]

Oh man, I just started a thread with that gif. Sorry for repeating.

[zipazoid]

LOL...PSYCHE!!

[bplewis24]

Deja vu.