2015 Masters Discussion Thread

[Dave2512]

Strong finish for Tiger that approach on 18 was pretty.

[RandallT]

As Jordan kept marching on today, it became more and more apparent that he was in the midst of a pretty historic dominant performance for the first two rounds.

The pesky Charley Hoffman might make things interesting, but I feel like the excitement might be done with already. Anyone else?

If Jordan loses this, it would be a massive disappointment. Would be tough to watch even. None of us like watching a good guy collapse (most of us would agree Jordan is a pretty good guy, I'd hazard to guess).  So what else is left to watch for the week? Someone making a miracle charge and out-dueling Jordan?

Charley could do that, but he has always felt like a second tier player, whereas Jordan is apparently on the rise to stardom. Something seems less than thrilling about Charley Hoffman winning this, but he could certainly add some drama.

Ernie Els could charge, but Jordan would have to come back to the field a bit, I would think.

Maybe someone who finishes late today could make a huge run and get near -10 to make this interesting.

The number of possibilities is narrowing, and I'm not sure any outcome other than Jordan winning will be satisfying.

[David in FL]

Nice, solid round for Tigger. Made for a tough day for us haters.... Ah well, there's always tomorrow! ;-)

[RJH999]

Not surprised at all to see DJ playing well. He and Spieth were my two bets this week. With the par-5s on the back, he could creep up there a little more.

I am. He always sucks at Augusta.

[ChrisP]

So Sergio will post -2 alongside Tiger. The two of them just may end up playing together tomorrow. About a 50 percent chance of that happening.

[pumaAttack]

I have to be honest, ESPN's coverage is utter garbage IMO

I switched to ESPN when they came on.  Listened for 30 mins and changed it back to the online stream from masters.com

[pumaAttack]

I see this going one of two ways for Spieth:

Continues his hot play and shoots a 18/19 under and wins easily.

Or

Blows up and shots high 70s the next two days.

[RFKFREAK]

The number of possibilities is narrowing, and I'm not sure any outcome other than Jordan winning will be satisfying.

If someone makes a run today and makes it competitive, and Speith doesn't win, I'll be satisfied because I'll  more than likely have seen some good golf this weekend.

[RandallT]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3putter

I have to be honest, ESPN's coverage is utter garbage IMO

I switched to ESPN when they came on.  Listened for 30 mins and changed it back to the online stream from masters.com

Seems like the standard CBS schmaltzy Masters coverage team to me. Nantz, Faldo, et al plus Rinaldi interviews (minus Oosterhuis, who retired, and Feherty, who is sick). Not much with an ESPN stamp to me.

I'm not saying it's great, but it's really the same thing we've come to expect.

What is worse than usual in the coverage?

[pumaAttack]

Seems like the standard CBS schmaltzy Masters coverage team to me. Nantz, Faldo, et al plus Rinaldi interviews (minus Oosterhuis, who retired, and Feherty, who is sick). Not much with an ESPN stamp to me.

I'm not saying it's great, but it's really the same thing we've come to expect.

What is worse than usual in the coverage?

Its worse because they dont actually show golf.  They talk the whole time.

Watching a featured group you see the whole course.

[Crim]

Why isn't ESPN showing Rory & Phil at all? This is weird.

[rkim291968]

Wow, kudos for JD!   And ChrisP (I think) who posted earlier that JD is about to break out.  Now the question is, what happens when someone "breaks out?"   Does he win at 30% of all his tournaments?   Does he achieve Tiger slam at least?   It'd be exciting to track his progress.

But I am hoping and rooting for Hoffman to track JD down for a win for old timers (as I am) sake.

[Back 9 Bandit]

Phil was on a few moments ago!

Why isn't ESPN showing Rory & Phil at all? This is weird.

[RandallT]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandallT

Seems like the standard CBS schmaltzy Masters coverage team to me. Nantz, Faldo, et al plus Rinaldi interviews (minus Oosterhuis, who retired, and Feherty, who is sick). Not much with an ESPN stamp to me.

I'm not saying it's great, but it's really the same thing we've come to expect.

What is worse than usual in the coverage?

Its worse because they dont actually show golf.  They talk the whole time.

Watching a featured group you see the whole course.

Yah, it's decent as a supplement to the action, but it's definitely not where to go for the action. Interesting to hear from Jordan and Tiger though. Was that a dig from Tiger? "Or Augusta could leave conditions as is for the weekend, and just make this a shootout."

I'm streaming on the laptop while listening to the interviews. Nice to have options.

[oregongolfguy]

Ouch...Really....How do you wrap your mind around going 67, 68 in the first two rounds of the masters and still be 5 back......

[saevel25]

Rose hit a shank into the gallery. Makes me want to not hit a golf ball today.

[ChrisP]

I think McIlroy really should have played a week ago or the week before. His game still wasn't sharp after Bay Hill. You look at Jordan and he played two weeks both coming in and got some nice momentum and confidence for this week.

[pumaAttack]

Why isn't ESPN showing Rory & Phil at all? This is weird.

Because they arent allowed to show the front nine at Augusta...