2018 Masters Tournament Discussion Topic

[NEhomer]

11 hours ago, turtleback said:

I don't understand people being obsessed with other people's sex lives.  Whether it's sports, politics, entertainment, or otherwise.

When it results in a wife Fing a player up with a 3 wood and taking 300mil back home to Switzerland, the story kinda gains legs past the sexual content. Just saying that it's not exactly one's "sex life" that's the story.

Apologies in advance to our international friends here but I only hope an American wins this year's tourney.

Edited April 3, 2018 by NEhomer

[boogielicious]

46 minutes ago, Moxley said:

Lots of Brits in the small field, all short on majors, so I'd be thrilled if any of them can do it. My hunch though is Bubba Watson, who's has the game and the form. Obviously Tiger managing #15 would also make a great spectacle. 

Exciting times. 

Don't count out Rose. He has flown under the radar but is playing well.

[woodzie264]

HAPPY MASTERS WEEK!!!!!  

Edited April 3, 2018 by woodzie264

[NEhomer]

TO ALL WIVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS, BE IT KNOWN.....

Sunday Afternoon from 3p.m. to 7p.m. kindly leave us the hell alone!

signed,

golf dads everywhere

[ChrisP]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

Don't count out Rose. He has flown under the radar but is playing well.

Not sure I would say Rose is flying under radar. A lot of people picking him which is why I’m nervous about picking him in my Masters pool. 

[mcanadiens]

33 minutes ago, NEhomer said:

TO ALL WIVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS, BE IT KNOWN.....

Sunday Afternoon from 3p.m. to 7p.m. kindly leave us the hell alone!

signed,

golf dads everywhere

Good sentiment. Please add employers.

[klineka]

42 minutes ago, ChrisP said:

Not sure I would say Rose is flying under radar. A lot of people picking him which is why I’m nervous about picking him in my Masters pool. 

Whether or not you (or anyone else) picks him has no impact on how he is going to do 

That being said, it wouldnt surprise me if someone like him was in contention late Sunday, especially with a ton of attention being on the "bigger" names if you will like Tiger, DJ, Rory, etc.

[GrandStranded]

Sergio is the forgotten man here. He's the defending champion. I haven't seen him picked by anyone here in their lists.   

[Foot Wedge]

Jason Day changing irons right before the Masters...bold move.

[saevel25]

https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/day-changes-caddies-irons-masters/

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The stats suggest that Day’s iron play has been his only weakness this season. He’s ranked 106^th in greens hit and 183^rd in strokes gained: approach the green.

“Hopefully with this current change that will slowly bring everything in,” he said, “and give myself a few more opportunities on the greens.”

Not sure that it will help that much. 183rd in strokes gained approach to the green is not good for Augusta.

That seems more like he's been way off than a little off. Who knows, maybe the new irons will bring a confidence boost.  

[Slugox]

Masters week. My favorite tournament of the year. Love it. Let's go Tiger. :D

[iacas]

1 hour ago, ChrisP said:

Not sure I would say Rose is flying under radar. A lot of people picking him which is why I’m nervous about picking him in my Masters pool. 

Yeah, I picked Justin to finally get it done this year.

[nevets88]

Finally, some Instagram video.

 

[nevets88]

LOL

 

[nevets88]

Mmmmm, lobster

 

[dennyjones]

20 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

LOL

 

Now that is funny...Thanks for sharing

[NM Golf]

I just hope it's someone I care about watching is in the hunt on Sunday. When Danny Willett won two years ago it was a snooze fest. I mean who the hell is Danny Willet? (Well besides the 2016 Masters Champion ) Sergio's win last year was cool. The Bubba Watson wins were fun to watch, Speith's win was good. All of Mickelson's were fun to watch. Charl Schwartzel's win, not so much. 

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MAJOR CHAMPION: There are 20 guys who, at their best, play like Tiger did in 2000. At least physically.

I thought this was an interesting quote from the article Erik posted. Just shows the difference in the strength and depth of the fields on the PGA Tour from then and now. And I think you can attribute a lot of that to Tiger, he made golf cool, he brought more true athletes into the sport. 

Edited April 3, 2018 by NM Golf

[Zeph]

Thursday and Friday pairings are out. http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/pairings/index.html

Some notables:

Tiger Woods, Marc Leishman, Tommy Fleetwood (10:42AM EDT on Thursday, 1:27 PM EDT on Friday).
Sergio Garcia, Justin Thomas, Doc Redman (A)
Bubba Watson, Henrik Stenson, Jason Day
Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar
Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm
Jordan Spieth, Alex Noren, Louis Oosthuizen
Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson, Rafael Cabrera-Bello

Featured Groups Thursday:

http://www.masters.com/en_US/news/articles/2018-04-03/2018-04-03_thursday_featured_groups_announced.html

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Thursday, April 5

10:09 a.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Patton Kizzire, Paul Casey
10:42 a.m. – Tiger Woods, Marc Leishman, Tommy Fleetwood
1:38 p.m. – Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm
2:00 p.m. – Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson, Rafael Cabrera Bello

Tiger and Phil played practice rounds together: https://www.pgatour.com/news/2018/04/03/masters-notebook-tuesday.html

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Couples told the Golf Channel that Woods and Mickelson were on the same team and didn't have much problem handling Couples and Pieters. Tiger eagled both par 5s on the back.

"They had two eagles and several birdies. They enjoyed beating us badly," Couples said. "I feel bad for Thomas. I couldn’t help Jack Nicklaus in his prime today.”

 

Hell hath frozen over. pic.twitter.com/XsXH4A3SVv

— Tiger Tracker (@GCTigerTracker) April 3, 2018

 

Edited April 3, 2018 by Zeph