The Masters - 2022

[bens197 12,849]

I am still convinced TW is going to win.  He won't win it by making shots, rather letting others make mistakes and just playing within himself...

...sent from my laptop as he drained a 12 footer on 14...

[fixyurdivot 18,193]

Scheffler clearly thinks this is Saturday... holy smokes!

[fixyurdivot 18,193]

1 hour ago, bens197 said:

I am still convinced TW is going to win.  He won't win it by making shots, rather letting others make mistakes and just playing within himself...

...sent from my laptop as he drained a 12 footer on 14...

Admittedly, I am not a huge Tiger fan but wow... true grit... respect .  

[Rickp 30,320]

14 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

Scheffler clearly thinks this is Saturday... holy smokes!

Scottie has a lot of game

[Hobert 865]

1 hour ago, fixyurdivot said:

Scheffler clearly thinks this is Saturday... holy smokes!

I just came on to post that "Friday is Scottie's Moving Day". You beat me to the punch...

[Rickp 30,320]

7 minutes ago, Hobert said:

I just came on to post that "Friday is Scottie's Moving Day". You beat me to the punch...

Just turned on Golf Channel and there’s Scottie on the Range!

[fixyurdivot 18,193]

42 minutes ago, Rickp said:

Just turned on Golf Channel and there’s Scottie on the Range!

Good thing cause he looked awfully loose out there today .  What really surprised me is that at least one or two other players didn't get closer; -5 or -6.  The course and conditions really seems to have throttled the field.  One would get on a short run, then whop, Mother Augusta dashed their mojo.  It's crazy how players go on these relatively short out-of-body runs.  I say relatively as compared to Tigers decade long reign on the field (which some argue has much to do with the field at that time... but I digress). Scotty is just flat out feeling it and has been leading into his being selected for the Ryder Cup and that, IMO, has catapulted his paly and confidence. 

These runs don't last as long these days because the degree of separation between the bulk of the field is so small. It's actually what makes watching the tour so fun for me.  I love that just about any of them can win or make a serious run at it every Sunday. 

[Shankster 33,161]

Still can’t believe Tiger is even playing, let alone playing pretty darned well… 

Scottie is on a roll.  Another day like today and he will be in great shape come Sunday afternoon.

[Rickp 30,320]

I’ve got to stay with the Shane Lowry camp.  Not only do we share Irish heritage but I believe the same Dietician.  

[Muckinfiddle 184]

Honestly if I was tiger woods, after the first round I would have been saying to myself: "I can't believe I've got three more days of this bullshit." I have to say that it is impressive that he's still out there hoofin' it. I walked the course for the first time since last fall and my shins and my toes hurt from being jammed up against my golf shoes from walking 18 holes, that it would have been hard to talk me into playing another round the next day let alone walking it. I'm grateful for the Masters coverage on it and glad that they appreciate his draw enough to keep the cameras on him instead of trying to act like they are greater than thou and not film him everyday.

Edited April 9 by Muckinfiddle
didn't have my glasses and the talk to text wasn't so good

[tony@CIC 22,742]

Watched just a few minutes of play amongst the hours of 'talking heads' on GC. Definitely a big thumbs down for their coverage. Will be watching on the major network instead on Sat and Sun.   

[fixyurdivot 18,193]

1 hour ago, tony@CIC said:

Watched just a few minutes of play amongst the hours of 'talking heads' on GC. Definitely a big thumbs down for their coverage. Will be watching on the major network instead on Sat and Sun.   

I'm just live streaming via masters.com and have our spare laptop hooked up to the TV.  I've got live broadcast on that and switch around between the "featured groups" and other various hole coverages on my laptop.  I'm a busted record here guys but no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, does it like Augusta.  With the exception of the live broadcast, no commercials!  And what a difference in patrons between this and WM... calm and serene vs. chaos and deafening. 

Have you ever checked out the shot by shot coverage they have of each player, for each round?  Whoever created and manages that website deserves a raise .

[cnosil 26,306]

2 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Watched just a few minutes of play amongst the hours of 'talking heads' on GC. Definitely a big thumbs down for their coverage. Will be watching on the major network instead on Sat and Sun.   

GC doesn't have any live coverage.  Masters.com, ESPN+ for early coverage and then CBS for afternoon coverage.  

[Rickp 30,320]

Just now, cnosil said:

GC doesn't have any live coverage.  Masters.com, ESPN+ for early coverage and then CBS for afternoon coverage.  

I guess the Golf Channel isn’t really the GC anymore….

[cnosil 26,306]

3 minutes ago, Rickp said:

I guess the Golf Channel isn’t really the GC anymore….

They have gone a bit downhill but the Masters has never been live on GC.   GC gets coverage of the PGA events as does ESPN+.  Not a fan of ESPN+ coverage but enjoy the fact that I get to watch extra golf coverage.  

[fixyurdivot 18,193]

I have to think the Augusta staff isn't too thrilled with Kisner treating the grounds like a spittoon .  I'm a fan of his but the dugout like spewing isn't too cool.

[Middler 3,774]

50 minutes ago, Rickp said:

I guess the Golf Channel isn’t really the GC anymore….

Maybe I don’t get your drift, but CBS has televised the Masters in the United States every year since 1956 - why would they let that arrangement lapse?

[fixyurdivot 18,193]

Some of these pin placements are bonkers.  Fantastic shots that just miss a slope by a whisker end up rolling 2x further from the hole than the divot...brutal.  There aren't too many courses I play that bring that level of complexity... but then again, anything on the green in regulation is my target .

[Rickp 30,320]

2 hours ago, Middler said:

Maybe I don’t get your drift, but CBS has televised the Masters in the United States every year since 1956 - why would they let that arrangement lapse?

Kinda generalizing.  I used to watch GC quite often years ago for a lot of reasons other than the golf telecasts.  The shows/talent has changed since the move to CT.

[bens197 12,849]

Clear golf watching Charl play this weekend…