The Masters Tournament

[jersey cubs fan]

Limited television coverage early on thanks to those crazy old southern blue bloods. But it's worth paying attention nonetheless.

 

http://www.masters.com/en_US/about/schedule.html

 

Langer and Marino are currently tied for the lead at -3.

[jersey cubs fan]

7 guys tied at -2, including the previously mentioned plus Toms and Watson.

 

Tiger tees off in about 1.5 hours, I read something about ESPN being able to air that live despite not going fully live until 4.

[Soul]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/08/coyne.tiger.woods/index.html?hpt=C1

 

Good Lord enough with the hyper-melodrama over this. Tiger Woods does not owe an apology to YOUR MOM.

[jersey cubs fan]

He is in the fairway.

[Soul]

ESPN.com has live streaming coverage of Amen corner, 15 & 16. Pretty good quality feed too. If you're at work like me...

[OleMissCub]

I sent you a PM, Soul.

[ISUCubsFan]

Tom Watson with a 5 under 67. Not bad for a 60 year old.

[Banedon]

Tom Watson with a 5 under 67. Not bad for a 60 year old.

 

Yep...birdied the 18th, and is the sole leader. Hope he can hang in there the whole way.

[TruffleShuffle]

4 way tie at -5 between watson, mickelson, lee westwood and y.e. yang

 

i just saw some guy chip in from the sand trap... that's not that notable, but the fact that he was wearing a button-down shirt and tie is kinda weird.

[CubbieBum]

Well I am done with this tournament. Apparently they blackout anyone close to Augusta and don't offer a local channel to see it on. If you live somewhat close to Augusta you get black outed because they expect you go pay the 400-500 bucks to be able to see it. This is absolutely ridiculous. You are not baseball, football or basketball where there are lots of games and the tickets are relatively cheap. You are a unique tournament that only the wealthy are able to see.

 

Does the Kentucky Derby black out people in around the track? I am so sick of asinine black out rules in sports and I really, really, really wish this would be one of the things Congress decides to step in and fix even though there is no chance they will.

[Soul]

I sent you a PM, Soul.

 

Thanks.

[SpongeWorthy]

Really good leaderboard so far.

[TruffleShuffle]

the way they're talking about tiger woods, you'd think he hadn't picked up a golf club in five years.

[hawkeyecub]

Freddy was dialed in today, I hope he sticks. Tiger was Tiger. Missed some fairways though his driver wasn't bad, great irons, good putting with a few lip-outs. That miss on 18 surprised me. Still when he shoots 68 on Thursday, look out.

[Drew Doughty]

no one should be black outed

[kujay]

no one should be black outed

 

He'll have to tell his parents one of these days.

[Soul]

the way they're talking about tiger woods, you'd think he hadn't picked up a golf club in five years.

 

Yeah, that's true. It seems longer because of the scandal.

[Guest]

The free masters golf app on Iphone is simply amazing quality. I've been watching Amen corner for a few hours now, and a featured group app should be starting up soon. Yesterday, the featured groups were Mike Wier's group earlier in the day and Villegas later in the day.

[abuck1220]

Well I am done with this tournament. Apparently they blackout anyone close to Augusta and don't offer a local channel to see it on. If you live somewhat close to Augusta you get black outed because they expect you go pay the 400-500 bucks to be able to see it. This is absolutely ridiculous. You are not baseball, football or basketball where there are lots of games and the tickets are relatively cheap. You are a unique tournament that only the wealthy are able to see.

 

Does the Kentucky Derby black out people in around the track? I am so sick of asinine black out rules in sports and I really, really, really wish this would be one of the things Congress decides to step in and fix even though there is no chance they will.

 

i could make any number of boycott/mcdonalds/apartment complex grocery bills/nacho cheese jokes here, but instead i'm just going to wonder how it is that someone who expects to actually earn a living as a writer, thinks "black outed" is proper english. i mean, that is just staggering.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

it's mind bottling

[TruffleShuffle]

haha, ernie els was behind the green on 15 after already hitting in the water once, and he chipped over the green and it rolled down the hill but stopped in some thicker grass just before going in the water. his caddy gave him a ball and he went to drop it and the gallery all started yelling at him not to. it was pretty funny.

[Wilson A2000]

Well I am done with this tournament. Apparently they blackout anyone close to Augusta and don't offer a local channel to see it on. If you live somewhat close to Augusta you get black outed because they expect you go pay the 400-500 bucks to be able to see it. This is absolutely ridiculous. You are not baseball, football or basketball where there are lots of games and the tickets are relatively cheap. You are a unique tournament that only the wealthy are able to see.

 

Does the Kentucky Derby black out people in around the track? I am so sick of asinine black out rules in sports and I really, really, really wish this would be one of the things Congress decides to step in and fix even though there is no chance they will.

 

How far out does the blackout go? That is unbelievable. But hey, they got to be able to raise money to run the course because the billionaires who belong to the club pay a measly $10,000 a year in dues.

 

A couple of my thoughts.

1. What are those lines in the green in some of them as if someone took a large rake and raked it?

2. I was pretty ticked off at Billy Payne for saying that Tiger letting down those who thought he was their role model was worse than what he did to his family. First of all I would only want to my kids to imitate Tiger on the golf course. There are very few athletes that people want their kids to imitate for what they do away from sports. Secondly, the heartbreak he put his family through is far far worse than anything else. Payne put Woods on a pedestal in order to tear him down because few parents, even before the affairs, told their kids to model Woods' private life.

3. The plane that was flying around had a huge letdown in its message today. They could really get nasty with that thing. Today's just had to do with disbelieving Tiger Woods' excuse of being a sex addict. Did he ever say he was? The plane was visited by the FAA yesterday for safety violations and had to fix a few things up.

4. Woods/ 11th mistress, the porn star, had an interview on Atlanta's sports radio station. She said his whole entourage knew what he was doing. She said she stayed with Tiger in his hotel room during tournaments. She knew Tiger was married, but took no responsibility for her actions because Tiger pursued her. She had the gall to say that Tiger should apologize to her because she was in love with him and he just cut off the relationship once he got found out. She said that it has been very tough being dumped like that and she is going through emotional struggles and might not ever be able to marry because she has trust issues with men now. She wants to sit down with Elin and tell her how pathetic Tiger is. Unbelievable.

[TruffleShuffle]

lee westwood needs to choke... he's getting too far ahead. i want an interesting sunday.

[TruffleShuffle]

ok never mind, mickelson eagled the par 5 13th and then holed a 9 iron from the fairway on 14 for another eagle... he's one back of westwood now.

 

mickelson looks really locked in... this is fun golf.

Edited April 10, 2010 by TruffleShuffle

[sweetpeteman]

ok never mind, mickelson eagled the par 5 13th and then holed a 9 iron from the fairway on 14 for another eagle... he's one back of westwood now.

 

 

Westwood bogies the twelth and Phil comes a foot from three eagles in a row on 15.