Sexist members at Augusta to be taken out and thrashed

[rasb]

Another lucky day for Tiger, the golfer...

[dukehjsteve]

Another lucky day for Tiger, the golfer...

No luck there. Tiger the Golfer can play. If he had putted just a bit better he would have had a 64.

[rasb]

Another lucky day for Tiger, the golfer...

No luck there. Tiger the Golfer can play. If he had putted just a bit better he would have had a 64.

Yes, I was indulging in a bit of satire. The way he played today, with the time off and all the "distractions", made me think he will emerge from this as an even better golfer. There was certainly some good scoring out there today, and I am really looking forward to the next few days.

[bambam]

Another lucky day for Tiger, the golfer...

No luck there. Tiger the Golfer can play. If he had putted just a bit better he would have had a 64.

And if a frog had wings, he wouldn't womp his ass so much. If he had putted worse he woulda shot 71. What he shot was 68.

[Rye Catcher]

With Freddy and old Tom tearing up the course, it had to be scary for the kids. Bambam coulda shot low.

[Marlow]

Tiger the Golfer can play.

We have a Tafny winner in the 'Tastefully Understated" category!

[TrainerPhil]

Tiger the Golfer can play.

We have a Tafny winner in the 'Tastefully Understated" category!

Yeah, I'm not sure what's that about. Tiger the Golfer as opposed to Tiger the TV Watcher or Grocery Shopper? Tiger the Cellphone User or Car Driver ? Tiger the Adulterer?

[Rye Catcher]

I am impressed with Tigers play for the first 2 rounds. He is in the hunt as the big muscles are working well. Putting is a bit off but he is dangerous for the weekend. Gotta admit the Brits are playing very well.

[SQUACKEE]

Yeah, Tiger is striking the ball as good as ever, his short game is a little shakey but he is playing amazingly well, considering. I cant help myself....GO TIGER!!!!!!!!!

If not Tigee, go Couples!!!!

[dukehjsteve]

Tiger the Golfer can play.

We have a Tafny winner in the 'Tastefully Understated" category!

Yeah, I'm not sure what's that about. Tiger the Golfer as opposed to Tiger the TV Watcher or Grocery Shopper? Tiger the Cellphone User or Car Driver ? Tiger the Adulterer?

My point was that I NO LONGER CARE about any Tiger except Tiger The Golfer.

[Conor Dary]

My point was that I NO LONGER CARE about any Tiger except Tiger The Golfer.

Great point. My feelings exactly!

[SQUACKEE]

My point was that I NO LONGER CARE about any Tiger except Tiger The Golfer.

Great point. My feelings exactly!

The fact that he routinely satisfied his insatiable appetite for blond bimbo's, strippers and whores was interesting only because he was married with children. Anybody with their own actual life should be completely bored with this news by now.

Tiger is not a great human being. He is most likely an arrogant self absorbed prick. But he has an uncanny ability to hit a little white ball with a metal club, that's it! He hits the little white ball with a metal club better than anyone else who's ever tried to hit a little white ball with a metal club. That's interesting and it's fun to watch "Babe Ruth with a golf club" continually dominate a sport which is so,so difficult to dominate.

On Thursday Tiger hit his tee shot on a very long uphill par 4, way left and had trees blocking his next shot to the green. He had to hook his approach shot some 30 yards left and get his ball to stop on a slick green. He did it perfectly and then made a beautiful putt for an improbable birdie. Now THAT'S interesting.

5 months ago, Tiger was lying unconscious in the street with his teeth knocked out after crashing his car. His first serious golf outing since then is a little tournament called "The Masters" and he is 2 back starting the weekend!!!! INTERESTING.

[Rye Catcher]

The 2 brits who are leading gotta be sweating as they view the Asian heritage twosome just ahead of them close the gap. Within 3 holes, the next to last pairing could be leading the Masters. It's scary to have a Tiger on your tail.

[az2004]

what about the 16 year old italian kid who made the cut...

what was tiger doing at 16 .....NOT making the cut in augusta...

better watch out tiger, you got competition soon...

[SQUACKEE]

. It's scary to have a Tiger on your tail.

A Tiger in divorce court, not so scary. A Tiger in it's natural habitat? TERRIFYING!

[Marlow]

what about the 16 year old italian kid who made the cut...
what was tiger doing at 16 .....NOT making the cut in augusta...
better watch out tiger, you got competition soon...

After the kid turns 21, I tell ya what. We'll bet the farm on which one posts the better score in every tournament they're in together till Tiger turns 60. Deal?

[az2004]

tiger LIFESTYLE, from his horny days till now...

how will be a faithful husband AFFECT him...or won't he be able to handle that aspect...

the bigger question is who was better at 16...tiger or the italian kid....

how do you know he won't spank tiger around...

and it that happens, how will tigers psyche handle that...???

[SQUACKEE]

what about the 16 year old italian kid who made the cut...
what was tiger doing at 16 .....NOT making the cut in augusta...
better watch out tiger, you got competition soon...

After the kid turns 21, I tell ya what. We'll bet the farm on which one posts the better score in every tournament they're in together till Tiger turns 60. Deal?

Yep, as we all know, the track world is littered with young super stars who did not fulfill their great promise.

[Marlow]

how will be a faithful husband AFFECT him.

I think that's behind him. The wife is going, going, . . . . . I can't believe he'll marry again for a long, long time.

[tandfman]

how will be a faithful husband AFFECT him.

I think that's behind him. The wife is going, going, . . . . . I can't believe he'll marry again for a long, long time.

Never underestimate the power and influence of the small brain.

[CookyMonzta]

Tiger -5 at the 11th hole today. With Westwood at -12, looks like Tiger will be fighting to stay in the top 5.

[rasb]

Tiger -5 at the 11th hole today. With Westwood at -12, looks like Tiger will be fighting to stay in the top 5.

Remind me to NOT allow you to pick my lottery numbers...

[gh]

how will be a faithful husband AFFECT him.

I think that's behind him. The wife is going, going, . . . . . I can't believe he'll marry again for a long, long time.

nah, he's exhibiting all the characteristics required to be a classic serial wiver.

[SQUACKEE]

Hey Bam, is there such a thing as concentration fitness, in other words Tiger seemed to lose his focus on Saturday, running a birdie putt by 20 feet ect ect. He has been hitting shots in practice but he hasn't had to totally focus for 4 days in a row in intense competition.

[bambam]

Hey Bam, is there such a thing as concentration fitness, in other words Tiger seemed to lose his focus on Saturday, running a birdie putt by 20 feet ect ect. He has been hitting shots in practice but he hasn't had to totally focus for 4 days in a row in intense competition.

Absolutely. Hogan overcame it back in the early 50s when he played only occasionally but he was a different bird, even than Tiger.

Last tournament I played was the 1986 Massachusetts Open at CC New Seabury on Cape Cod. I was an ortho resident at the time but on vacation and elected to play it. Had not been playing but hitting balls for a few months. I remember on the 2nd hole of the 1st round, I missed about an 18 inch putt. I never would have missed that putt when I was playing competitively all the time.

[bambam]

Hey Bam, is there such a thing as concentration fitness, in other words Tiger seemed to lose his focus on Saturday, running a birdie putt by 20 feet ect ect. He has been hitting shots in practice but he hasn't had to totally focus for 4 days in a row in intense competition.

Also, running a birdie 20 feet past at Augusta may not be an example of loss of concentration. You really can't fathom how fast greens are at the majors until you play them. Two examples.

1974 US Amateur at Inverness (fastest greens I've ever seen) - 2nd-round match on 9 - short par-5. My opponent has mucked up the hole, which is an easy birdie, and has about a 3-footer left for par. I hit two good shots and had a 20-footer for eagle. But my putt had to go uphill about 4 feet and then down a cliff to the hole. All I had to do to win the hole was 2-putt and that was all I was trying to do. But I hit it about 18-feet past the hole and three-putted for par. There was almost no way to stop the putt, short of almost leaving on the 4-foot ridge at the top.

1977 US Open at Southern Hills - my caddie and I went out to the course Sunday afternoon after flying to Tulsa that day. I was hitting some putts on the putting green and he said that the green looked really fast. He was about an 8-handicapper and a good putter and hit 3 balls from about 15-feet. The hole he was aiming at was cut 20 feet from the edge of the green and he did not keep any of the his putts on the surface.

Some spots at Augusta on the greens are impossible - no way to play the ball from certain spots on the greens. The most difficult green is 14, which has several dead elephants buried under it. If it wasn't at Augusta most players would complain that that green is unfair. 9 and 15 are also very difficult greens.

No, I never played in the Masters. Missed qualifying for it 3 times by close margin (2 shots at 1972 US Amateur [14th, took top 8], quarter-finals at 1974 US Amateur [took semis], 3 shots at 1976 Players Championships [took top 15 and I was about 20th).

But I've been to the tournament three times - 1974 right out of Duke, 1977 dropped by on Tuesday while driving to the alternate tournament that week, and 1984, watching Crenshaw, who has been a friend since we were 16. The thing most people don't realize on TV is how hilly the course is. It is a hike. The walk up 18 is straight up a mountain. The 2nd shot on 15 to the water-guarded green is from atop a mountain, which is why they can hit 6- or 7-irons from 215 yards sometimes.

I never played the course. I had several opportunities because I know a bunch of the members but always turned them down. I only wanted to play it the second week of April.

[DrJay]

Did CBS really need to stick a microphone up a tree near a bird's nest?

[CookyMonzta]

He'll finish top 5. His putting (which has been his Achilles' heel when it comes to crunch time) will decide which spot in the top 5 he finishes.

QED.
-11 (tie for 4th). He and K.J. Choi matched cards in every round.

[rasb]

So, Tiger finished with a 69 on the last day....The gawds are having such fun with this story...

[DrJay]

Tiger interview...what an unhappy dude.

[CookyMonzta]

Tiger interview...what an unhappy dude.

When there are so many putts he knows he should have made but didn't, naturally he's going to be unhappy.

[DrJay]

Yeah, but he strikes me as someone that never will be happy, win, lose, in youth or old age, married, single, fooling around, faithful. He's just unhappy.

Look at Lefty. He's a happy man. If he lost, he'd still be happy....maybe tomorrow morning, maybe Tuesday, but there's a man that knows what's important in life.

[Marlow]

Look at Lefty. He's a happy man. If he lost, he'd still be happy.

Kissing one's breast cancer survivor wife after winning the Masters . . . priceless.

[bambam]

Tiger interview...what an unhappy dude.

When there are so many putts he knows he should have made but didn't, naturally he's going to be unhappy.

I haven't chimed in on this before, but please stop saying Tiger doesn't win because he misses putts. Tiger is the greatest putter in the world, and maybe the greatest ever. Every putt cannot go in. He made plenty of putts today. Some don't go in.

When Tiger loses, it is usually because of what happened today. He cannot drive the ball in the fairway with any regularity. In fact, as bad a driver as he is, it is unbelievable the scores he is able to manufacture. From the middle of the fairway, Tiger is the greatest player ever - no doubt about it. If he ever learns to control his driver, he would win every tournament by 10 shots. Look at how many fairways he missed today and not only that, by fairly large margins. As he said in the interview, he hit the ball worse almost every day. Shooting a 69 today from where he drove it, especially when he was black 3 after 5, was a miracle.

[Dutra]

Did CBS really need to stick a microphone up a tree near a bird's nest?

I've noticed the chirping bird(s) at the Masters in the past. I've thought it might be piped in to the broadcast to make things more "friendly". It's definitely not new and maybe they rent space from the bird.