Fore Please. 2024 Masters Thread

I remember as a kid the first nine holes were basically a mystery as they were hardly ever shown on TV. To go from that to this, which is basically all-access and free, is one helluva great job.

 

Has anyone seen Tyrell Hatton and Quagmire in the same room? #giggity

 

Jason Day seems exceedingly pissy about the wind. Ain’t shit you can do about it, mate!

 

He also seems to be wearing parachute pants. Which seems like an odd choice, both with the wind and just for fashion reasons.

 

Obviously it was a par 68 today for Bryson. It'll be interesting to see if he can go a whole 72 holes after playing 54 for so long now (some snark, but also kinda serious).

And Scottie Scheffler is on some kind of heater. He was the total no-brainer of the four in my Masters pool.

 

Scheffler wins by five. Or more.

 

I think Brooks already answered this question. And I hate Liv. But those guys - the recent major winners - are still good.

 

I sort of put Brooks in a different category. He’s only ever cared about the majors. He doesn’t seem to give a shit about regular tournaments, on PGAT or LIV.

Looks like DeChambeau has been solid in majors since the split, other than the Masters. And he’s been largely terrible at Augusta.

No question the LIV guys are still great golfers. But I think the longer it goes with 54 holes and fields that aren’t as deep and talented, the more it will hurt them in the majors.

 

Kind of an offshoot of the my thoughts on The Masters earlier - never changing- I really wonder how different it would be if it had "kept up with the times" with regards to TV Sports. Clearly, there would be a title sponsor, more commercial breaks, maybe a car floating on a riser on the par 3 16, tickets wouldn't be by subscription or whatever, Every year would be on the open secondary market. A bigger field, of course. One change I think would be really interesting and fun - and add more to the week - is a "play-in" tourney on the Tuesday maybe for pros not yet qualified, with the caveat that they had never played Augusta before. And played at a different local course.

 

Tiger moving gingerly out there this morning. I've seen this movie before.