Fore Please. 2024 Masters Thread

[swingline]

I am the egg man

 

[Chef2]

What a nice little thrill to see Craig Stadler in there
again every year. ... WOO-HOO-HOOOOO, WALRUS!!!

I've got his autograph from the 1999 Sprint International out at Castle Pines.
Super nice guy.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

Glad Jack left the red MAGA hat in the hotel room.

 

[playthrough]

It's always the little touches that amaze ... the press building has a media locker room (!) and on the walls are framed newspapers from Masters wins, and they are rotated every year based on anniversaries. And not just major newspapers; there's a front page from the LaCrosse Tribune when Fuzzy Zoeller won 45 years ago.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I was reading the tee sheet this morning and I saw Bryson DeChambeau's name. This caused me to realize I couldn't remember the last time I'd read, heard, or thought of the guy. This is the Tour's weapon in its struggle with LIV, why it can negotiate with a vastly richer enterprise on equal terms. The LIV players took the Saudi dough, but they increasingly know it has cost them in the recognition they crave almost as much as money. They are trees cashing checks in the forest with no one to hear.
PS: I will be startled if Bryson makes the cut.

 

[da man]

It's always the little touches that amaze ... the press building has a media locker room (!) and on the walls are framed newspapers from Masters wins, and they are rotated every year based on anniversaries. And not just major newspapers; there's a front page from the LaCrosse Tribune when Fuzzy Zoeller won 45 years ago.

I missed that part. When I covered the Masters the press HQ was an old quonset hut, and media was segregated into two clashes. "Working media" were allowed into the actual press room and had designated work spaces. Just plain "media" (as if we weren't really working) had to stay in the common areas outside the media room and look through the window to see the big scoreboards in there. They were at least nice enough to provide binoculars on the shelf under the window to give us a better view.

We also had to stake out our own places to work, which were not always easy to come by. Fortunately, I was acquainted with someone who'd been there before and clued me in to a little known storage room that he dubbed "the Cobb Oxford memorial broom closet," where several people could spread out a little and work undisturbed.

I covered two Masters — one as each clash of media. I can confirm the "working media" experience was much better.

 

[Typist Clerk]

I missed that part. When I covered the Masters the press HQ was an old quonset hut, and media was segregated into two clashes. "Working media" were allowed into the actual press room and had designated work spaces. Just plain "media" (as if we weren't really working) had to stay in the common areas outside the media room and look through the window to see the big scoreboards in there. They were at least nice enough to provide binoculars on the shelf under the window to give us a better view.

We also had to stake out our own places to work, which were not always easy to come by. Fortunately, I was acquainted with someone who'd been there before and clued me in to a little known storage room that he dubbed "the Cobb Oxford memorial broom closet," where several people could spread out a little and work undisturbed.

I covered two Masters — one as each clash of media. I can confirm the "working media" experience was much better.

There were still two clashes in the college auditorium-style building that replaced the quonset hut. I was plain "media," and realized segregation was still a thing in the South. There was a row of seating behind the auditorium and you could look through the windows. You also couldn't get into the press conference area – a Pinkerton was there to check badges – but I managed to sneak in to a Nicklaus presser the day he was co-leader. And a pal at a paper with an extra seat in the charmed circle invited me to use it for the week. I did.

I have not yet been to the $50 million replacement so have no idea if the two-clash system still exists, but with the lesser numbers of reporters, I tend to doubt it. They have credential websites for the last few years..

 

[playthrough]

I was reading the tee sheet this morning and I saw Bryson DeChambeau's name. This caused me to realize I couldn't remember the last time I'd read, heard, or thought of the guy. This is the Tour's weapon in its struggle with LIV, why it can negotiate with a vastly richer enterprise on equal terms. The LIV players took the Saudi dough, but they increasingly know it has cost them in the recognition they crave almost as much as money. They are trees cashing checks in the forest with no one to hear.
PS: I will be startled if Bryson makes the cut.

Bryson is a fascinating study and Shipnuck did a good job exploring in his LIV book. Bryson wanted to do more at the Tour but was a polarizing nerd that couldn't get on the policy board, so he left so he could "matter" as a LIV team captain. Of course it doesn't matter to you or me or darn near any golf fan, but it matters to him. I'm sure the money didn't hurt, duh, but his case is more nuanced than others.

 

[Slacker]

The first comment is epic.

What does it say?

 

[Noholesin1]

Thursday's weather is supposed to be a mess — 90 percent chance of thunderstorms, winds of 30-40 mph.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Thursday's weather is supposed to be a mess — 90 percent chance of thunderstorms, winds of 30-40 mph.

Looks like it's a lot better to have late/early tee times for Thursday/Friday for sure.

Looks like perfect weather after Thursday.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Troll accounts are so ... well, I just want to slap THIS guy.