Fore Please. 2024 Masters Thread

[Slacker]

Also, are there names, row by row, to go with this great photo?
Gotta have that every year. Golfers get old and change. ... and so did I.

So I always want a photo, with names, explained all the way.
And if I've missed it here, please link me to someone who did it right.

 

[swingline]

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.

Did Fuzzy serve fried chicken and watermelon for his champions dinner?

 

[poindexter]

Wow, you guys are much more romantic about these Trump-loving money grubbers than I am. Good on ya. The curtain has been pulled back and I find the high level pro golfers, in general, to be as unlikeable as any group of athletes.
I hope to see some good golf. But other than that, I can't get misty-eyed over the dinner, Butler cabin, and the par 3 any more. But that's just me.

 

[playthrough]

First tee time at 10:30 a.m. Never underestimate the sub-air system at the toooonamint.

 

[nickp]

Last week was Wrestlemania Now it's time for the masters

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Wow, you guys are much more romantic about these Trump-loving money grubbers than I am. Good on ya. The curtain has been pulled back and I find the high level pro golfers, in general, to be as unlikeable as any group of athletes.
I hope to see some good golf. But other than that, I can't get misty-eyed over the dinner, Butler cabin, and the par 3 any more. But that's just me.

Right there with you.

After being around some of them while covering the Champions Tour for several years, I think you're right on the money. But it made being around some of the good ones that much more enjoyable for me.

The top of the list may have been Lee Trevino. The way he would give Nicklaus ship to his face in press conference situations was beautiful. One time it was something like, "I've got to be strategic about when I spend time in America and when I spend time in Mexico. Jack's guy wants to build that wall to keep me out ... I guess Jack doesn't want me around anymore." And you could just about see the smoke coming out of Jack's ears, but he was too PR-conscious to respond.

Some of the others were so accommodating and understanding of the jobs that others had to do, so it was fun (and I didn't know or care about the politics). People like Tom Watson, Davis Love III, Fred Funk, Tom Lehman, Retief Goosen. Now Scott Hoch and Corey Pavin? fork them until the end of time.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Ah, take note that it's PGATUOR even in the logo. I still think the Tour would stand a pretty good chance of winning a lawsuit.

 

[playthrough]

Ah, take note that it's PGATUOR even in the logo. I still think the Tour would stand a pretty good chance of winning a lawsuit.

I bet the Tour has tried and failed.

 

[goalmouth]

Wyndham Clark brought nine(!) putters to Pebble, shot a 60, and has been off and running since.

 

[MileHigh]

Bam Bam at 7-under with the 18th to play.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Yeah, I guess I'll have to start thinking about him again, at least for the rest of the week.

 

[Justin_Rice]

Bam Bam at 7-under with the 18th to play.

Pfft. Tiger's on pace to shoot 72 under.