- Trevor Immelman earned his victory. Golf, especially on a course like Augusta National, is about limiting mistakes and taking advantage of opportunities when they present themselves. Immelman was the only player that did that. Tiger put himself in a position to do better than he did based on his approach shots, but his poor Par-5 performance, coupled with a consistent misreading of putts, ultimately led to his undoing.
- On that same note, Tiger still finished second. If Tiger had not raised the bar so high, this would be a great finish. The media and fans nitpick at his performance because of these lofty expectations, and in truth he did not play "Tiger-esque" golf. But he finished 2nd out of 90+ people. Thats pretty solid.
- Everyone else, aside from Immelman and Tiger, seemed unable to put together 4 solid rounds of Golf. Defending champion Zach Johnson played very well on Thursday and Saturday, but collapsed on Friday and Sunday to put himself out of contention. Brandt Snedeker, Phil Michelson, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, and essentially every other player exhibited equal or greater levels of inconsistency.
- Gene Wojciechowski is an Assbag. Prior to Sunday, despite Tiger being down 7 and 6 strokes on Friday and Saturday, Gene claimed Tiger was still the favorite to win. His rationale for this was that the guys in front of Tiger were no names. Let's just have Tiger and Phil play by themselves every weekend, Gene. That way guys with name recognition have to win. What a poorly constructed argument, he should lose his press credentials. Moreover, after Immelman won, rather than giving him credit and eating his words, he said this:
" So South African Trevor Immelman won. Or maybe more accurately, he didn't lose."
Deserving Winner.
Deserving Winner. Really, Gene? The guy won the Masters, in fairly dominating fashion, you could at least give him credit for winning. It isn't like he was spotted the 6 strokes on Tiger before Sunday, he earned them. Just poor, Tiger-centric journalism. Tiger is great and a pleasure to watch, but Assbags like Gene make it difficult to support him.
- I know that Masters champs automatically qualify for every other Masters ever, but at a certain point I feel like it makes a mockery of the sport. Gary Player was a great golfer, but he is about 3 million years old, and has no chance of making the cut. It is like inviting Kareem Abdul- Jabbar to play for the Lakers in the NBA Championship, because he won it a while ago. It is nice that they honor the greats and all, but there should be a way to do it without having them actually play in the event and bring down the level of competition.
- The CBS coverage of the Masters is somewhat sickening. Jim Nantz gushing over the amount of tradition and beauty gets old really quickly. Sure it is a great Golf course and a prestigious tournament, but the way they talk about it, you'd think that Green Jacket had a Nobel Peace Prize in its pocket. It's a great tournament and quite prestigious, but a little bit of perspective, and a little less hyperbole, would be fantastic.
- Also annoying about the CBS coverage was Nick Faldo. It is just great that he played in the Master many times, but when I am watching Nick Watney sink an eagle, I really do not care what he did 20 years ago. Him and Billy Packer should hang out some time.
- An enjoyable tournament overall, although it would have been nice if it was closer. Immelman deserves a ton of credit for not allowing it to become interesting.
2 comments:
sorry but immelman did not put together 4 solid rounds. if tiger didnt blow it was well, immelman would have lost. he shot a 75 which is the highest 18 hole score in the final round by a champion since 1962 (arnold palmer). immelman got cocky and tried to play a miraculous shot almost in 16. even i know should should attack the pin on that hole. you have to use to slope and let it trickle down from the center of the green up high. if tiger didnt par 15 and bogey 16 and immelman doubled the 16th, who knows what would have happened. the round was shot when tiger missed his chance on 15. immelman did NOT play consistent golf on sunday.
two more things, you can never count out tiger woods. he came back from a 7 stroke deficit in 7 holes against vj singh and he also made up a 5 shot deficit in '00. never count him out. if a few putts went his way, and the crowd got into it, i feel like immelman might have crumbled knowing tiger was charging. and about gary player. i agree to an extent but golf is all about respect. you give respect to the greatest golfers of all time. its not like you see nick faldo or other "washed up" past champions out there. in recent years we've seen nicklaus, or palmer and now player, 3 of the greatest golfers outside of woods and byron nelson. like you i think it's borderline absurd but then you gotta remember these guys revolutionized the sport so let them do what they want for as long as they want.
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