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AG/DC Apr 10 2008 12:34 PM

Day one is a an even-par day so far. Didn't that second guy used to pitch for Seattle? Pos Name 1 2 3 4 Today Thru Total Strokes 1 Ian Poulter 70 - - - -2 F -2 70 T2 Heath Slocum 71 - - - -1 F -1 71 T2 Mark O'Meara 71 - - - -1 F -1 71 T2 Peter Lonard 67 - - - -1 17 -1 67 T2 Justin Leonard 60 - - - -1 15 -1 60 T2 Nick O'Hern 46 - - - -1 12 -1 46 T2 Luke Donald 35 - - - -1 9 -1 35 T2 Zach Johnson 35 - - - -1 9 -1 35 T2 Jeev Milkha Singh 31 - - - -1 8 -1 31 T2 Brian Bateman 22 - - - -1 6 -1 22 T2 Steve Flesch 22 - - - -1 6 -1 22 T2 Craig Stadler 22 - - - -1 6 -1 22 T2 Stephen Ames 19 - - - -1 5 -1 19 T2 Ian Woosnam 15 - - - -1 4 -1 15 T2 Sandy Lyle 15 - - - -1 4 -1 15 T2 Soren Hansen 12 - - - -1 3 -1 12 T2 David Toms 3 - - - -1 1 -1 3 T18 Michael Thompson 9 - - - E 2 E 9 T18 Robert Allenby 52 - - - E 13 E 52 T18 Robert Karlsson 47 - - - E 12 E 47 T18 Arron Oberholser 40 - - - E 10 E 40 T18 Geoff Ogilvy 36 - - - E 9 E 36 T18 Mike Weir 32 - - - E 8 E 32 T18 Angel Cabrera 32 - - - E 8 E 32 T18 Tiger Woods 32 - - - E 8 E 32 T18 Justin Rose 27 - - - E 7 E 27 T18 Trevor Immelman 16 - - - E 4 E 16 T18 Boo Weekley 16 - - - E 4 E 16 T18 J.B. Holmes 13 - - - E 3 E 13 T18 Brandt Snedeker 9 - - - E 2 E 9 T18 Tom Watson 9 - - - E 2 E 9 T18 John Senden 4 - - - E 1 E 4 T18 Tim Clark 4 - - - E 1 E 4 T18 Niclas Fasth 4 - - - E 1 E 4 T18 Jonathan Byrd 4 - - - E 1 E 4 T18 Drew Weaver 4 - - - E 1 E 4

AG/DC Apr 10 2008 01:53 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 10 2008 07:08 PM

Always a treat to see Ian Woosnam's name on a leaderboard. He's got these really short legs but not so short a torso, he's Scottish (OE: Welsh), and he's usually angry, and it's fun just to see him pounding up the fairway. If he'd just grow a beard, it'd be like golfing with Gimli. Pos Name 1 2 3 4 Today Thru Total Strokes T1 Zach Johnson 53 - - - -3 14 -3 53 T1 Justin Rose 44 - - - -3 12 -3 44 T3 Ian Poulter 70 - - - -2 F -2 70 T3 Robert Karlsson 66 - - - -2 17 -2 66 T3 Luke Donald 50 - - - -2 13 -2 50 T3 Stephen Ames 38 - - - -2 10 -2 38 T3 Trevor Immelman 34 - - - -2 9 -2 34 T3 Sandy Lyle 34 - - - -2 9 -2 34 T3 Soren Hansen 30 - - - -2 8 -2 30 T3 Steve Stricker 14 - - - -2 4 -2 14 T3 Phil Mickelson 11 - - - -2 3 -2 11 12 Michael Thompson 9 - - - E 2 E 9

Frayed Knot Apr 10 2008 02:20 PM

Back-to-back bogies for Tiger after starting with 12 straight pars, he then immediately got back to even with an eagle at 15. That the betting lines has him as virtually even money vs the field is a stunning statement about how far ahead of the field he truly is these days.

seawolf17 Apr 10 2008 06:48 PM

I don't know who Ian Poulter is... I kept thinking they were saying "Ann Coulter" on WFAN. I couldn't figure out how Augusta let her in.

Frayed Knot Apr 10 2008 09:50 PM

Anne Coulter is skinny enough to serve as someone's four-iron so maybe that's how she gets in. Ian Poulter is actually kind of cool ... at least for golf. He's a Englishman with blond-ish spiky hair, wrap-around shades, day-glo colored clothes and, to the surprise of the PGA, is NOT a member of the communist party. His pants today were pistachio green, but he occasionally breaks out his pair with the Union Jack pattern from belt to cuff. Leaders checked in at 4-under; Justin Rose and Trevor Immelman, with several others at -3. Tiger clung to his even par; 1-under for Phil

Centerfield Apr 11 2008 09:57 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: That the betting lines has him as virtually even money vs the field is a stunning statement about how far ahead of the field he truly is these days. That's just amazing. I think you'd still have to the field on that bet though.

Frayed Knot Apr 11 2008 10:39 AM

Were I a betting man I'd put my money on 'Field' too ... and then I'd sweat for four days straight.

Frayed Knot Apr 11 2008 02:49 PM

Leader, Trevor Immelman, at minus-8 although plently are still out on the course. Brent Snedeker at 7 under. Phil done for the day at -5, tied with several others for 3rd place at the moment. Tiger muddling along thru 9 holes at even par, both for the day and for the tourney. Too early to count him out although those who put money on him winning the grand slam this year are probably getting a bit nervous.

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2008 08:06 AM Re: Here at Augusta

Masters Sunday is usually one of the best watches in the sports year. First of all, their 'we don't need your stinkin money' attitude of taking less from TV in order to run the tourney their way makes for viewer friendly decisions like limiting commercials to just 4 minutes per hour. And then the course itself contains more high-risk/high-reward holes which leads to more lead changes, more comebacks, and (most importantly) more crash-n-burns compared to the other majors where the emphasis is mostly on preserving pars. At Augusta, eagles and double bogies happen all the time and frequently at the same time. Tiger made up some ground yesterday and passed a bunch of people but still trails by 6 shots. Mickelson was hanging around until faltering at the very end with some truly horrible shots and dropped himself into a scrum of guys at 2-under. -11 ... Trevor Immelman -9 ... Brandt Snedeker -8 ... Steve Flesch -7 ... Paul Casey -5 ... Tiger Woods -4 ... Stewart Cink -2 ... Zach Johnson (defending champ) -2 ... Boo Weekley (great southern name) -2 ... Padraig Harrington (great Irish name - defending British Open champ) -2 ... Andres Romero -2 ... Anders Karlsson (great Swedish name) -2 ... Sean O'Hair -2 ... Retief Goosen -2 ... Ian Poulter (not Ann Coulter) -2 ... Phil Mickelson -1 ... Vijay Singh Finally, I was reminded of the 'Roger Craig' thread on the main forum a couple of days ago - specifically the part about a golfer shooting at or close to his age. The Masters has long had a policy to allow ANY past champion to tee it up with the best of today's crew. Most give up that right after a certain age but 72 y/o 3-time past champion Gary Player was in there swinging with the big boys at his 51st consectutive Masters. He missed the cut so isn't there for the weekend but on Saturday shot a 78 - Under Major Golf Conditions!! - which was better than several scores among active tour players. Prior to the tourney hee said that if he could break 80 he'd be back in 2009 at age 73.

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2008 07:23 PM

Well, this one turned out to be just about the opposite of what I posted earlier as the wind kicked up and the players turned conservative. So when the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place guys all started going backwards (5 to 7 shots) there was no one from the next rank picking it up leaving the leader Immelman barely challenged .even though all he was doing was treading water. By the time he threw in a clunker at #16 and double-bogied it merely reduced his lead back to 3 strokes. Tiger's score never moved more than a shot either way and he wound up with the exact same score he started with and a 2nd place finish by attrition. 2nd straight 2nd for him at Augusta and his 5th overall at majors. Stopped all that Grand Slam talk early, eh?

Rockin' Doc Apr 13 2008 08:32 PM

I really enjoy the Masters, particularly on Sunday. This year lacked the drama generally present on the back nine on Sunday, but still fun to watch. Augusta is truly beautiful with all the pristine grass, blooming azaleas and dogwoods, and placid lakes. For all it's beauty it is truly a beast of a course. It would be a dream come true for a recreational golfer to play a round at Augusta National. However, I think the contoured, lightning fast greens would be a nightmare for most amateurs to negotiate.

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2008 09:19 PM

That course would kick our collective asses so bad we'd leave crying and never return - although they certainly don't keep the same punative conditions for the regular year-round members. When I played Bethpage-Black, site of the 2002 (and 2009 !) US Open, the course had already been restructured with Open in mind but it was still a year away and so the rough and length set-ups were nowhere near what they would be when the big boys showed up. The Masters is always fun to watch and look at. It's just that there's almost always a situation where someone is putting for eagle at the same time his competitor is looking a bogie (or worse) one hole away and the spectre of a 3 or 4 shot swing inside a 30-second window is hanging over everyone's head. Today's round lacked that.