Masters 2023

[D-S]

Also really looking forward to some long lingering shots of Azaleas whilst the coverage is on a US TV ad break with some elevator music playing in the background.

 

[Beezerk]

Which is fair enough, and to each their own. But Tiger is box office beyond even the leaders.

Not for me anymore, he’s just some old guy limping around a course playing average golf.
I hope I come to regret these words though

 

[Jason.H]

I’d just like to see Rory and Patrick Reed in the same group

 

[Backsticks]

Not for me anymore, he’s just some old guy limping around a course playing average golf.
I hope I come to regret these words though

He turns up last month with no playing history other than assorted surgeries, in a top class field, no tournament sharpness, cant practice, but had 180 ball speed and beat half of the young healthy bucks in the field.
If thats average...

 

[Jason.H]

He turns up last month with no playing history other than assorted surgeries, in a top class field, no tournament sharpness, cant practice, but had 180 ball speed and beat half of the young healthy bucks in the field.
If thats average...

You really think he had no practice?

 

[wjemather]

Not even a proper major - you dont hear that anymore. Its been gone 30 years.
Quite the contrary - if not 1st, its invariably second behind whichever Open side of the Atlantic you come from.
It is now THE major universally.

None of this is true. Even Gary Player was implying just this week that it isn't a proper major and of the four, it's a distant last.

 

[IanM]

None of this is true. Even Gary Player was implying just this week that it isn't a proper major and of the four, it's a distant last.

Oh Aggers, do stop it!

 

[Imurg]

Lots of bad weather around Augusta this week..
They'll be able to get the greens dry and firm but what about the fairways..?
Do they have dryers?
If not it could play long.......

 

[PJ87]

Lots of bad weather around Augusta this week..
They'll be able to get the greens dry and firm but what about the fairways..?
Do they have dryers?
If not it could play long.......

Good job they didn't waste any time and money increasing the length

 

[Mel Smooth]

The Masters is a great spectacle, course tarted up to death, sickly traditions and cringeworthy music played over panning shots of a creek and some colourful shrubs.
But it doesn’t get close to a British Open over a wet and windy weekend, with the weather breaking on the final day to provide the fans with a breathtaking Sunday.

 

[Jason.H]

The Masters is a great spectacle, course tarted up to death, sickly traditions and cringeworthy music played over panning shots of a creek and some colourful shrubs.
But it doesn’t get close to a British Open over a wet and windy weekend, with the weather breaking on the final day to provide the fans with a breathtaking Sunday.

I agree, and I’ll still watch it.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

None of this is true. Even Gary Player was implying just this week that it isn't a proper major and of the four, it's a distant last.

Does anyone take a word that comes out of his mouth seriously? He’s spouted more rubbish than miles he’s travelled.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

The Masters is a great spectacle, course tarted up to death, sickly traditions and cringeworthy music played over panning shots of a creek and some colourful shrubs.
But it doesn’t get close to a British Open over a wet and windy weekend, with the weather breaking on the final day to provide the fans with a breathtaking Sunday.

What’s the British Open?

 

[Mel Smooth]

What’s the British Open?

The Open, that's held in Britain. If I'd said 'an Open', I thought it might be a little ambiguous, even though I knew one of the zealots on here would pull me up on the 'British' prefix. ;-)

 

[Deleted member 31467]

Not even a proper major - you dont hear that anymore. Its been gone 30 years.
Quite the contrary - if not 1st, its invariably second behind whichever Open side of the Atlantic you come from.
It is now THE major universally.

Obviously as usual you are absolutely correct.

 

[birdyhunter]

Apparently the odds on Rory winning are longer than any LIV player winning....

6 posts on a Masters thread and you have to bring a LIV element into it.

Mod edit

 

[Mel Smooth]

6 posts on a Masters thread and you have to bring a LIV element into it.
Mod edit

I thought it was an interesting stat, the odds aren't actually that far apart, which might support the argument that the LIV players aren't very good.

Here's the reality. LIV players are going to be at Augusta, they are going to be talked about, the non existent division will be hyped up by the media, and it will add an interesting dimension to this particular Masters.

Please accept my apologies for mentioning professional golfers on a thread about a professional golf tournament.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

I thought it was an interesting stat, the odds aren't actually that far apart, which might support the argument that the LIV players aren't very good.

Here's the reality. LIV players are going to be at Augusta, they are going to be talked about, the non existent division will be hyped up by the media, and it will add an interesting dimension to this particular Masters.

Please accept my apologies for mentioning professional golfers on a thread about a professional golf tournament.

Have a day off from the marketing job.

 

[BubbaP]

Oh Aggers, do stop it!

Jack seemed to put it 4th also..
https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/ja...rs-bottom-of-the-majors-just-like-gary-player

When I was new to the game it was probably my favourite. As I learned and understood more about things it dropped down a bit. I think it is special in it kind of signifies spring us here in the UK.
Always look forward to it, and probably a bit more so this year.
Hope to see some three balls in the par 3 trying to put to bed some of the media 'stir up' stuff.

 

[Mel Smooth]

@Mel Smooth

Hey mate, I've got an idea.....

Why don't you contribute to the MASTERS thread without the LIV agenda... maybe talk about the Masters and just that..?

I watch LIV, I enjoy it, some of the players will be at The Masters, and I will talk about them - amongst others. Your contribution to this thread is what exactly?