Your Masters Questions Answered

[LukeNor]

Hi there,

Day Two - brilliant.

We have attempted to get up-to-date with all your questions on the Masters and put a comprehensive post up on the GM Masters 2008 microsite which you can get to below:

http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/masters200...cle_227310.html

Enjoy the rest of the day and do please let us know if you have any more queries, questions or observations.

We'll have lots more live coverage coming up, including a whole heap of Masters facts, trivia and predictions, a blog on the CBS coverage as compared to the BBC, ramblings from Mr Bill Elliott and new on and off course galleries.

Thanks

Luke

 

[madandra]

Is it true that the greens have heating fans underneath them so they can dry out the greens to make them as fast and as slow as required?

 

[RGuk]

Is it true that the greens have fans underneath them

Great stuff.....is that what they do to the "in-da-hole" guys?; Enslave then under the greens to blow air up in a "Matrix"-style reality. Cool.....whatever next

 

[NeilTappin]

I'm not going to shatter that image.

 

[ACP]

Luke / Neil,

Augusta is undoubtedly a beautiful, challenging golf course - and most will argue the greatest / best known course in America. However, I hope that every time this is mentioned by your American media colleagues you politely remind them that it was Scotsman, Dr Alistair Mackenzie who designed the course in the 1930's (Although it probably bares little resemblance these days!).

ACP

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Who was you player of day 1 and why?

 

[pjaz]

Luke / Neil,

Augusta is undoubtedly a beautiful, challenging golf course - and most will argue the greatest / best known course in America. However, I hope that every time this is mentioned by your American media colleagues you politely remind them that it was Scotsman, Dr Alistair Mackenzie who designed the course in the 1930's (Although it probably bares little resemblance these days!).

ACP

According to an article in a competitors mag, some of Mackenzie's inspriations for Augusta came from some earlier work he did at Stoke Park (scene of the golf game in Goldfinger and where Daniel Craig walked out of the clubhouse to meet Sienna Miller in Layer Cake)

 

[Basher]

Here's a question for you.

Reading the GM mag I saw an advert for Srixon balls v Titleist balls. The advert stated Srixon's challenge to Titleist to become the No1 choice of ball for golf competitions worldwide.

How are Srixon doing on the player's choice of ball versus Titleist?

 

[madandra]

Poulter is in Pink today. Gimme strenghth !!!!!!!!!1

 

[madandra]

Gary Player looks like somethin' out of SUPER MARIO.

 

[RGuk]

Gary player IS super mario.......or is that super gario?

Lame.....I better get my coat....

just hit a good 'un at 12 though!!!

 

[billyg]

Gary player IS super mario.......or is that super gario?

Lame.....I better get my coat....

just hit a good 'un at 12 though!!!

I admire Player a great deal. He's got so much fight and tenacity left in him - would that i'll be so supple and fit at 71!

 

[SammmeBee]

Here's a question for you.

Reading the GM mag I saw an advert for Srixon balls v Titleist balls. The advert stated Srixon's challenge to Titleist to become the No1 choice of ball for golf competitions worldwide.

How are Srixon doing on the player's choice of ball versus Titleist?

Er...Furyk, Allenby and maybe an old fella or two......t**t

 

[Basher]

Er...Furyk, Allenby and maybe an old fella or two......t**t

And who exactly is the t**t Mr Sammmebee?

 

[HTL]

Sam Torrence is super Mario, mixed with the bloke of a pringles tube.

Poulter aint been dressed to bad YET.....

 

[theeaglehunter]

Don't know if this has already ben asked, but are course planners with the different pin posistions etc available to the public for each day of play?

 

[madandra]

I think the pins are in the same place year after year.

 

[brendy]

Luke/Neil,
I have seen officials dotted around the course available for rulings, are these folk assigned to each fourball or are they positioned at areas on the course which are liable to cause issues?

 

[Toad]

Luke/Neil

Did you see anything of Justin Rose's second round, was it just me or did he look very tired when it all went wrong towards the end.
Do you think that taking 5 nearly 6 hours to complete their rounds may be the cause and can you shed any light on why it is taking so long to get round?

 

[Basher]

Luke/Neil

After their round, what do most of the players do?

Do they stay and watch? Head for the practise ground? Chill out with a beer (or mineral water in Tiger's case!)