⛳ The Masters week: Rahm wins his first green jacket.

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

WOW! Glad no one was hurt.

Just about like Azaleas, I hate pine trees and there's a good reason why. I have friends who lived in a subdivision called Shadow Moss (ironically, a nice golf course.) The former owner of their home was a widow. Her husband was killed by a branch that fell out of a pine.

One of the ugliest things I've seen were the fields and fields of pine trees snapped off due to storm damage.

 

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[PurlJam]

JT done...finished +4 for the tournament, missed the cut.

 

[TerryP]

JT done...finished +4 for the tournament, missed the cut.

Earlier today one of the course announcers commented that the weather wasn't that bad. I didn't laugh, didn't chuckle; just snorted ... "give it a minute."

Every year at this time, sometimes to the degree, the weather here is just like it is in Augusta. It probably didn't feel too badly when they made the comment—while wearing insulated, all weather, golfing gear. There's a reason those players are wearing it today ...

My point of that little ramble is this. When the weather turns to crap, JT's game turns to crap. We saw it today. He had eight holes left when he started and he's in the water on the first complete hole he plays (11.) I thought he's stay inside the cut through the next few holes watching several par saves until that wedge on 15. If the conditions were dry that ball would have been wet.

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FWIW, RD 3 starts at 11:30 ET

https://www.masters.com/en_US/players/pairings/index.html

 

[PurlJam]

Earlier today one of the course announcers commented that the weather wasn't that bad. I didn't laugh, didn't chuckle; just snorted ... "give it a minute."

Every year at this time, sometimes to the degree, the weather here is just like it is in Augusta. It probably didn't feel too badly when they made the comment—while wearing insulated, all weather, golfing gear. There's a reason those players are wearing it today ...

My point of that little ramble is this. When the weather turns to crap, JT's game turns to crap. We saw it today. He had eight holes left when he started and he's in the water on the first complete hole he plays (11.) I thought he's stay inside the cut through the next few holes watching several par saves until that wedge on 15. If the conditions were dry that ball would have been wet.

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FWIW, RD 3 starts at 11:30 ET

https://www.masters.com/en_US/players/pairings/index.html

That weather is brutal. How much it affects them depends on the golfer...No big fan of Rahm but he did about as good as you could expect in those conditions, it's going to be interesting to see how Koepka handles it.

 

[TerryP]

That weather is brutal. How much it affects them depends on the golfer...No big fan of Rahm but he did about as good as you could expect in those conditions, it's going to be interesting to see how Koepka handles it.

I've made a mental note to put that pairing up in a tab in a few minutes. They tee off in about an hour and a half (just after 1 ET.)

I love the way Masters.com is set up. No other tournament has better coverage of live action. Hell, I've been watching a few on the range the last few minutes.

 

[BamaFan334]

Just about like Azaleas, I hate pine trees and there's a good reason why. I have friends who lived in a subdivision called Shadow Moss (ironically, a nice golf course.) The former owner of their home was a widow. Her husband was killed by a branch that fell out of a pine.

One of the ugliest things I've seen were the fields and fields of pine trees snapped off due to storm damage.

Saw one of the biggest pines I've ever seen at Augusta National. Looked like a redwood.

 

[BamaFan334]

I've made a mental note to put that pairing up in a tab in a few minutes. They tee off in about an hour and a half (just after 1 ET.)

I love the way Masters.com is set up. No other tournament has better coverage of live action. Hell, I've been watching a few on the range the last few minutes.

They have really upped their game in the website and online coverage the last five to ten years. It was tough fifteen years ago or so, and if there was ever an opportunity to pierce the skin and get inside Augusta National the internet marketing was it. They have transformed it and it has been great the last number of years.

 

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[TerryP]

They have really upped their game in the website and online coverage the last five to ten years. It was tough fifteen years ago or so, and if there was ever an opportunity to pierce the skin and get inside Augusta National the internet marketing was it. They have transformed it and it has been great the last number of years.

Yesterday was a great example of your posts. Yesterday afternoon I had the CBS coverage on TV and kept jumping feeds from their website. The TV coverage didn't give you a full picture of how the course was deteriorating. But, you could look at #13 and see the water starting to stand on the greens, flip to another and see the same on the front nine, or look at specific groups.

Seeing how much water was out there I'm surprised they didn't call it earlier.

Although consider ... yesterday coming over the creek at looking at that sliver of a green on 12 the safest place to be might have been in a puddle, left side.

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As of 7:15 ET, they aren't on the range yet ... it's 43° with a 15 mph wind.

 

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[PurlJam]

These guys acting like its cold.....I played the old Harry Pritchard Course when it was 31degrees and sleeting... they need to grow a pair.

 

[TerryP]

There he is on the CW ... the crosswalk.

 

[bama alum]

These guys acting like its cold.....I played the old Harry Pritchard Course when it was 31degrees and sleeting... they need to grow a pair.

I loved that course! Made my first birdie on that course. Par 3, #...13??

 

[bama alum]

Phil's having a solid final round. He can end his tournament with a top- ten finish.

 

[PurlJam]

Koepka wheels starting to wobble.

 

[bama alum]

Koepka wheels starting to wobble.

Second bogey on the way out. Really wobbly now.

 

[SnakeDoc]

Just checked the leaderboard. If Spieth can get one more birdie, I like his chances.

 

[PurlJam]

Phil throwing darts, Koepka shooting birdshot, think the venue is rattling him, he's about 2 shots from someone sticking a fork in him. Let's see if he can pull it together.