Well, at least Phil isn't going to finish last anymore

The British Open has become too easy for modern pros. If the wind isn't very heavy, these players can dominate these courses. I hate seeing all these low scores in a major.

I normally wouldn't paraphrase Matt Millen, but Oosthuizen is a devout coward.

Yet got busy and missed the end of the match. Watch match. Watching awards now

What did he do other than choke? I woke up at 115pm and it was over.

The Sentry Tournament of Champions tees off today!

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WM very interesting today. Having fun watching the girls in the crowd.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HOLE-IN-ONE AT THE ISLAND GREEN ��<a href="https://twitter.com/ShaneLowryGolf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShaneLowryGolf</a> makes the 10th ace on No. 17 in <a href="https://twitter.com/THEPLAYERSChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@THEPLAYERSChamp</a> history. <a href="https://t.co/HqSYe4XuZh">pic.twitter.com/HqSYe4XuZh</a></p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href="https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1503127523806396426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ICE IN HIS VEINS<br><br>Cameron Smith went flag hunting at 17 �� <a href="https://t.co/NsAmFd7GYu">pic.twitter.com/NsAmFd7GYu</a></p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href="https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1503489838468710403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

No way he was trying to go at the pin there with a lead. Good result though.

Definitely blocked that out about 5-8 yards right of his middle green target. Even playing for the slope would have been pretty aggressive with that lead.

Cameron Smith said he wasn't going for the pin afterwards. You have to respect his honesty.

11 putts over the last 9 holes at TPC Sawgrass is straight up gangster shit.

My reaction would have been more surprised than his...then a fist pump followed by deafening laughter.

Then on #18 he hits driver with 3 stroke lead (not horrible) but then he bites off more than he can chew with his layup from the trees and goes into the water. Really bad course management but it didnt matter. Champ.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He BURIES it❗️<br><br>Unbelievable putt from <a href="https://twitter.com/Samburns66?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SamBurns66</a>. <a href="https://t.co/CbWOptcjLW">pic.twitter.com/CbWOptcjLW</a></p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href="https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1505678756110864386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Clutch AF on a second playoff hole

Burns is going to be at/near the top of the game soon. Sort of already is.

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Tiger gon' play.

I'm gonna be in Georgia during the Masters and have no way to attend. UGH.

He's 46 with a broke dick leg...the last major Jack won was at Augusta at 46. while the 'grrrr' might have a chance this year, he aint doing 3 in the next 20 years.

Amazing story that he's even going to play. And he must think he can compete too because he's not going out there to embarrass himself.

Blue Valley North HS golfer Harry Higgs early leader at the masters. Tiger on his heels at 1 back at -1.

Tiger looking good. Much better than the last time I saw him play at the father-son tournament. Even par through 11, 2 back.

Tiger finishes -1. What a round of golf. Had some hiccups, but in Tiger fashion he overcame with some great shot making.

Leaders at -4.

I’m rooting for him but let’s see how his leg holds up after today…Anyway you cut it though,it was a remarkable round..

Incredible round from Tiger…curious to see how he does tomorrow, has the afternoon tee time and conditions are probably gonna be brutal if the wind and weather does what’s being predicted.

Rough start for Tiger. 3 bogeys out of the first 4 holes.

Yeah then takes his tee shot on 5 to the right. Not so nice

Question unrelated to the Masters.....

Has anyone been to Big Cedar in the Ozarks? Got a golf trip planned for over Fathers Day in June with a bunch of guys (8 of us) and we aren't staying on property. That means we can only schedule tee times when we are 30 days out. I keep looking online for under 30 days tee times and it shows none available. I'm getting a little concerned about us being able to get on the courses when our trip comes up.

Just wanted to see if anyone had experience with going & getting tee times.

Welp, another bogey and he's gonna need a miracle run now.

Make that 4 bogeys out of 5 holes. Close to the cut line.

The course conditions are a bitch right now..

A good round by Tiger. Sits at +1 for the tournament. There were some high scores from favorites that shows how difficult the course played. Scheffler is on fire and is 5 strokes ahead of the field.

Tiger being in the top 20 after two rounds is incredible. Has no real chance to win due to Scheffler largely (who has easily been the best player in the world over the past 6 months), but no shame in that.

Yeah, Scheffler seems to be unbeatable. Tomorrow is supposed windy, dry and fast. That can really shake things up.

Scottie seems like a player that in 3 years will drop to relative obscurity after this obscene run ends. Similar to Koepka and never to be heard from again.

Really bothers me that these assholes hit 9-irons 200 yards

Stay there every summer. And you can’t get onto Top If The Rock unless you book way in advance or are willing to pay like $200 for your round. There are nearby courses like Buffalo Ridge or the new Tiger course. Tigers course sits on the old Murder Rock, which was a great course and was $50 to play.

Ridge and Rock were both bought by Bass Pro founder Johnnie Morris in 2013. He immediately closed Rock, jacked up the price in Ridge, and built Too Of The Rock which is insanely expensive. (Tigers new course which Morris developed ain’t cheap either)

Morris is a douchebag catering to wealthy boomers and has priced out families looking to play golf down there.

He's 25 years old, so I'm going to guess no on that.

Koepka is also top 20 in the world right now as it is.

some people in the crowd need to shut the **** up!

The hope is the scheffler guy will not shit a brick today or tomorrow.

another woods bad put

also a lot of other noise

car horn honking; once in a while sounds like a drone going over

Thanks for the info. We've got a place through VRBO to stay at, but I looked at staying on property to be able to book tee times. It was ridiculously expensive.

I'll look around at some of the other courses and see what looks good. Got 4 days of golf to fill

tiger is not hitting puts well at all

If you look at the history of modern golf, most good but not great players do almost all of their winning and close contention in majors in about an 18 month span.

Harrington
Molinari
Nick Price
Mark O'Meara
Tom Lehman
Justin Leonard
Fred Couples


And honestly, guys like Spieth, McIlroy, and Koepka have followed a similar pattern.

Other than Tiger Woods, nobody really wins majors at the rate that Spieth, Rory, and Koepka did for very long. Doesn't mean they are going to completely fall off the map (and those three haven't either even though Spieth is lost right now).

Scheffler obviously is on a hot streak and isn't going to win at this rate forever but he's also a huge talent (more so than Spieth or Koepka, I'd argue) and he's almost certainly not going anywhere for a while.

It's not even a rate, though. It is compressed into a short time frame and then it's over. You aren't going to see guys winning majors over 15+ year spans like Tiger, Phil, and Els anymore.

Well Tiger and Phil at least are arguably two of the best 10 golfers ever. If another top 10 golfer ever talent-wise came along at some point, I'm not sure why that wouldn't happen.

I watched that Jim Nance Interview documentary thing before the Masters it was pretty good. One thing I noticed that was very odd in my opinion when they were in the Butler Cabin to give tiger the green Jacket and maybe it was nothing. Nick Faldo was last year's chap and he is there to provide him with his jacket. In past Masters, I always see the coat rack with the jacket freshly pressed hanging and past winner takes off the rack and holds it for the new champ. Nick Faldo was seated the coat on the floor next to him. He drags it across the carpet and stands to place it over Tiger's shoulder then proceeds to rip him about his red shirt horribly clashing with the green Jacket.

It may have been nothing but seemed classless and odd. I always thought Faldo was a arrogant doofus anyway.

Those fairways and greens are just unbelievable. They look like they haven't been played on by anyone.

How the **** do they do it?

Best course shape on Day 4 that I can ever remember for any tournament

Hard to say that a guy who birdied the 1st 2 holes choked, but Smith making bogey on the next 2 was close. Especially when Sheffler was struggling.

He's been choking since Scheffler chipped in on 3 IMO

All kinds of missed shots

But do you slice?

Smith gets to within 3 again and then dunks one in the water on 12. Scheffler isn't gonna have to do much to win this at all.

Yep.. Its over..

Looks like Jay Leno is winning this.

This has been a very enjoyable day watching the masters. That’s all.

Can Tiger go away permanently?

Dude gets all kinds of coverage for shooting +13.

He made the cut. So many young awesome golfers did not make the cut. It’s Tiger Woods. He did awesome giving the circumstances.

Good thing they don't have golf carts there.

and he always will

This... What he did was tremendous considering he almost lost his leg 13 months ago.. Like him or not he deserves his golfing legend status..

Now that he's only playing in select tournaments, Tiger is going to get showered with love and attention even more. He moves the needle for ratings and interest.

Based on what he told Sky Sports today, he's going to skip the PGA Championship and US Open and play in the British Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews.

Yes and I thought he would withdraw as his legs weakened. That he made the cut and finished up on a very hard hilly course showed some grit.

The old stuffy, posh “country club” golfing armada HATED Tiger so this is no surprise…completely classless I agree.

Remember the Curtis Strange interview with Tiger? LOL…

I have to say Scheffler reenacting my putting ability on the 18th made me an instant fan.

Worst masters ever

You haven’t watched a lot of Masters then lol….

It got a little boring the last 5-6 holes after Cameron Smith shit the bed. Rory's birdie miss on 15 or 16 I think was his last real chance to tighten it up.

Not too exciting.

2022 Masters prize money, purse, payouts
Total purse: $15 million

1st (Winner): $2.7 million -- Scottie Scheffler
2nd: $1,620,000 -- Rory McIlroy
3rd: $1,020,000 -- Shane Lowry, Cam Smith ($870,000 each)
4th: $720,000
5th: $600,000 -- Collin Morikawa
6th: $540,000 -- Will Zalatoris, Corey Conners ($521,250 each)
7th: $502,500
8th: $465,000 -- Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im ($450,000 each)
9th: $435,000
10th: $405,000 -- Cameron Champ, Charl Schwartzel ($390,000 each)
11th: $375,000
12th: $345,000 -- Dustin Johnson, Danny Willett ($330,000 each)
13th: $315,000
14th: $285,000 -- Matthew Fitzpatrick, M.W. Lee, Harry Higgs, Kevin Na, Lee Westwood, Talor Gooch, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Kokrak ($225,333 each)
15th: $270,000
16th: $255,000
17th: $240,000
18th: $225,000
19th: $210,000
20th: $195,000
21st: $180,000
22nd: $168,000
23rd: $156,000 -- Harold Varner, Robert MacIntyre, Sergio Garcia, JJ Spaun ($138,250 each)
24th: $144,000
25th: $132,999
26th: $120,000
27th: $115,500 -- Viktor Hovland, Seamus Power, Jon Rahm ($111,000 each)
28th: $111,000
29th: $106,500
30th: $102,000 -- Russell Henley, Sepp Straka, Lucas Glover, Hudson Swafford, Marc Leishman ($93,150 each)
31st: $97,500
32nd: $93,000
33rd: $88,500
34th: $84,750
35th: $81,000 -- Joaquin Niemann, Tony Finau, Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson ($75,563 each)
36th: $77,250
37th: $73,500
38th: $70,500
39th: $67,500 -- Patrick Cantlay, Bubba Watson, Tom Hoge, Si Woo Kim ($63,000 each)
40th: $64,500
41st: $61,500
42nd: $58,500
43rd: $55,500 -- Billy Horschel
44th: $52,500 -- Kevin Kisner, Christiaan Bezuidenhout ($51,000 each)
45th: $49,500
46th: $46,500 -- Cameron Davis
47th: $43,500 -- Tiger Woods
48th: $41,100 -- Adam Scott, Max Homa ($40,050 each)
49th: $39,000
50th: $37,800 -- Mackenzie Hughes, Daniel Berger ($37,350 each)

According to a report in The Telegraph, two-time Masters champ Bubba Watson, along with European Ryder Cup stars Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter as well as five-time tour winner Kevin Na are among those expected to join the $225 million rival.

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Weekends with Spieth in contention are always entertaining. The guy goes from missing an 18 inch putt on 18 yesterday to nearly holing a bunker shot to win it today.

It was also crazy that Patrick Cantlay followed with a bunker approach shot in the playoff as well.

Koepka has four wins in his career other than majors. Great player but hes still the worst player of all time with 4 majors.

Probably the case, but that's a pretty incredible career even if he never wins another tournament.

Rory picked up an extra million bucks on Sunday by playing so great and jumping up so many spots. Not a bad day in the sun at an incredible course.

A money grab by players with name recognition but without the skills to compete at the top level of the Tour anymore.