2014 Master

Who you think will pick up the Green Jacket this Sunday?

Here is the Leaderboard for 1st Round:

	1	-	Bill Haas	-4	1:15 pm	-	68	-	-	-	68
	T2	-	Louis Oosthuizen	-3	8:51 am	-	69	-	-	-	69
	T2	-	Bubba Watson	-3	9:57 am	-	69	-	-	-	69
	T2	-	Adam Scott	-3	1:48 pm	-	69	-	-	-	69
	T5	-	Marc Leishman	-2	10:08 am	-	70	-	-	-	70
	T5	-	Kevin Stadler	-2	11:03 am	-	70	-	-	-	70
	T5	-	Jonas Blixt	-2	11:14 am	-	70	-	-	-	70
	T5	-	Gary Woodland	-2	12:31 pm	-	70	-	-	-	70
	T5	-	Jimmy Walker	-2	12:53 pm	-	70	-	-	-	70
	T5	-	K.J. Choi	-2	1:04 pm	-	70	-	-	-	70
	T5	-	Brandt Snedeker	-2	1:26 pm	-	70	-	-	-	70
	T12	-	Stephen Gallacher	-1	8:29 am	-	71	-	-	-	71
	T12	-	Francesco Molinari	-1	9:24 am	-	71	-	-	-	71
	T12	-	Fred Couples	-1	12:42 pm	-	71	-	-	-	71
	T12	-	Rickie Fowler	-1	12:53 pm	-	71	-	-	-	71
	T12	-	Miguel Jimenez	-1	1:15 pm	-	71	-	-	-	71
	T12	-	Matteo Manassero	-1	1:15 pm	-	71	-	-	-	71
	T12	-	Rory McIlroy	-1	1:59 pm	-	71	-	-	-	71
	T12	-	Jordan Spieth	-1	1:59 pm	-	71	-	-	-	71
	T20	-	Kevin Streelman	E	7:45 am	-	72	-	-	-	72
	T20	-	Nick Watney	E	8:29 am	-	72	-	-	-	72
	T20	-	Sang-Moon Bae	E	9:13 am	-	72	-	-	-	72
	T20	-	Bernhard Langer	E	9:24 am	-	72	-	-	-	72
	T20	-	John Senden	E	11:36 am	-	72	-	-	-	72
	T20	-	Graeme McDowell	E	12:53 pm	-	72	-	-	-	72
	T20	-	Steve Stricker	E	1:04 pm	-	72	-	-	-	72

I hope to see Adam Scott dons the green jacket on consecutive year ...

i go with Louis Oosthuizen   

i know i am dreaming... i like to see thongchai in contention for top honors...

I say Thongchai Jaidee...=)

Bernhard Langer would be sweet. childhood memories

is there coverage on cable? which channel?

Fox sports on starhub. Coverage starts at 3.00am daily

Jordan Spieth

Bubba Watson!

Rory McIlroy ... if he get his putting hot it will be scary good !!!

Nice board but 1st day scores for masters usually not indicative of anything. 

Coz this course plays tough. 1st round leader can slip out easily in later rounds.

Bubba Watson

I am rooting for brandt snedeker. fast player. bridgestone cavity back irons. graphite shafts. all around nice guy.  how more real can this guy be?

go brandt!

I am rooting for those in my age group


Go angel
Go ernie
Go phil

Would be nice if Lee Westwood or Sergio Garcia can win at least 1 major.

Duval_S wrote:

I am rooting for those in my age group


Go angel
Go ernie
Go phil

all got cut today first time phil has missed the cut at the Masters since 1997, unreal.

on another note, bubba played amazing today, 5 straight birdies from 12 - 16.... but bogeyed 18 to finish with a 68 and 7-under for the tournament!

should be an exciting weekend at the masters!!

Is there any way to watch this online for free? Just asking.

18underPar wrote:

Duval_S wrote:

I am rooting for those in my age group


Go angel
Go ernie
Go phil

all got cut today :(first time phil has missed the cut at the Masters since 1997, unreal.

on another note, bubba played amazing today, 5 straight birdies from 12 - 16.... but bogeyed 18 to finish with a 68 and 7-under for the tournament!

should be an exciting weekend at the masters!!

Wat! 
Angel, Ernie n Phil got chop! 
Its indeed a beri tough championship course! 
Think mayb TW might be chop oso considerg his condition now. 

Notable names...

Ryan Moore
Sang Moon Bae
Luke Donald
Sergio Garcia
Ernie Els
Phil Mickelson
Charl Schwartzel
Graeme McDowell
Zach Johnson
Dustin Johnson
Angel Cabrera
Matteo Manassero
Trevor Immelman
Keegan Bradley
YE Yang
Tom Watson
Ben Crenshaw

... all missed the cut.

How many Green Jacket owners in that list can you spot? How many major holders? How many former world no. 1?

Astounding, the way the course is set up. Make 1 tiny mistake, and wham! You have your rear end handed to you by the course, regardless of who you are.

This is why the Masters is so compelling to watch.

And among those who made the cut, the group bringing up the rear had some notable names too. T46 was Sandy Lyle, Olazabal, Darren Clarke, Jason Day, Luiten, and... McIlroy.

No kidding? McIlroy just made on the cut line?

I see Martin Kaymer one stroke better above the cut line. So, I guess his swing change in order to hit draws is still work in progress.

And what about Garcia? Who was in good shape, almost winning a tournament just before this, and whom people were saying, was finally ready for the Masters? What happened there?

Hindsight is 20/20 as they say.

Here's an Apr 9th article predicting the favourites...
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THE PICK
Sergio Garcia
Yes, we know this is a golfer who is notoriously fickle between the ears when it comes to majors — see last year, where he thought the wind was out to get him at Augusta — but this is his time. Since 2009, Garcia has gone from T-45 to T-35 to T-12 to T-8 last year. He is No. 1 on the PGA Tour in scrambling to save par, which is one of the biggest things you can do here. Our feeling is: This is the week that Sergio exorcises the demons.

result: cut

THE CONTENDERS
Rory McIlroy
It seems that McIlroy has finally turned the corner from his struggles last year after switching from Titleist to Nike. But his game is still as tailor-made for this place as anyone in the field, which should give him a considerable advantage this week. And think: If he wins, he’ll need only the British Open to complete the career Grand Slam — at age 24.

result: made the cut by the skin of his teeth

Jordan Spieth
He won’t be 21 until the end of July, which would make Spieth the youngest Masters winner in history — seven months younger than when Tiger Woods won his first green jacket in 1997. He’s a scoring dynamo and has finished in the top-20 seven times in 10 tournaments since the beginning of January.

result: very good, T3 after 2 days so far

Patrick Reed
No one heard of this guy before he won at the end of the regular season last August — and followed that up with two more wins this year. He can go super-low, dropping three straight 63s at the Humana Challenge in January. Plus: he spent two years at Augusta State College — a chip shot away from the club. He knows this place.

result: cut
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So, in hindsight, the Masters are so unpredictable, even for the experts.

The carnage continues tonight....

Practise round @ Augusta ...

Notice Rory MIlroy's bag has "Bose" on it ... Another sponsorship on his belt ...