Masters Wrap-Up

When you've got two young boys and your wife bails out of town on Masters Sunday, you don't get to see as much of the action as you'd like. But I saw enough to warrant these thoughts.

1) I ALWAYS remember the Masters being about the back nine, and about guys going for 13 & 15 in two. Curtis would dunk it in the water and make a big round number while Couples would stiff one on 13 and make eagle. Now, it's an endless array of gap wedges launched into the greens. Granted the scores were much lower this year than last year, and would've been lower still had the wind not kicked up on Sunday. But can't they "modernize" the course without taking away the real charm and excitement of Sunday afternoon?

2) Everyone talks about what a great clutch putter Tig is - except for when he isn't. It's really going to stick in his craw how poorly he putted - especially since he ended up only three back.

3) I know full well that the Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC) runs the Masters, not the PGA, PGA TOUR, or anyone else that your average know-nothing thinks is prominently involved. Still, how the hell do Immelman and Snedeker get two full holes behind on Sunday and not get a warning? Immelman has a built-in hour glass and the sand has to make it all the way into the other chamber before he'll pull the trigger. Shameful.

4) Immelman's wife: Well Played, Trev.

5) TV never truly shows how significant the terrain is on any course. But the computer-generated fly-bys of ANGC made it look like some of the holes are on the sides of mountains. The truth lies somewhere in between, right?

6) Nice divot on the 72nd hole. Even better shot by Immelman to make it irrelevant.

7) Yeah, I could've kept Immelman for this year. And I didn't. But replacement keeper David Toms finally earned some money, so the glass isn't entirely empty. I guess.