OT - The Masters Open Thread
Promises to be a slow day on the Board. I would assume this will stay up for a good portion of the day and can just serve as a Masters commentary thread for those watching.
So far there has been a Tiger Woods no-show, a very moving ceremonial first tee dedication to Arnold Palmer, and a very random "super athletic - hyper coordinated - favorite to win the Masters guy - falls down the stairs and injures his back incident(?)" that I am sure won't result in any rumor or speculation as to what may have caused said fall.
Golf needs a player like Dustin Johnson at this point as a sport still trying to forge a new identity post Tiger. He was starting to gain traction as the "big draw." Would be a tough weekend for the game if he can't play.
Wide open field at this point though. Could make for some compelling theatre.
He's the only golfer I ever gave a crap about. Mostly cause he looked like me.
of the funnier things I have ever seen in a golf tournament was John Daly lighting a cigarette while talking with an Open Championship rules official a couple of years ago. There is a guy who has just decided that he is not crazy about the current "rules" and has decided to create some new ones for himself to live by.
Sounds like Dj is going to tee it up today. Even if he is able to get through today and tomorrow I find it hard to believe he will be able to everything he normally does. Wouldn't be surprised at all to see him miss the cut.
Lefty and Rickie are both off to real nice starts!
have not heard that update. Last I heard he was "resting comfortably" which does not sound much like "ready to play Augusta" to me.
They said it on Live from the Masters this morning. They didn't give any updates to exactly how he is feeling, they just said he will be teeing off as planned and is highly unlikely to withdraw. However, he could get to the practice range and after hitting a few shots realize he can't do it and withdraw at that time but as of now he is expected to play.
Thanks. Good to know.
In all honesty though, this is really an odd development. He is a guy with a notable and publicized substance abuse history. All of the sudden he is the talk of the town and the favorite to win the Masters and the unquestionable headliner. He also is a fairly new dad and has a father-in-law who probably considers greatness to be fairly routine. That sounds like quite a bit of pressure.
I know that nobody will want to ask that question but I think there may be an empty wagon rolling around somewhere near Augusta right now.
It is a very odd development indeed. They actually discussed that a bit this morning but it sounds like the incident happened less than an hour after he got back to the house from the course. Obviously a lot can be done in an hour and I'm sure there will be a lot of questioning going on but hopefully this actually was just a bad luck incident. I like DJ and he is a lot of fun to watch.
don't think a person can hit a ball much harder than he does without actually causing structural damage to the ball.
withdrew from the tournament.
Not exactly what the golfing world needed right now.
Reported earlier today that he fell down 3 stairs while playing with his son. It definitely seems possible that this is just a freak accident at an unfortunate time for him.
How are the lilies and blossoms looking? Is Nance whispering gently into a piano theme?
does make sense if you are a fan of the game. For people who really love golf, it is an all encompassing affection. I love golf, golf courses, golf clothes, golf sounds, the glistening dew on the ground in early morning. For people who really love the game we are not just watching the mechanics of the guys hitting the ball repetitively, we are looking at the course, the hats, the clubs, all of it. And it is a sight to behold.
I'm with you on this.
There is just something about golf courses. They're so relaxing and peaceful.
of golf courses. I have seen Augusta look considerably better than it does right now. I mean, it still looks world class but you can tell it has not been ideal weather down there for course management at this stage of the year. It looks a little patchy right now.
Understandable. It stormed there yesterday. I'm sure that fucked up a lot of the beauty. They will get it fixed for the remaining days, though. It's supposed to be nothing but sunny on Saturday and Sunday.
I have a cousin with a country club membership and he golfs just about every day during the summer. He keeps trying to get me to join his club, but the whole atmosphere is just off-putting for me. The place is literally all 50+-old white dudes except for the wait staff and the beer cart girls. Every time I go there, it's like time travelling back to the 50s.
I realize public courses are more diverse, but it feels like a sport that is in serious need of some kind of marketing campaign to bring in young people.
You wouldn't understand.
I'd rather watch paint dry.
That being said, i love watching Poker. Mostly because when you lose in Poker, unlike every other "sport" you actually LOSE something.
Watching poker is so fucking stupid. I'd rather watch paint dry.
just like watching bridge or euchre. I wish I could upvote this post however many times until all my points went away.
Ive never seen a million dollar hand of bridge or euchre on tv. Ive also never seen someone bluff someone out of a million dollars in bridge or euchre.
You obviously dont have a handle on how gambling works.
think that most of us understand how it works but are really not that fascinated by it. Most of those guys you watch on ESPN Ocho are degenerates who rotate between buying drinks for the bar and calling their grandmothers to get a few bucks "just to get back on their feet" They aren't that interesting.
who spent their days playing golf and drinking. Whats the difference?
Its just as uninteresting watching a guy hit a ball around a golf course, as it is watching a guy play cards. About the only interesting thing to happen to golf in my lifetime was the emergence of a black man dominating the trust fund country club dicks.
you have ever tried to play golf well with a hangover it would become clear that not many top golfers in the world spend much time drinking.
Its when you miss the cut of a tournament but have paid for four days at the resort, so you have 48 hours to drink before leaving town.
didn't you say they don't pay their way, the sponsors do? Now you say they DO pay their way?
Weird.
of who footed the bill for the room in that statement. Just that the room was paid for. But continue to plant words.
of your sentence so your sentence structure really only makes sense if the reader assumes the subject of the sentence also paid for the room, otherwise . . . . oh forget it.
Will you shut up and quit arguing every fucking post like a kid if we all just admit golf blows and you're the most epic-est tour poker player of forver all time?
Do you always just read the last sentence someone writes, or do you take into account the entire argument, and everything someone has said up to this point.
If you were to start taking into account the entirety of someones argument, we wouldnt have to get bogged down in the minutae of every little point.
I could care less if any of you agree with me or not. Im bored and at work, and this is a way more entertaining way to lose points than a neg bang.
Also once again, if reading my original post with your critical thinking cap on, you would see i was making the point that not liking golf on tv doesnt make you a millenial like Dopeman assertained. Then i acknowledged that i watch something others probably find boring with a verbal cue "that being said", as well as acknowledging it wasnt an actual sport by calling it a "sport".
Any of the criticisms that followed by the lynch mob around here were already implied in my original statement.
TL;DR
kids who have trust funds. Jealous? Based on your multiple comments, you seem to dislike golf because "rich people" play it. Most people who play aren't rich.
But the fact of the matter is golf is a world wide sport. Poker is a card game.
Exactly. After reading his comments, his tone just smells like jealousy. He's probably the type of person who thinks profits should be donated/shared and the rich should always donate to charity simply because they can (which is a bull shit thing to think, by the way).
The trust fund comment was in reply to him classifying all gamblers as alchoholic degenrates.
Seriously, i thought you were all supposed to be college educated gentlemen. Did they stop teaching critical thinking and reading skills or something?
Or do you always read one sentence of a persons paragraph, and attack accordingly?
I always read one sentence and attack accordingly.
when someone is clearly as wrong as he is lol
You're out of your god damned mind if you think most golfers are just a bunch of rich kids with trust funds.
Obviously of poor origins growing up in the prison colony of Australia. I bet you cant name five current golfers that grew up dirt poor.
and everyone I know.
Also . . . .
Miguel Angel Cabrera
Lee Trevino
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Craig Stadler
ChiChi Rodriguez
David Berganio Jr.
Boo Weekley
Padriag Harrington
etc. etc. etc. etc.
MANY tour pros grew up poor/lower middle class and learned the game as caddies.
Not you, your friends, or a who's who of retired and dead golfers.
How very selective of you.
No, you cant name five current dirt poor golfers.
Thanks for playing.
my comment. The fact of the matter is numerous current golfers were poor/lower class.
You refusing to believe that doesn't make you correct. Also, as a matter of fact, I named 4 current players on that list, without googling.
And WTF is "thanks for playing?" If we were playing anything, I just won because I proved your asinine assumption incorrect.
EDIT: If you include Stadler, who still plays on the Champions Tour, I named 5 current players without using google. I win extra. You Lose. Good day sir.
Regardless of the $ on the table or no $ on the table.
It's a card game. Something you do when you're bored and drunk.
I worked at a casino full time while getting my PhD. Pretty sure I understand the ins and outs of gambling more than you.
as well as having played in Major tournaments thoughout the country over the last 15.
Im positive you do not understand the game like i do.
I ran a room full of you types for 6 years so, dealers included. So I guess we understand it about the same.
Besides, being a dealer means squat. Worst gamblers/poker players I have ever seen were ex-dealers.
the rules better than anyone else seated at the table if you take your job seriously.
Also if you were to google the top 100 ranked poker players in the world, i assure you about 30% of them were dealers at some point.
Its a great way to learn to read players without wagering any money.
Unless you want to hang out sometime and watch paint dry together.
In other sports? Weird, I guess I had the nature of sports wrong my entire life.
FYI, in poker, unless you watch the first rounds of the Main Event with all the random people, all those dudes are not paying shit. They are sponsored, won free satellites, big names for TV, etc...