Yes. Yes we do. Awesomeness coming.WayBackVazquez said:Great save. But we have golf to play tomorrow.
RedOctober3829 said:Spieth has never closed out a 54 hole lead on the PGA Tour.
Well, last week at Houston. last year in this very spot....Deathofthebambino said:
LOL. Has he had a lot of them?
You cannot extrapolate the way the course has played thus far to what it will play like tomorrow. The will be rolling every green, mowing around the greens/water, and placing the pins in dastardly positions. I guarantee it. They don't want tournament records.Deathofthebambino said:
The thing is I think Augusta doesn't have it's teeth this year, so as long as you keep the ball in play, the par 5's are playing relatively easy with the greens being a bit soft. There are a lot of birdies to be made, so he can afford to make some mistakes and as long as he makes some birdies, it's hard to catch him. It's not like when Augusta's greens are like cement and it's incredibly hard to make any birdies so if you go backwards, it's hard to go forward again.
WayBackVazquez said:You cannot extrapolate the way the course has played thus far to what it will play like tomorrow. The will be rolling every green, mowing around the greens/water, and placing the pins in dastardly positions. I guarantee it. They don't want tournament records.
Deathofthebambino said:I don't think it's crazy. It's definitely possible. I just haven't seen anything in Spieth's game for the past month to think it's in the cards though. He's just playing too smart and consistent and his putter is amazing. With Augusta playing like this, and the lack of wind really is a big factor, even if they make it harder tomorrow, you still have to figure the over/under on birdies for him tomorrow would be around 4/5, at worst. If he does that, he would need to fuck up a bunch of holes (or fuck up a couple of holes, really, really, bad) to get to 74/75.
Of course, anything can happen, and that's why we watch sports, but other than the whole "any given Sunday," thing, I don't think I can find a reason to bet against him at this point. What's Vegas have him at to finish this out?
cshea said:The CBS broadcast starts at 2 today, so we get all of the last 6 groups.
Why did they reject a modest proposal to sell Masters gear out of a small shop to be established in Augusta. Because they can and because they are quirky. Keep them wanting more.canderson said:Why the hell do they not show earlier rounds on CBS Sports or some affiliated network (like the NCAA tournament)? It seems insane to me simply ignore probably half the tournament play with their coverage (or lack thereof).
If it's an Augusta reason, that's fine and I get that. I assumed it was a TV network one.dcmissle said:Why did they reject a modest proposal to sell Masters gear out of a small shop to be established in Augusta. Because they can and because they are quirky. Keep them wanting more.
I cannot get upset about it though, because they do not try to squeeze the last nickel out of this, as everyone else does events of this sort. Far from it.
Agree completely, as long as Spieth wins in the end.Sox and Rocks said:I'd love to see any combination of Phil, Tiger, and/or Rory have a vintage round to push spieth
Yeah, it's a tradion unlike any other, after all. There are of course, some other country clubs that simply refuse to allow any PGA event to be held at its course, money be damned. Los Angeles Country Club is one.dcmissle said:Remember one of those Martha Burke years when they pulled every single ad to protect the sponsors? Nobody rolls like Augusta.
dcmissle said:Remember one of those Martha Burke years when they pulled every single ad to protect the sponsors? Nobody rolls like Augusta.
Had no idea, but I like it. The exact opposite of the NFL, really. Thanks for the explanation.cshea said:Yeah, the entire broadcast is produced and directed by Augusta National. They do whatever they want. It's why you get Nantz and the CBS crew working with ESPN on Friday/Saturday. Augusta booted Gary McCord for life, so we get Verne (which is awesome). They control the whole thing, this is what they want. One of the perks is the minimal commercial breaks (wiki says 4 minutes/hour).
WayBackVazquez said:Yeah, it's a tradion unlike any other, after all. There are of course, some other country clubs that simply refuse to allow any PGA event to be held at its course, money be damned. Los Angeles Country Club is one.
I got the sense yesterday they were just a bit overwhelmed by the action. There's only so much you can show in one broadcast window and with so many name players making moves and putting up good rounds and making great shots, they couldn't keep up. Yeah, it sucked not seeing some stuff and they glossed over things like Tigers punch out, but meanwhile someone on another hole was throwing a dart or draining bomb. May not agree with every choose but they have to make them at the moment.johnmd20 said:
They made up for that yesterday. There were so many breaks and commercials. In fact, the coverage in general was choppy and weird. They missed so many shots. They missed so many balls after they were hit. And I think it was pretty inexcusable they didn't show Tiger's 2nd shot on 13, after he put the ball I'm not sure where and getting back to the fairway. Making it worse, they didn't even MENTION what Tiger did and where is ball was.
Oh well. Beggars can't be choosers. But yesterday's coverage was odd. Lingering on the golfer after the shot. Missing the results. Not really explaining much.
Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat said:Keegan misses his 12 foot eagle putt on 13 but makes the birdie to get to -5/-3
Still haven't shown a shot liveMcBride11 said:Goddamit, CBS starts with the same BS intro as yesterday showing Arnie, Player, and Jack. Show todayyyyyy.
What Augusta wants, Augusta gets.McBride11 said:Goddamit, CBS starts with the same BS intro as yesterday showing Arnie, Player, and Jack. Show todayyyyyy.
Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat said:Still haven't shown a shot live
Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat said:Still haven't shown a shot live
mabrowndog said:What Augusta wants, Augusta gets.
And what they want now is to show us the tense action-packed excitement of the fucking driving range.
Phragle said:Can they not do this before 2? How bout some golf?