2015 Masters Thread (Tiger's playing)

[RedOctober3829]

I did a DK for this week.  I picked the following
 
Speith
Matsuyama--solid so far at -2
Casey--turning in a great round so far -3 with no bogeys
JB Holmes--mediocre at best at +1 so far.  1 birdie and 2 bogeys.
Keegan--all over the place so far today.  4 birdies, 2 bogeys, 1 double
Furyk--E through 5 with all pars.

 

[mabrowndog]

Freddy & Tiger both bogey #1.

 

[mabrowndog]

Jimenez made the turn even. Since then: 6 straight red marks -- including a double at 13 -- and a birdie leaves him at +6 with two holes to play.
 
EDIT - And he pars 17.

 

[mabrowndog]

Four birdies today at #12: Harman, Villegas, Bradley...
 
...and Crenshaw, on a day when he's +14 on his other 13 holes so far.

 

[mabrowndog]

Els birdies 8, back to -2.

 

[mabrowndog]

Matsuyama birdies #13, gets to -3. His only red mark of the day is a bogey at #5.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Keegan birdies 18 to finish in red numbers.  Good start for the Vermonter.

 

[jcaz]

Anybody able to find the course statistics on the masters.com page?  Maybe not available yet?

 

[cshea]

Had to lay up after an errant drive, but Tiger sticks a wedge on 2 to 4 feet and makes the birdie.

2 iffy drives.

 

[mabrowndog]

Dufner played Amen Corner at +3. Got one back at #13, but he's just bogeyed #15. Sitting +2.

 

[mabrowndog]

Anybody able to find the course statistics on the masters.com page?  Maybe not available yet?

 
I'm surprised they don't just add a bunch of lines to the bottom of the live hole-by-hole leader board that auto-update throughout the tournament, showing average score, ranking, and # of eagles, birds, pars, bogies, doubles and higher.
 
It's just a bunch of basic spreadsheet calculations so I don't know what's stopping them, especially considering the attention to detail they put into just about every other aspect of their online presentation and viewer experience.

 

[mabrowndog]

Cabrera with birdies at 8 and 9, joining the pack at -2 as he makes the turn bogey-free.

 

[drtooth]

Woods bogies 4.  +1

 

[Papelbon's Poutine]

Is Casey wearing his caddy's overalls?

 

[Al Zarilla]

Fantastic shot out of the pines and onto the green by Tiger. 

 

[luckysox]

That was vintage Tiger.

 

[Ed Hillel]

That motion did not look good for Tiger's back.

 

[johnmd20]

That was vintage Tiger.

 
Definitely. Hard swing, tho. Really hard.

 

[cshea]

Spieth goes out in 32. He is unreal.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Spieth is on fire.  -4 thru the front.

 

[cshea]

Rory shoots 71, Phil 70.

 

[cshea]

Tiger is taking some rips here. Back seems fine.

 

[luckysox]

He definitely looks healthier today than he has in awhile.  He is swinging the club hard when he needs/wants to. 

 

[cshea]

Another birdie for Spieth. 63 not out of the question with 2 par 5's left.

Tiger chipping alert! Flew the green from 272 on 8.

 

[The Napkin]

Tiger is taking some rips here. Back seems fine.

Tonight/tomorrow after he cools down a bit will be the big test

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Tonight/tomorrow after he cools down a bit will be the big test

As long as he activates his glutes, he'll be fine

 

[Ed Hillel]

Did Speith's tee shot even bounce, or did it bury straight into the ground? That looked weird.
 
Tiger evens it up.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Amen to Koepka!  Triple bogey on 11.  Brooks had gotten to -3, now at +1

 

[Al Zarilla]

"The new pose"...announcer about Tiger's dropping his driver in disgust after T-shot at 9.

 

[BigMike]

Look like Tiger missed by a little bit on that tee shot on 9.     Yikes   Maybe he ended up in a good spot the next fairway over,  or a couple fairways over

 

[cshea]

Yowzers

 

[Al Zarilla]

Yowzers

Yeah, Tiger's woods.

 

[BigMike]

OK, now that's the type of thing that happens to me when I miss the fairway by 75 yards on my drive

 

[Ed Hillel]

There's the Tiger hissy fit.
 
I like it when he just drops his head into his hand and massages the side of his eyes.

 

[Corsi]

Meltdown: Imminent 

 

[Ed Hillel]

That's the young Tiger's approach and confidence.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Meltdown: Imminent 

 
Not so fast.  Recovered to get on to the green in 3. Could salvage bogey at worst.

 

[cshea]

Eh, let's see. Pretty good 3rd shot gives him a chance of escaping with just a bogey.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Bogey it is.  Pretty solid read on that par attempt, leaving himself a tap-in boge.

 

[cshea]

Big Easy takes the lead with an eagle at 15.

 

[fletcherpost]

Nice break for Spieth. When it's yer day...

 

[LogansDad]

Jordan Spieth is special.  
 
Even his bad shots bounce off trees and into the fairway.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

When things are going your way, they're going your way.  Spieth just got an extremely generous kick out of (off of?) the pines on an otherwise horrible tee shot on 13.  -6 with a chance to make another birdie.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Hard to think Spieth is still 21 years old.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Spieth approaches to about 2 feet for his birdie.  Insane how well he's playing.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Spieth approaches to about 2 feet for his birdie.  Insane how well he's playing.

And he sinks it.  Only needs to -3 in final 5 holes to set the new major championship record at 62.

 

[Ed Hillel]

These are some pretty good reactions from Tiger.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

And he sinks it.  Only needs to -3 in final 5 holes to set the new major championship record at 62.

 
And he's got an eagle-able par 5 in front him too.

 

[BigMike]

Tiger's short game seems fine.

His swing just seems so high effort when compared to most guys who seem smooth and relaxed

 

[RedOctober3829]

Tiger's short game seems fine.

His swing just seems so high effort when compared to most guys who seem smooth and relaxed

He's so far off mechanically right now.  He's opening his hips up too soon and it's causing an inside-out swing because his hips and arms aren't working together.  It's opening up the club head and everything is going to head right.