tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072096675830846305.post7304184509474067190..comments2023-10-04T07:23:28.699-04:00Comments on Bam-Bam in Bedrock: Masters makes good TV but....BamBamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03016454443639006266noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072096675830846305.post-68168283054962720132009-04-14T22:34:00.000-04:002009-04-14T22:34:00.000-04:00I couldn't agree with you more Bam. There were sev...I couldn't agree with you more Bam. There were several amazing stories and phenominal rounds of golf being played on Sunday that received little to no coverage whatsoever.<br /><br />John Merrick and Steve Flesch posted two of the top rounds for the day, finished 6th overall tied with Woods yet I can't recall seeing a single golf shot or putt that either one of them made. Then there is Katayama who did get some coverage but not nearly enough for what this guy brings to the game.<br /><br />Other than the coverage, the only thing that I was truely disappointed about was the 18th hole and playoff. That was some of the worst golf I've seen.<br /><br />Kenny Perry has a 1 stroke lead teeing off on the 18th hole on the final day of the Masters and pulls out a driver off the tee? What the heck are you thinking you dumbass? That tee shot requires him to hit a fade and he's a draw player. Bunt that 3 wood down the middle and hit your 6 iron to the centre of the green. Sheeesh. Even his shot from the bunker was painful to watch.<br /><br />And then there is luckbox Cabrera who hits his tee shot dead into the trees in the playoff. Plays his second shot, catches hard wood and stands puzzled as to where his ball went? Oh look, its in the middle of the fairway. OMFG..... Granted he did make a great up and down to save par.<br /><br />I don't even want to comment about the 2nd playoff hole other than to say that Kenny Perry played the best 70 holes of golf in his career only to completely crumble under the pressure.<br /><br />The best player didn't win .... the luckiest player did. <br /><br />Oh and by the way, I heard that Augusta National just passed a new policy that will be enforced next year.<br /><br />NO INTERPRETERS ALLOWED IN BUTLER CABIN !!! That was brutal.DonKaaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236823278032095264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072096675830846305.post-65822672373190898392009-04-14T12:35:00.000-04:002009-04-14T12:35:00.000-04:00US open pool is great idea. I will work on that. ...US open pool is great idea. I will work on that. <br /><br />I did hear the commentators mention something about these final two groups just not being able to handle the pressure of the roar. The roar is different when Tiger or Phil hit a shot or drop a eagle putt. The roar is what makes golfers make mistakes because they know a tiger or a left is lurking and making a charge.<br /><br />For them to make pars was great, but you always like to cheer for the guy who comes from behind to win, at least I do.<br /><br />Having it handed to you is not that fun, but a win is a win!Schaubshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022476308776632194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072096675830846305.post-58289938451033617552009-04-13T17:05:00.000-04:002009-04-13T17:05:00.000-04:00No Schaubsy, like you and a few million others, I ...No Schaubsy, like you and a few million others, I really wanted to see every shot in that pairing. It was truly remarkable and something we may not witness again for a really long time.<BR/><BR/>The point I was trying to make and maybe I didn't do a good enough job of it was, Augusta National still owns the media. What they say goes and no one other than honest golfers such as McCord and Miller, will stand up to them.<BR/><BR/>It's no secret that there are "green jackets" in the production trailer during all Masters coverage. That takes some of the heart and soul out of the event for me.<BR/><BR/>The hardest hole of the day was #9, yet we got ho-hum coverage of four guy's bustin' a nut to stay ahead of the most impressive two man attack on a leaderboard in modern history. <BR/><BR/>What I'm trying to say I guess is, "The roar is back" was the Augusta Nationals catch phrase this year, because they have been rather bad television of late. But the "roar" was no more important or any better TV, than what ended up being just three real contenders in the end. <BR/><BR/>It is only my opinion of course, but do you think Phil or Tiger would have gotten the near zero coverage that a faltering Jim Furyk ended up getting, if they would have had the same round? <BR/><BR/>Jim was grinding it out, it just didn't happen. The other three did some grinding, did some saving and definitly did some things that were truly amazing. The blah-blah-blah of "it's just not the same back there" and "they can't get anything going in the last two groups" was total BS.<BR/><BR/>I'm just saying their play deserved honesty, integrity and even possibly a sympathetic view, considering the pressure that they were being put under. But if those aren't always possible at Augusta, at least offer them the respect that their play on the day truly deserved. I personally was burning inside, at the "they're all washed up at the back" attitude, from a few golfers and broadcasters, that aren't fit to clean a person like Kenny Perry's, Angel Cabrera's or for that matter, Chad Campbell's clubs at the time.<BR/><BR/>Just my $0.02 worth though. Thanks for running the pool! Glad to see it was $ amounts! (I forgot that!) By cash I was dead mid-field but buy PAR, holy crap 5 of my guys sucked!<BR/><BR/>Do I hear U.S.OPEN pool...<BR/><BR/>:)BamBamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016454443639006266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072096675830846305.post-38000066217825265852009-04-13T15:17:00.000-04:002009-04-13T15:17:00.000-04:00We probably will not see a Sunday pairing like tha...We probably will not see a Sunday pairing like that for a very very long time. Both are 7 back with one day to play... are you choked because they showed each and every shot? I hope you were like me and had the laptop clsoe by with streaming updates of the entire field.<BR/><BR/>I'll take Phil and Tiger on Sunday chasing down the leaders with shot after shot magic anyday. <BR/><BR/>The commentators were weak I agree, but I learned a long time to not care about what they say and just concentrate on the golf, where Tiger is landing it, what his thought process might be, why he is hitting a bunker shot and not even considering going at the pin. etc.<BR/><BR/>NBC just took advantage of pairing that everyone has been waiting for... and for it to happen on Sunday at Augusta was nothing short of total awesomeness.<BR/><BR/>The shot that Kenny hit was amazing I agree. Angel hitting the tree on 72 hole and then making par... just amazing... I can't even fathom the pressure he was under.<BR/><BR/>Kenny Perry pulled a Len Matice.<BR/><BR/>Too bad his putter let him down throughout the week.<BR/><BR/>Very nice post.Schaubshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022476308776632194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072096675830846305.post-50285252579487669432009-04-13T13:21:00.000-04:002009-04-13T13:21:00.000-04:00The announcers think that a viewer can't enjoy it ...The announcers think that a viewer can't enjoy it unless it's Tiger and Phil.<BR/><BR/>I think they underestimate us!<BR/><BR/>Nice post.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072096675830846305.post-75292047115200445872009-04-13T12:59:00.000-04:002009-04-13T12:59:00.000-04:00Fortunately the commentary team in the UK are actu...Fortunately the commentary team in the UK are actually OK (if I can discount Peter Alliss), so although the TV coverage was way too Tiger/Phil orientated, it's not complete overkill.<BR/>Adding to that, we see Cabrera, despite being Argentinian, as one of "ours", seeing as he made his name on the European Tour, and I think this came across in the commentary (we needed to cheer someone on, it was a European disaster, apart from Lyle and McIlroy).<BR/>A great playoff though - and there was I convinced Chad Campbell was strong favourite to win the playoff - what do I know???Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527619859568415550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072096675830846305.post-23026604175587765822009-04-13T11:32:00.000-04:002009-04-13T11:32:00.000-04:00For me, Gary McCord will always be associated with...For me, Gary McCord will always be associated with the Masters, just for that reason. I'm afraid that big TV is so scared of the Green Jacket Mafia that they will do whatever it takes to preserve the brand. <BR/><BR/>It was a helluva battle and some of the best golf I've seen in a while, even if the playoff was a contest to see who would screw up the least. Bang it off a tree and go on to win? Seriously?<BR/><BR/>-DrCDrChakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408654385168201338noreply@blogger.com