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📣 In homage to (no) Masters week, I recreated the 4 most eye-popping moments in Masters history. Big takeaway for me was that none of these shots are as hard as they looked. Here’s Bubba from 2012. (Volume ⬆️) Check back tomorrow for Phil’s derring-do from 2010. #playingthrough
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"Scottie Scheffler is — it's inevitable." — Rory McIlroy
"Four shots behind, kind of like play for second.” — Haotong Li
“When you see his name up on the leaderboard, it sucks for us.” — Xander Schaufelle
FOLKS, HE HAS BROKEN THEIR SOULS
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The most remarkable thing about St. Andrews Opens is the ease of access. One moment you’re on a quiet street corner in town, the next you’re green side at 18. No ticket required. It’s incredible. You can be literally a block away and have no idea the event is happening.
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These guys bankrolled their trip to the Open — complete with an $18,000 rental by the 18th green! — by betting on the @warriors to win the NBA title.
On Saturday, they paid homage to their good fortune by wearing Kevon Looney jerseys to the Old Course.
golf.com/news/crazy-bet-fund…
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Rod Fowler has plantar fasciitis, but that hasn’t stopped him from walking w his son.
“If he was 7 over, my foot would hurt really bad,” he told me Friday eve. “Right now I don’t even feel it. Must be the adrenalin.”
I spoke to Rod about Rickie’s revival golf.com/news/rickie-fowler-…
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caught up with fred couples today on l'affaire LIV, and, boy, was he ready to chat
said he doesn't think he'll ever talk to phil again 😢golf.com/news/fred-couples-b…
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Autograph-seeker equivalent of last player on the range.
“Who you waiting for?” I asked him.
“Anyone,” he said.
Gotta respect the grind.
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At the Masters, Tyrrell Hatton called Augusta National "unfair at times." Now, he's laying into Southern Hills' greens:
"We're playing a major...not a monthly medal. They're bubbling all over the place. It's so hard to hole putts. "
Brookline, Old Course...you're next!
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wild happenings out here at USGA 4-ball at Plainfield (NJ) CC
there’s a dude (Mark Dull) playing solo in the round of 16 bc his partner had to dart for kid’s graduation
he’s 1-up thru 13
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in an era of cyrotherapy and mobility exercises, this college amateur warming up for his first Masters at Waffle House was a breath of fresh air
broke par on Thursday, too
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Getting ready for the Masters with an All-Star Special from Waffle House. Neal Shipley is trying to soak it all in at Augusta this week.
Seen & Heard at Augusta
piped.video/WRaSHeFcg9o?si=XxWg…
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Close acquaintance is two-thirds of the way home to a seven-figure payout in a genius NCAA/Masters parlay. Don’t want to jinx him but feel like the heavy lifting is out of the way…
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Patrick Reed's caddie, Kessler Karain, with some exceptionally tough love for his boss after a stray drive at 18.
"I could barely advance the golf ball, and my caddie [stares] at me in the face and [says], 'Your driving has cost us a lot this week.'"
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Here’s the moment (at the 1974 Monsanto Open) when Lee Elder in effect punched his ticket to the 1975 Masters. Amazing photos. Amazing man. 📸 Bettmann
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power-washing golf clubs is the most satisfying activity on Earth, and there’s no close second
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Jeff Darlington emerged Friday as the star witness of the Scheffler arrest. But three other ESPN personalities also were on the scene: analyst Geoff Ogilvy and announcers Dave Fleming and Bob Wischusen. I spoke to Wischusen about he saw and heard. golf.com/news/eyewitness-rev…
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couldn't love this anymore
Q. We don't know exactly what's going to happen this afternoon, but could you talk about Brian?
ZACH JOHNSON: Sure. Can you ask me some questions about Brian?
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tracked down Rory's fabled @uber driver. Fun facts:
-he's not a golfer but recognized Rory's name and thus understood the gravity of the mission at hand
-said he wasn't nervous
-asked to be ID'ed only by his nickname, "Aquaman"
golf.com/news/rory-mcilroy-u…
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A few words on why a hacker's quest for a hole in one had a mass audience on the edge of its seats. golf.com/news/agonizing-hole…
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among Oakmont’s coolest features: back half of 9th green doubles as practice area. Always a hectic scene
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Inspired by “real feel” temps, golf needs real-feel scores. As in:
You shot 91 but hit the ball GREAT and lipped out three times. Real-feel score: 84
Or…you shot 91 by scraping it around and holing a couple of bombs that had no biz going in. Real-feel score: 103
cc: @usga
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Among the murkier details of the incident is what exactly happened after Scheffler puled away from the police officer. Here’s what Wischusen saw:
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Via @NewYorker piece on LIV's rise:
"At the Masters one year, according to a person familiar with the conversations, [Saudi officials] asked about renting Augusta National’s clubhouse to host a meet and greet for top golfers. 'You can’t just do that,' the person said." 😂
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My thanks to @htmullinax for sharing his story. golf.com/news/features/2020/…
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Tiger’s net worth is ~$800m, which means the $100k putt he left short on the final hole of the Japan Skins represented about .0125% of his wealth.
The equivalent for a weekend hacker worth $97,300 (the median net worth of a U.S. household)?
A putt worth 12 bucks.
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Paul McGinley just now on Sky Sports "Molinari's in a tough spot here today because EVERYONE'S expecting him to win."
Butch Harmon: "Even Mickelson." 🔥
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When hecklers get confronted, things can get uncomfortable for them in a hurry. Here's the tale of the college golfer who chirped Rory McIlroy at the Players on Tuesday golf.com/news/heckling-rory-…
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So...Noonan wants a bag at the Open. No punchline here. Guy who played him — @mokeefeman — caddied at Winged Foot as a kid and says he's ready to take his looping to the next level. Knows the course better than Bushwood. Someone, PLEASE hire him! him!golf.com/news/features/danny…
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With all due respect to Louis, Collin and Jordan, all eyes tomorrow should be on Bailey. As in Bailey Davis, who is vying to become the first Black female to win a USGA title in the organization’s 127-year history.
"I want younger girls that look like me to be able to look at me and say if she can do it, I can do it as well."
@baileyyydavis is a finalist in the 72nd #USGirlsJunior!
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Vik out here talking the ear off his coach, Grant Waite. Trying to sort his driver after a couple of loose swings late in 3rd rd
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they offered him millions💰
while he was trying to help his university win a national championship 🏆
he said he was given 12 days to make a decision⏱️ golf.com/news/ex-college-sta…
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"So reverent is the judge toward the game’s regulations that he carries a copy of the Rules of Golf in his bag. He’s not afraid to break it out in the name of fair decisions."
@JoshSens on the single-digit-handicap judge overseeing Reed v Chamblee/GC golf.com/news/judge-reed-cha…
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John Daly won the first PGA Championship he ever played in. Since then: 25 appearances, 17 MCs, 2 WDs, and, coming soon, one start in an EZ-GO.
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Nothing gets my golf juices flowing like a 1st tee periscope. This beauty stands sentinel on the par-4 opener at my local muni.
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Best money game at Oakmont this evening? Adam Schenk and his caddie lobbing balls at a pin on the range
💰$100 makes
💰$50 for pin strikes
💰$20 for rolling a ball that hits another ball on the green
(Schenk, btw, is +9 in the *other* tournament, tied for 45th.)
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Pleasant/wholly unnecessary surprise off the 6th fairway at Hermitage CC, outside Richmond, VA. Quickly took the sting off my horrible tee shot.
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My 7-yr-old thought he made his first ace yesterday. (He hit a low heater that *just* missed the pin and vanished off the back off the green.) Making him the check the hole twice was probably not great parenting.
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Oh my! Just drained a 35-footer at par-3 15th to go 2-up. Gassed it. Might have rolled 15 feet by if it didn’t drop. Just soul-crushing for opponents.
For those scoring at home, a single has never won a match in this tourney.
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I would pay a lot of money for a full, unedited transcript of Spieth and Greller's banter today.
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There’s a compound on the eastern point of Fishers Island, a few hundred yards from Fishers Island GC, that appears to have a short course in the backyard. After ogling it on Google Earth for 20 min, I’m ready to declare it the greatest golf pad on the planet.
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Among the quandaries that keep me up at night: What is the appropriate number of tees to grab at the starter’s shack? Genuinely interested to hear Twitter’s take.
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However you feel about Philly Mick, can't deny that he has absolutely carried this thing today. Masterclass in showmanship.
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My kid’s soccer game this evening is at a repurposed golf course, on the site of what appeared to be a short par 4. I should be cheering him on but all I can think about is smoothing a 3-wood down the fairway. View from the tee:
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Trying to feign interest in my kid’s baseball practice but every ounce of my attention is on the guy working on his wedge game in centerfield.
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Have seen a few Masters, but never from this vantage point. Many thanks to @EurekaEarthPlus for the lift. Lots more to come. 🛩🌺
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Golf-umbrella management in crowded urban spaces doesn’t get enough attention. Shadowed this guy this morning and can report he was a pro’s pro, mastering (1) the courtesy lift, (2) tight corners, (3) not budging an inch in the face of a competitor.
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Siwanoy CC (Bronxville, NY) is best known for hosting the inaugural PGA Championship, in 1916. It also has the game’s best trash cans.
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The sand artist down on West Sands beach (next to Old Course) is from Oregon. Moved to St. Andrews a few years back and began caddying, and soon realized he was a wizard with a bunker rake. Now, he’s turned his talent into art.
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The last tweet Norm Macdonald posted in his too-short life was about golf. That's not surprising. He was an absolute fanatic about the professional game. RIP Norm golf.com/news/norm-macdonald…
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Just watched Shipley greet his high-school sweetheart, Molly, and family after signing for his 73, four better than Tiger.
After hugging Molly and telling her he loved her, he looked up at the group and said what everyone was thinking:
"How cool was that?!"
From Waffle House to winning low amateur honors AND a Sunday pairing with Tiger Woods at Augusta. Neal Shipley is having a dream week at the Masters.
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Scheffler wins green jacket with a 4-putt
Rahm wins green jacket with tee shot that fails to reach the fairway
Masters champions, they're just like us
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closing argument on mud balls via the esteemed Paddy Harrington, Esq.
“It’s part of the skill of the game” 🎯
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My Bandon playing mates trying to locate a flagstick on the par-3 Preserve course earlier this week is a scene straight out of a Spielberg film. Fog + glare = 🤷♂️
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Spotted at daughter’s softball game this morning. Hard to know how long it’s been there. No one dared move it.
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So much concern about the balloon handlers today. What about the golfers? Gotta be gusting 35-40 out here. Absolute carnage.
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DJ on why the Euros keep winning:
"They just play better. It's really simple. Whoever plays better is going to win. I mean, it's not rocket science."
🎯🎯🎯
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If you saw the omniscient @acaseofthegolf1's tweet about the weekend duffer who landed in a U.S. Open qualifier after losing a fantasy football bet, well...you may have questions.
On Tuesday, I went looking for answers! golf.com/news/lost-bet-shot-…
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The heckler who berated Phil in the 1st round of the USO did it again in the 2nd round. Then, on Saturday, he went after Brooks Koepka.
What gives a grown man the motivation and gall to rise in front of a hushed audience and say his piece?
I asked him. golf.com/news/phil-mickelson…
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Exclusive look inside JD’s chariot:
✅ no roof
✅ parking permit, because, you know, spots are tough to come by out here
✅ jumbo bevvy from 🤡
✅ console loaded with back-ups
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Spoke to the @MizzenAndMain CEO about that insane Phil video. It took all of 90 minutes to shoot and that glorious leg kick was all Lefty. bit.ly/2n4XOJr
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Fun fact: Min Woo Lee and his big sis Minjee are the only sib combo to have each won a U.S. Junior Am. Minjee did in it 2012, and Min Woo four years later. Minjee has gone on to win 8 LPGA titles, including 2 majors. Min Woo has 2 DPWT wins and, well...let's what happens tmw
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The Rosie tributes have been overwhelming. Complete timeline takeover. One of the recurring themes: how many young media folk he assisted and mentored and encouraged. What a loss but also what a legacy. 🌹
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If you’re looking for a golfer to root for in 2022, start with Misha. Like millions of other Ukrainians, he and his family are innocent victims in a terrifying unnecessary war. He shared his story with me earlier this week. golf.com/news/features/ukrai…
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Jason Kokrak, noted sentimentalist, just unloaded on Masters officials for, as he saw it, botching Sandy Lyle’s Augusta farewell. Great reporting via @nickpia 💣💣💣 golf.com/news/its-chicken-st…
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Bamberger's gamer is a master class in deadline writing. Do yourself a favor and read it. bit.ly/2uNX1C0
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