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5 things you didn’t know about the Masters. 


1. Agusta National paints the grass anything that’s on camera will be green


2.Bird noises are added post production. CBS does it to make it “seem more like a natural paradise”


3. The water is dyed. Using a dye the same as in cake icing to create crystal blue reflections. 


4. Cell phones are banned 


5. The bunkers are not actually filled with sand. Instead they are filled with quartz. A waste product from a mining process that takes place in western North Carolina that makes it so white and pure.

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2 minutes ago, KirtFalcon said:

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5 things you didn’t know about the Masters. 


1. Agusta National paints the grass anything that’s on camera will be green


2.Bird noises are added post production. CBS does it to make it “seem more like a natural paradise”


3. The water is dyed. Using a dye the same as in cake icing to create crystal blue reflections. 


4. Cell phones are banned 


5. The bunkers are not actually filled with sand. Instead they are filled with quartz. A waste product from a mining process that takes place in western North Carolina that makes it so white and pure.

Knew all of them except #5.......

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1 minute ago, Coach0001 said:

This Sunday I will get the bucket list trip of being at Augusta 

I still am in disbelief that I will be be attending 

Wow......Lucky YOU!!!  It's truly one of THE MOST CHERISHED tournaments to attend by all golf fans, and esp. this season with Tiger playing again.  Should be one of the best fields for this golf generation in years......if not the best.

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In this tournament......it's all about the pin placements and the greens.  They will make each progressively more difficult each day, so today there should be a couple of "low" scores of about 65 or 66, but that kind of score kinda disappears by Saturday.....even though the players are playing the same course for the 3rd day in a row.  

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12 minutes ago, regaleagle said:

In this tournament......it's all about the pin placements and the greens.  They will make each progressively more difficult each day, so today there should be a couple of "low" scores of about 65 or 66, but that kind of score kinda disappears by Saturday.....even though the players are playing the same course for the 3rd day in a row.  

So what that really means for most of the field is to try to get off to a "good start" today.  If you don't, then you will find yourself in an uphill battle the rest of the way, and may not even make the cut on Friday afternoon.  A golfer that can shoot a couple of strokes under par today will be in great shape for tomorrow's round.....cut day.  Then they call Saturday's round "moving day"......you either move UP the leader board, or move DOWN the leaderboard, LOL.

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ESPN has the LIVE coverage on Thurs. and Friday starting at 2 PM Central and runs to 6:30 PM.  They have a "prelive" coverage early morning each day.....as does the GOLF Channel until the 2 pm time slot hits.  Then you get to actually see the regular LIVE coverage and programming, instead of cut-ins of the coverage and all the talking heads.

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1 minute ago, regaleagle said:

Well......so far Cameron Smith is in the clubhouse with the lead at 4 under, but Scottie Sheffler is on the 16th and stands at 3 under par......so he's in the mix as one of the leaders as well on the first day of action.

Now it's showing that Scottie is on the 17th and stands at 4 under also.  Still plenty of holes left in this first round for lots of players still on the course.

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Scottie Sheffler graduated from Highland Park in Dallas and then attended UT on a golf scholarship before turning pro a few years back.....just to let you know.  He's the only player on the PGA Tour this season so far to win 3 events......and that equates to close to 1.3 milion per event for the winner.  He also came in 2nd and has several Top 10 finishes this season besides the wins.......so Scottie and his wife are really killing it out there on tour this season, moneywise.  Since his win 2 weeks ago in Austin at the Matchplay event at Austin Country Club......he moved up to #1 in the World Golf Rankings. 

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Cameron Smith won the Players Championship earlier this season in March......one of the Big Tournaments of the year.  He also came in 2nd at the 2020 Masters, so this young golfer can play.  He turned pro in 2013 and currently resides in Jacksonville, Fla, but is originally from Brisbane, Austrailia.....a down under boy.  He's already earned over 5.7 million this season with 4 top tens in just 7 events played.  He has played in the Masters 5 times and made the cut every single time.  He's not exceptionally long off the tee, but has an excellent short game and is one of the best putters on the tour.

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Scottie Scheffler turned pro in 2018 and has earned over 14.9 million since.  Just this season he has already earned 7.4 million in 12 events entered, and made the cut 11 times. He won 3 of those events and got 2nd once with 6 top ten finishes.  

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You won't see many of the top players in this tournament attacking the greens or the course in general on the first day of play.  They will play relatively "safe" to check out the course conditions and try to position themselves in the hunt for the later rounds.  Some of the younger or less likely to win players might play a little more aggressively on the first day......and that could either cause them some problems or put them in a better position versus the field.....depending on how they do and the conditions.  So there is a little bit of strategy and tactics going on out there that most fans don't really take into consideration or even have any idea about.

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Looks like the cutline will be 2 over par at the end of play today on Friday......very windy conditions.  Spieth won't make it......he double-bogeyed 18 to finish at 4 over par.  But Scheffler has lots of holes left and is currently tied for the lead at 3 under par.  Tiger is hanging in there at 1 over.....he started the day at 1 under.  Most of the field are losing strokes to par today.  The windy conditions along with the pin placements at tough spots on the greens do not allow for much error.  The greens are difficult enough in great conditions. There are a few golfers making there way up the leaderboard, while most are simply trying to maintain a score close to par today.  

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At one time today, Tiger had fallen to 4 over par, but has gotten it back to 2 over par.......the cutline.  But he still has some birdie holes left to play......a couple of par 5's. Scottie is one of the later groups left on the course and has not even finished the front nine yet......so anything can happen on his way in.  The first nine is called the outward half, and the back nine is called the inward half......for those that don't know.

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Not sure if the wind might "lay down" a little later in the day for those still on the front 9......if it does, it will be to their advantage for sure.  Sometimes your tee time makes a big difference as far as conditions in these tournaments.......kinda like the luck of the draw.  But these guys are the best golfers in the world......so they really should be able to handle the conditions regardless.  The trouble is.....they are playing against other top players in the world, and any advantage makes a difference.

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So its appears that those golfers that can keep it in the fairway today off the tee, and hit the greens in regulation off the fairway are hanging the best......or making a move up the leaderboard.  AS long as they can make the putts.....that's the problem at the Masters every year......the greens. Even a 2 foot putt is easy to miss.

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And really.....moving up the leaderboard may not mean shooting a low round today as much as it means staying close to par while other golfers are losing shots to par in their rounds.  Looks like any score at 1 or 2 under par today will move a player quite a few positions up the leaderboard......past lots of players for tomorrow's 3rd round and the pairings reset according to your 2-day score or finish.

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It's very easy today to bogey or double bogey any hole......so you can drop 2 shots to par in one hole very easily even when your drive was in the fairway.  It could be on the edge of the fairway......or the wrong side of the fairway for your approach shot to the pin on the next shot......or just off the fairway in the rough that is not so rough......or in some pine bark off the fairway......or in one of many fairway bunkers(sand traps). With the windy conditions, these kinds of shots can happen very easily......easier than normal. And then there are mutliple traps and water hazards around the various greens for those that don't hit their approach shots correctly for whatever reason to the green......or misgauge the wind.

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You can have a great round going, and then mess up on two holes and drop 3 or 4 strokes to par and the field.....or even more.  OR.....you may just end up with 3 or 4 bogies on your round today and never make a birdie all day long.......and find yourself not making the cut like Spieth did today.  If he would have parred the 18th instead of a 3-putt double bogey......he would have made the cut.  He missed a two footer on 18, but that was a miss in frustration because he knew he had missed the cut even with a bogie.  He has so many millions already that a golfer like him can get frustrated at himself and become his worst enemy if he doesn't play up to what he feels he should have.  Especially in a major like the Masters.......he needs to work on that part of his mental game. Even I can see it, just watching him every week......it's not his golf game.....it's his mental state when he's not performing like he knows he can.  Not a good thing in golf especially......a highly individual sport where each swing counts as one stroke.

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