2010 Masters First Round Live Blog
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In golf construction art and utility meet; both are absolutely vital; one is utterly ruined without the other. GEORGE THOMAS
It’s back!
Twenty years later Tatra Press has kindly allowed me to bring back Grounds For Golf now that golf architecture is of more interest to the masses. A new Introduction looks at what’s driven the interest growth and two new chapters I had a blast adding (plus a few edits to keep things up-to-date).
The Amazon purchase page for the book arriving June 15, 2026.
See Jack and Arnold Tee Off
/And then watch Andy North say great 450 times in one sentence, after.
One Last Prediction On How Tiger Will Play
/Set for a 1:42 tee time, so I don't think it's too late to post this prediction...
Reminder: Live Blog Starts At 4 P.M. EDT
/That's the start of the ESPN telecast and 1 P.M. Pacific. Please come by, the Cover It Live format was great fun last year and I've embedded many Twitter feeds to keep it lively. I'll be contributing as much as I can while also doing my work monitoring the telecast as part of my duties for Golf World this week.
Read More2010 Masters Thursday Clippings
/So good that we can finally move on to the tournament and not talk about...wait, what was that Billy Payne?
Read MoreWhere's Ari Fleischer When You Need Him? Payne/Nike Edition
/So Thursday Billy Payne decides to lecture Tiger (eloquently I must say, but nonetheless, a surprising move. And then Earl Woods speaks from the grave, courtesy of Nike.
Read MoreBilly Payne: "Our hero did not live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children."
/Billy Payne's 2010 Masters press conference Wednesday included some lively questions from the scribes, but it was the unprompted opening remarks on Tiger that'll be stealing the headlines:
Read MoreTiger's New Nike Ad
/It's good to know that Tiger's scandal is a private matter...until Nike can conjure up a provocative-but-creepy 30-second spot out of it.
So does this mean in the next press conference it would be off limits to ask what Tiger was thinking when he enlisted Dr. Galea, and what he was thinking the night Earl died and he was with one of his women? Good grief.
Masters Par-3 Contest Open Thread
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I'm recording the annual Day Care Challenge from the Augusta National Par-3 Course so that I can relive the emotions over and over again, but for those of you subjecting yourself to the live torture telecast, here's your chance to comment.
That's 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST on ESPN in case you didn't already have it bookmarked, logged in your calendar and written in the palm of your hand.
2010 Masters, Wednesday Clippings
/Who was it that used to complain about the lack of stories filed early in Masters week? Oh right, that was me.
Read More2010 Masters, Wednesday (Tiger) Clippings
/Other than his cell phone flap and shocking fans by posing for photos (take that Phil!), Tiger made little news Tuesday. Most of the filings still related to Monday's press conference, starting with Steve Keating on players being asked questions despite Tiger's plea to make them stop.
Read MoreWhere's Ari Fleischer When You Need Him? Tiger Cell Phone Edition
/Let's forget the club rule about keeping the cell phones in the locker (except to record swings, says Steve Ethun), and just think big picture when looking at the images posted by TMZ (I'm still looking for a golf site that would post the images). Not really the best image for Tiger right now, eh? According to Lawrence Donegan he was capturing the "hoop" in Mark O'Meara's stroke, however...I'm just saying...
