"I'd like to see it moved to Players week"

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Ron Sirak reports that the golf Hall of Fame ceremony is likely on the move from its November slot, with the most obvious timing sometime around the Players when many of the game's most self-important writers and dignitaries are assembled for the fifth of four majors. A Monday or Tuesday night ceremony would also add some pomp to Players week.
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Sunday's Masters Numbers Better Than They First Appeared?

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With Tiger's comeback and contention, I expected a little more from the preliminary number, but one thing stands out in CBS's updated reporting of 2010 Masters ratings:

MOST VIEWERS IN NINE YEARS WATCH CBS SPORTS’ WEEKEND COVERAGE OF MASTERS® AS ESTIMATED 46.5 MILLION VIEW ALL-OR-PART OF THIRD AND FINAL ROUNDS
 
FINAL ROUND VIEWED IN ALL-OR-PART BY 39.2 MILLION, UP 11%
 
An estimated 46.5 million viewers (Persons 2+) watched all-or-part of CBS Sports’ weekend coverage of the 2010 Masters® according to Nielsen Media Research.  The Network’s coverage of the third and final rounds of this year’s Masters on Sunday, April 11 and Saturday, April 10 was the most watched in nine years when 47.9 million watched all-or-part of Tiger Woods winning his second Green Jacket in 2001.  This year’s 46.5 million was up 11% from last year’s 42.0 million.   
 
Nielsen Media Research estimates CBS Sports’ final-round coverage on Sunday, in which Phil Mickelson won his third Green Jacket, was seen in all-or-part by 39.2 million viewers, up 11% from last year’s 35.2 million, which saw Angel Cabrera win in a two-hole playoff over Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell for the 2009 title. 

Here's the number caught my eye:

This year’s 39.2 million viewers was the largest number of viewers to watch all-or-part of CBS Sports’ final-round coverage of the Masters since 40.1 million watched Woods win his second Green Jacket in 2001.

So only 900,000 fewer than 97? Not bad considering there are at least that many who probably refused to watch because Tiger was playing. Oops, my mistake, 2001. Anyone know how many eyeballs tuned into the 97 telecast?

CBS Sports’ coverage of Sunday’s final round earned an average preliminary national household rating/share of 10.7/24, up 29% from last year’s 8.3/20.  Final-round coverage peaked with a rating/share of 13.2/27, with an average audience of 21.3 million viewers from 6:30-7:00 PM, ET, as Mickelson and Woods finished up their respective rounds.

Nationwide Manhunt Underway For Size 50 Jacket-Wearing Augusta National Member

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The assailant's probably dead, but somehow he got his Green Jacket off the property and now it can be yours, assuming you can pull off a size 50.

Among the most defining garments known to professional golf is the renowned Green Jacket. Annually awarded, since 1949, to winners of the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National, the Green Jacket is emblematic of the finest in the game. The tradition was derived, however, from a policy adopted by the club's management in 1937. Staff affiliates (advisers and security) of the Augusta National were attired in shamrock green blazers for the practical purpose of identification for patrons. And likewise, this tradition has continued into the present. 

Offered is one of the few known Green Jackets. The stunning garment measures to a size "50" and includes the following measurements: 35" from center of neck to end of sleeve and 35" from top to bottom. This jacket is 100% authentic and original. All of the original name tags and patches are intact including a patch with the serial number for the manufacturer.

Highlighting the front is an Augusta National patch. Apearing on the inner breast reginon are an Augusta swatch and Hamilton, Cincinnati manufacturer's patch.

While few of us will be able to secure a Green Jacket on the links, this provides one lucky bidder a chance to wear the famous prize.

First Masters Question: What To Restore Next?

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I watched the Masters in its entirety and honestly can't remember the second cut impacting more than a handful of shots. And most of those were balls near the tree lines in what was more of a transitional cut than an orchestrated layer of rough. That's pretty amazing compared to where the course was a few years ago.
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