When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Sam Weinman sits down in GolfDigest.com's Augusta on-site sound studio with Jaime Diaz, Craig Bestrom and I to talk about the Masters. Here it is, and iTunes subscribers can also get it on their devices free of charge.
**Well so much for that...will post a working code when I get it. Here is a link to it on GolfDigest.com.
I'll be taking questions from the friendly confines of Hartsfield Airport's South Terminal building about all things Masters, so join in below or at GolfDigest.com.
Hard to find official, sanctioned, quality highlight videos from the final round, but here goes...
The CBS recap show, an 8 minute package.
Louis Oosthuizen's double eagle can be viewed at Deadspin.
The green jacket ceremony...
And this fun loop of the missed handshake in the Butler Cabin ceremony, which can also be viewed in less awkward form here:
**Thanks to reader Kevin for this clip showing Fred Ridley struggling to hold back his emotions as Bubba celebrates the winning moment.
I have to write, so tell me what you thought of Bubba's win, Louis, the course, CBS and the week.
It starts with Ancient Twitterer Dan Jenkins and 2 p.m. ET and I join in from 3-4:30 for what should be another thriller.
David Crary of AP, summing up the Augusta National membership controversy this week, notes this about President Obama's suggestion of ANGC needing female members.
Even for Obama, who's both an avid golfer and staunch backer of women's rights, questions of gender equity have arisen. According to Mark Knoller of CBS News — who keeps close track of such matters — Obama has included women among his playing partners only twice in 93 rounds of golf since taking office.
John Strege with media notes and the telecast highlight, Phil Mickelson's 15th hole flop shot Saturday.
"He has to think that's not the option," CBS' Nick Faldo said, "but saying that, that means Phil will go for it."
Indeed, Phil the Thrill had his 64-degree wedge in hand, laid it wide open and hit a shot that might come to define this Masters, should he win on Sunday.
"No one hits that shot. No one," CBS' David Feherty said. "If this doesn't make every hair on your body stand up you need therapy. Nobody but Mickelson even thinks about trying a shot like that."
Ron Sirak wrote about Phil's back nine 30 and the shot:
Lefty picked up another birdie on No. 15, hitting the kind of flop shot only he can hit. "There was a lot of risk in that shot," Mickelson said about hitting back toward the water. "But that's why I put the 64-degree wedge in the bag to hit that shot off these tights lies."
In lieu of official highlights, here is a version of it...
**Gene Wojciechowski described Phil's shot as only a multiple award-winning GWAA writer can:
But wait, then Phil tied them 14 minutes later after a flop shot that nearly tickled the belly of a corporate jet overhead, followed by a birdie putt, followed by more pneumatic riveter decibel levels.
For Immediate Release...
ESPN Has Record-Setting Friday Masters Audience
With an average of 4.1 million people watching, ESPN’s live telecast of the 2012 Masters Tournament on Friday, April 6, was the most-viewed Friday coverage ever for the event and the third-largest audience ever to watch golf on cable.
According to fast national data from the Nielsen Company, ESPN’s telecast earned a 3.3 household coverage rating, matching the 2010 record for ESPN’s highest-rated Friday coverage of the Masters. The rating was up 14 percent from a 2.9 for last year’s Friday telecast.
The viewership average of 4.1 million for Friday’s coverage of second round Masters play was up from the 3.5 million average for last year’s event and exceeded the previous Friday record of 3.9 million that was set in 2010.
The viewership for the 2012 Friday telecast ranks third all-time for golf audiences on cable, exceeded only by ESPN’s coverage of Thursday play in the 2010 Masters (4.9 million) and ESPN’s telecast of the 2008 U.S. Open playoff (4.8 million).
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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