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
Finchem: Golf Really Grows A Lot Without Tiger, Too
/Players Moves To Three-Hole Playoff Format
/What To Do With Augusta National's Back Nine & Poll Results
/Bubba Wins The Masters: The Print Covers
/SBD: Buck & Norman To Helm Fox's U.S. Open Telecast
/Bubba's Next & Last Surprise Visit: Morning Drive
/Masters Final Round Draws A 7.8, Down From 10.4
/Awful Announcing summarizes the Tweets revealing the CBS final round ratings for the 2014 Masters, which they say hit a 10-year low. The 7.8 is down from a 10.4 last year and even from an 8.1 when Bubba Watson also won in 2012.
Ed Sherman says don't blame Tiger and Phil. I'm a bit shocked at some of the comments I've seen about the lack of a compelling cast. If Bubba fending off a huge mix of age groups, bonafide young guns Spieth and Fowler, along with the defending champion doesn't excite people, I'm not sure what leaderboard would. They only real fault lies in an excessive setup that stifled risk taking.
More interesting is this Classic TV Sports breakdown of the shots shown Sunday. Jordan Spieth led the way with 70, followed by Bubba at 68, Kuchar at58 and finished off by Lee Westwood at zero.
**Ed Sherman puts the numbers in perspective, suggesting that the viewers might have stayed with a more compelling back nine and that the Saturday and Friday drops are more alarming than Sunday, which was close to 2012.
Hardly A Shock: Tiger Not Looking Good For Pinehurst
/Gary Player: Millions Saw "A Mockery" So Roll Back The Ball!
/First Masters Poll...How Much Did Course Impact Sunday?
/Of Course Bubba Went To The Waffle House
/What else is open on a Sunday night after you've had dinner with the club brass for a little tide-me-over?
Ryan Herrington with the breaking news report on Bubba's Waffle House visit post Green Jacket 2, Tweeted about by Bubba.
Champ dinner @WaffleHouse! #hashbrowns #covered pic.twitter.com/rXuaHtXqj5
— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) April 14, 2014