Golf - classic or dud

That was a little bit anticlimactic.

the crowd are a bit muted

lol at wikispeedia

aw

another great golfing choke :(

and he's so gracious in defeat :(

Cabrera is so cool, especially when he tried to whack it through the trees - I thought the tree was just gonna split in half.

Great call up there jel!

Well done Cabrera, that was the sneakiest win of a major - really wasn't talked about as a winner until he actually won. His game on the greens came really good.

Fwiw, ESPN was talking Cabrera up big time on Sunday morning, thinking he might be the one to overtake Kenny Perry.

what a great masters, watched almost all of it over the four days.

I thought Sunday's round was great theater. I love watching the Masters.

me too, or any other golf. it makes me extremely happy. ken brown on bbc was amazing throughout.

missed most of this due to taxi duties ocer easter bank holiday, seemed like a great event

LOL @ Tiger Woods changing the face of golf, making it a sport for athletes: 3-way playoff between a 48 year old, a fatboy and some pudgy little geezer who's never seen the inside of a gym in his life

i dunno, phil mickleson has been hitting the weights since i last saw him, that's for sure.

Still a bit of a chubster tho

he's no marathon runner, but i still think golfers are kinda of bulkier muscle wise than before tiger, if you will.

gotta love the real human touch displayed by the ny times in the blurb for its lead story on the masters:

"Angel Cabrera may be golf's new international face as the sport seeks new markets."

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/golf/index.html

EARTH TO NY TIMES: THE PGA'S INTERNATIONAL MARKETING STRATEGY IS NOT THE FIRST THING I WANT TO READ ABOUT THE BEST MASTERS TOURNAMENT IN YEARS

the anti marketing dollar, that's a good dollar right there.

i swear to fucking god, the ny times angle on EVERYTHING is "what are the P.R. implications of this"

STOP STOP STOP JUST STOP

What are PR implications of Cabrera not having a blonde trophy wife?

brunette college dollar, but tina fey has that market nailed in 09 the bitch

i dunno but somebody should write 800 words about it for the Sunday magazine

Up the workers

ah international marketing strategy... after the Masters I was getting a little sentimental about my youth and Isao Aoki's second place finish in the US Open resulting in a Japanese marketing leverage that the pga used on a go forward basis...

can they just become a B2B publication and be done with it?? PLEASE??

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01203/CONSUMER_Adverts_T_1203733c.jpg

New Gillette line-up: Angel Cabrera; Andy Reid; Amelie Mauresmo

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01203/CONSUMER_Adverts_T_1203733c.jpg

"New Gillette line-up: Angel Cabrera; Andy Reid; Amelie Mauresmo"

Absolutely hilarious

good article in newest nyer abt remaking a old tom moore designed course in scotland -- dont think its free online but there is a slideshow & v.o.:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/04/20/090420_audioslideshow_askernish

SO I played my first round of golf this weekend. Not bragging, but I think I did okay, scoring an 86.
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Tell ya what, those little niner side courses can seem a lot longer than they really are!

It was fun just to get out there with my dad. The last time I held a golf club, it was at an Arnold Palmer range with a buddy who sat a box of Franzia down on the bench and watched me skip golf balls across the range like they were stones across a fishin' pond.

I wasn't sure what to expect after that last experience. Fortunately, Dad was patient with me and whaddya know, I even got the ball in the air once every three or four strokes.

We pulled our clubs in the little rickshaw carts. We ate baloney sandwiches at the pavillion with the water coolers. We managed to avoid most of the downed tree branches leftover from last week's storm. I'm 35 and he's 59, and it was one of the better father/son activities we've had in a long, long while.

The moral of this is that I was expecting to suck and almost backed out of playing since it was so early in the morning. But a friend of mine's death this week kinda weighed in on me seizing some moments and I went anyway. I still sucked, but I'm glad I went, and now that it's not as intimidating anymore, I might invest some time in getting better.

But rest assured, even if I continue to suck, I'll still have fun out there.

And why yes, I am aware of this thread: In every mid-life crisis ever

Thanks for mentioning it.

Really want to have the money/time to play golf again at some point in the future, would love to play a round with my dad or some of my uncles.

Hey, nice job! 86 is not bad at ALL for a first round. Er...that was for a full 18 holes, right?

Tell ya what, those little niner side courses can seem a lot longer than they really are!

Also, "I shot in the mid-80s. Had it gotten hotter, I would've gone back to the clubhouse!"

an 86 on your very first full round would be some prodigy shit

xxpost well

I had a lot of fun out there, but I really got into fishing a few years ago too, and well, wouldn't be too awful upset if I never fished again.

PP, I'd offer to sell you my clubs and bag but the travel or shipping expenses make it not worth it.

Anyone hear the Golf last night? Enjoyed Woods' meltdown so much

The talk of 'new markets' REALLY needs to be kicked out!

why don't we talk about golf here?

i hardly play anymore :/

this kuchar guy is all over the place - i'd have an easier time rooting for him if he wasn't a left hand low putter - savages

craig stadler is really laboring

oh lol u meant abt pro golf

ya :/

i play amateur golf too tho

i have great difficulty separating the culture of the game from the game itself, which is one reason i don't play it often. the other is that i can't afford to play it often. but it seems like every time i go home now i get talked in to playing at least 18 holes with my dad, who plays in tournaments and stuff and likes to be ultra-competitive about it and lend me his loaner pair of shoes and give me endless unsolicited pointers. the feeling of finally finishing the game is classic - 4 hours of continuous golf is too much for a noob.

for a moment there, all was british

ugh @ phil's white belt

http://www.starskins.co.uk/acatalog/eng-1293_s.jpg

Where can I watch this online?