Wow, what a weekend. It was a crazy Sunday afternoon in Augusta, and here’s saying it will be a crazy Monday too, with our TFP golf writer David Uchiyama playing Augusta National today. (Yes, we’re very afraid.)
Anyway, hope you followed along some through the weekend and as much fun as we had, we’re happy to be home.
From the “Talk too much studios,” here we go.
Bubba’s world
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Charl Schwartzel, right, of South Africa, helps Bubba Watson put on the green jacket after winning the Masters golf tournament following a sudden death playoff on the 10th hole Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Augusta, Ga.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)Photo by Associated Press /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Ladies and gentleman, your Masters champion, the man you know better as that long-haired free spirit from the ”What’s going down at the Atlanta Theater episode,” of “That’s My Redneck,” mister Bubba WATSON.
That boy is good. Good and terrible.
And good and terrible was enough for Watson because he was at his best immediately after he was at his most terrible. He called it Bubba Golf; we call it a weekend foursome.
Dude has all the shots and then some. There may be 14 clubs in his back but there are endless possibilities.
It was a fun back nine, and the Masters remains the best golf tournament because that course makes some one go win the dang thing rather than survive it.
And Bubba Golf won it.
Side note: Anyone else notice that Bubba said "Go Dawgs," and then thanked Jesus Christ. Yeah, we didn't either.
Contest results
Wow, our man Fred edged a crowded leaderboard in the Mastering the Masterful Masters Challenge.
With the points breakdown (10 for first, 7 for second, 5 for third, 4 for fourth and 3 for fifth and 1 for everyone that made the cut), each of the four golfers tied got 3 points.
Here’s the top 10 and ties, great job all the way around. (Fred hit us with an e-mail and we’ll get you a Masters hat. It’s pretty sweet.)
Fred — 18 of Bubba (10), Phil (3), Westwood (3), Tiger (1), Hunter Mahan (1)
Mrs. 5-at-10 — 16
CelticVol — 16
5-at-10 — 14
BeachBum — 12
StuckinKent — 9
TFP UT ace Downtown Patrick Brown — 9
scole023 — 7
SportTalk’s Dr. B (he is a doctor after all) — 7
SportTalk’s Cowboy Joe — 7
FEChancellor — 7
Braves stink
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New York Mets' Ruben Tejada (11) reacts toward his team's dugout after hitting a two-run double during the sixth inning of a baseball game, as Atlanta Braves' Freddie Freeman stands nearby, Sunday, April 8, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)Photo by Associated Press /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
It’s official: the Atlanta Braves will not win a game this season.
They are going to go 0-161 (there will be a rain-out in late May and there will be no sense in making it up since the Braves will be eliminated by Flag Day).
Is that over the top enough for you folks?
OK, now that we got that out of the way, let’s talk rationally. The Braves were swept by the Mets. That’s not good. They are hitting .151 as a team. That’s really not good.
But hey, at least they’ve scored more runs than the Phillies. (Take that Chase Utley.)
Gang, lighten up it’s April. We just found all the Easter eggs and some redneck named Bubba emerged from the Georgia pines as a national hero — and he wasn’t even carrying a 12-point buck.
This and that
— We’ll get into this more as we catch-up on the stuff we missed, but sweet buckets of karma, how about that Bobby Petrino. Somewhere Arthur Blank and Tommy Tuberville are grinning ear-to-ear and are not really sure why.
— Now that the Masters is in the rear-view, we’ll start to turn our attention toward the NFL draft. This makes us happy. We love the draft. You know this.
— Everytime we have watched LeBron this season he has played like a man with something to prove. Does that mean he’ll win the title? Who knows? But dude is on a mission.
— Kansas superstar Thomas Robinson has declared for the draft. Dude is going to be a force, and this is going to be a super-deep NBA draft.
Today’s question
What would you do?
If you were the dude from Pennsylvania who caught the Titleist Louis Oosthuizen tossed into the gallery after making his historic double-eagle on No. 2 Sunday, what would you do?
At least one website was offering $20,000 as soon as it happened. The members at Augusta National dispatched a coupel of green-cloaked fellows over to inquire about the ball.
In the end, the guy gave it back to the club as a gesture according to the club.
What would you have done?
Jay was named the Sports Editor of the Times Free Press in 2003 and started with the newspaper in May 2002 as the Deputy Sports Editor. He was born and raised in Smyrna, Ga., and graduated from Auburn University before starting his newspaper career in 1997 with the Newnan (Ga.) Times Herald. Stops in Clayton and Henry counties in Georgia and two years as the Sports Editor of the Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal preceded Jay’s ...
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I think I would have asked if I could play a round on the famed course in exchange for the ball….that sounds pretty fair.
You don't think that gesture was reciprocated with lifetime badges, if he didn't already possess them, do you?
But that was the class move. I'm sure the fine folks at Augusta National (yes, boss that includes you ... the president of my company is a member ... not that any of that has ever trickled down to me ... where was I ... oh, yeah) took care of the patron who caught Oousthuizen's ball. And there's nothing more painful than watching a local sportscaster trying to pronounce his name for the first time.
Who had money on Rory and Tiger finishing with the same score - but 15 shots out of the running?
Oval —
Thanks for the kind words.
And a round would have been the baseline for the negotiations.
Spy —
We think the fine green-coated folks at Augusta National probably hooked dude up.
And you're right, giving the ball back was the class move.
But you gotta admit the possibilities of the stuff you could ask for would be awesome.
Seat at the Champions Dinner. A round for you and three buddies. Lifetime badges (although you may be right that the dude may already have them, he was heading to a private jet to fly back home to Pennsylvania after the round after all). A female being invited to join. Whoa, let's not go crazy.
We thought Rory would be right there for sure. Sergio Garcia has become so radioactive that he brought Rory down with him.
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Bubba Rocks, Jesus or not! Which it was Jesus' big day too you know and he has a lot more experience in the area of Master! I was happy for Bubba and Ooooosthazun(how we pronounce it in Catoosa)played well...Masterfully even in defeat. When Bubba scrubbed on that second playoff hole, I had my "eh-oh, that's that" placard ready to raise. But his shot outta that messy pine stuff was phenomenal. Braves will be back. They are known for slow starts although nostarts is another lower level. Petrino may have been found wearing the wrong helmet. He may end up as the kick stand. If that girl decides to turn on him, it could be sexual harrassment. I'm glad he's "okay" but he's really not "okay" if you get the skid. What About That Ball? Yeah, I'd gladly hand it back with some strings attached. I'll have to overly-reflect to come up with all I'd need. By the time I finished, they'd probably say, "Eh, just keep it dude!" But it was interesting for Louis to just toss it almost with the same vicissitude that Hanson plucked his bogey into the creek on one of those closing holes. I enjoyed the Masters and Bubba winning, another Lefty and heck, a guy from a place in Florida a lot of us could never spell correctly.
Livn(Large) —
Great post. And we can all spell Bagdad, since those folks in Florida spell in the proper way.
Bubba Golf will be a catch-phrase for a good while, and let's face it, that's how you used to attack this course. Hit it as far as you can, go find it and make some magic. Look at the guys that have won this event: Other than Wier and Z. Johnson, the winners in the last decade or so have been folks that hit it a ton. (And Immelman was sneaky long and Schwartzel is too.)
We're with you on the list of possible things we'd be looking at, and the Masters folks would unload a, "Fine, we'll get one out of Louis' bag when he's done and no one will know the difference."
Petrino's mistress just hit the lottery. He's violated the sexual harassment policies. That volleyball chick is going to cash in. Period.
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It's never too early to panic in baseball. Sure it's a marathon not a sprint. But swept by the godawful Mets? Not good.
And don't get me started on the Red Sox meltdown. That was Nick Nolte police mugshot-Rosie O'Donnell love child ugly.
Or maybe Roseanne-Rosie lovechild ugly.
Good line about Bubba emerging from the Gawga pines.
And Kentucky's #2 in the national polls. In baseball.
Spy —
What exactly is there that it's never too early for you to worry about? Relax. Take a stroll. Enjoy the day.
Uch teed off at the National 3:45 ago. Considering that he's probably about somewhere around the 15 fairway, what do suppose his score is?
9er —
Has there ever been higher cotton for UK athletics? UK beats UT in football. UK wins it all in hoops. UK women have the best hoop season ever. UK baseball is No. 2 in the country.
Big Blue is tickled pink.
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