# Dogwoods, Amen at the Corner, and Green Jackets: It's Masters Time! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 7, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196 "2009-04-07T00:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/81 "2009-04-12T20:14:32Z")
Mickelson into the water at 12. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/82 "2009-04-12T20:16:38Z")
You can always count on Lefty. One of the greatest choke artists in all of sports. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/83 "2009-04-12T20:18:39Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Mickelson into the water at 12. Bones: “You’ve got to give it a little extra.” Phil: “No problem, I’ve got it.” Phil: : plunk : And now Cabrera shanks a shot. Pressure is starting. Oh, yeah - it’s the back nine on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/84 "2009-04-12T20:20:37Z")
They are so busy watching Woods and Mickelson, some guy ends up -6 for the day after 16, and -8 for the tournament, and they don’t even show him until he misses an eagle putt at 15. Good going for John Merrick. Meanwhile Mickelson D.Bogeys 12. Typical Phil. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/85 "2009-04-12T20:28:47Z")
Some ugly golf suddenly. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/86 "2009-04-12T20:31:20Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Meanwhile Mickelson D.Bogeys 12. Typical Phil. Tiger’s caddy never would have let him try that shot. Why in the world would you go for a monster 9 on a green that the one thing you absolutely cannot do is come up short? Oh man, Furyk just went over the green from the bunker on 9. I feel your pain Jim. And Campbell drops one… ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/87 "2009-04-12T20:32:35Z")
The wheels are coming off all over the place. Furyk, Campbell, Cabrera played eight like a 20 handicapper. It’s going to come down to Tiger and Phil, I think. Maybe Kenny Perry can grind it out. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/88 "2009-04-12T20:35:37Z")
I still think Phil/Tiger need to get to -11 to win. But it is clear that being the front-runner isn’t an easy position to maintain on Sunday. Not that we haven’t seen it before. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/89 "2009-04-12T20:38:58Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Maybe Kenny Perry can grind it out. This is not an easy putt on 9 for him either. Man, I don’t remember ever seeing so many collapse before even getting to Amen Corner… Saved par. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/90 "2009-04-12T20:55:38Z")
Did Phil tick that branch? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/91 "2009-04-12T20:56:38Z")
Mickelson seems to be enjoying the challenge a bit more than Tiger. Tiger hits a mundane iron in to 15, leaving a 15’ eagle putt. Lefty then sticks his shot to about 4’ for eagle. If Phil can avoid the implosion factor coming in, he could be about to not only win the tournament, but do it playing with Woods, outplaying Tiger over both the 18 and the last nine. Gotta be weird being Perry and Cabrera, leading a major on Sunday, and having almost no one comparatively following them… ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/92 "2009-04-12T20:57:06Z")
Hearing the roars from the crowds following Woods and Mickleson have to be driving the guys behind them nuts. The announcers can’t stop talking about the energy around that group and the complete lack of it anywhere behind them. Two short eagle putts now. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/93 "2009-04-12T20:59:08Z")
Tiger misses his. Still a bird, but he really needed both of those strokes… Holy cow. What a choke shot… ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/94 "2009-04-12T21:00:01Z")
And neither one of them makes the putt. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/95 "2009-04-12T21:02:52Z")
Mickelson gags on a 4 foot eagle putt that would have given him a share of the lead. Tiger and Phil only one and two shots off the lead respectively, but they’re running out of holes. And Tiger just knocked it stiff on 16. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/96 "2009-04-12T21:03:10Z")
makes a birdie but leaves you feeling like he choked. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/97 "2009-04-12T21:04:49Z")
This duel between Tiger and Phil is more interesting than anything going on behind them. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/98 "2009-04-12T21:07:58Z")
I haven’t seen anyone choke so much since linda lovelace. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/99 "2009-04-12T21:09:32Z")
Here comes Tiger. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196/100 "2009-04-12T21:09:50Z")
Tied. Well, Tiger and Phil are. The leader is still Kenny Perry, who is parring everything. Which may end up being just enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogwoods-amen-at-the-corner-and-green-jackets-its-masters-time/492196.md?page=6)