Congratulations, Adam Scott!

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The U.S. Open Begins Today!

And here are my TWO foursomes for the ESPN Majors Challenge.


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Entry 1:
Phil Mickelson - 15.0
Dustin Johnson - 13.6
Webb Simpson - 13.3
Blake Adams - 8.0

Entry 2:
Lee Westwood - 14.9
Jason Dufner - 14.1
Davis Love III - 11.5
Stewart Cink - 9.4

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Here is the full list..

A Bubba Watson Fan Having a Difficult time being Subtle

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I saw this immediately after it happened, when they replayed the shot in very slow motion. I laughed instantly, and HAD to go back and find it for you guys. It's a ton better in the video, which you can see by going to Masters.com, and clicking on "leaderboard", then clicking on Ooosthuizen's "4" on hole #18 (the first playoff hole) inside the sudden-death playoff mini-scorecard. A 2½ minute video will play, showing Oosthuizen's 4 shots for that hole.

The Masters - An Infographic

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Here's Your 2012 Masters Preview

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This is one of my favorite weeks of the year. Someone said "if there's a golf course in Heaven, it would look just like Augusta National", and I believe it.

Here are a few good articles to get you pumped up for the 2012 Masters, which begins today, Thursday, April 5:

• Hype vs. Reality -- By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM Managing Editor

• Tiger Woods Focused on Five -- By Gene Wojciechowski | ESPN.com

• Solving the Mystery of Augusta's Greens -- By Thomas Bonk

• The Field - Pairings

• PGA Tour's Expert Picks

• Masters Dot Com for all your online coverage..

My two foursomes for ESPN's Best Ball Majors Challenge are: (1) Mickelson, Couples, Stricker, and Wagner --and-- (2) Woods, McIlroy, Clarke, and Yang.

A Little Pre-Blackout Linkdump

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• Just a catbox. That's all. - (Via)

• 15 Modern Cups and Creative Designs (part 5)

• Bill Gates Has Helped Save over 5.8 Million Lives - Via Reddit

• 14 Major Risks That Used To Be The Stuff Of Science Fiction - Via The Presurfer

• A Malware Domain Blacklist where you can search for sites you think could be suspicious.

• Meowmania - Just a cute kitty soundboard.

• How you can blackout your Blogger/Wordpress site tomorrow in protest of SOPA/PIPA.. Or here's a link with more instructions.

Sarazen, Hogan, Player, and Nicklaus

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The 93rd PGA Championship: Preparing Atlanta Athletic Club

Here is an incredible video showing the preparation of the golf course where next week's PGA Championship will be played. You'll see immaculate conditions, gorgeous scenery, and of course, a lot of information regarding course superintendents' task of preparing the spectacular golf course.

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Other resources:
Atlanta Athletic Club's website
Home page of the PGA Championship

Breaking News: 2012 Masters Tickets Available To Public

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Augusta, Ga. -- For the first time in decades, Augusta National will make a limited number of Masters Tournament badges available to the public via its website, beginning with the 2012 event.

The Masters has traditionally been one of the toughest tickets in sports, with a waiting list for patron badges dating back to 1971. Only spectators on the club's list are allowed to buy tournament-round badges each year.

Golf fans will be allowed to submit their applications to both the tournament and for practice rounds via Masters.com. The club is moving all of its ticketing online, including ticket services for annual patrons.

"Moving the entire application process to our official tournament website is a safe and convenient way for those wishing to apply for daily practice round tickets," said Masters chairman Billy Payne. "We are also pleased to provide a limited number of tickets for the individual tournament round days, which, up until now, have only been allocated to our series badge holders."

Daily tournament ticket applications must be submitted by June 30, with practice round applications allowed until July 30. Each allocation will have its own random selection process, with applicants notified by email within several weeks of the application deadline.

Until now, practice round tickets have only been available via lottery.

Next year's tournament runs the week of April 2.

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How To Infuriate A Math Major

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Masters Sunday

Magnolia Lane. Every one of us would love to drive down it, and follow that up by playing on the course, or at worst, getting onto the property to look around. For 99% of us, it ain't gonna happen!

What a spectacular Saturday at Augusta! Phil came within a few inches of eagling 3 straight holes - something no one's ever done. Freddie eagled on a chip-in at 15, and even Kenny Perry provided some late-round heroics.

Now it's all Westwood, Phil, Freddie, and of course Tiger.

Five or six other guys could make history by posting a very low number, too, but I believe your winner will come from those four. Gotta love Freddie & Phil!

An Amazing Masters Leaderboard

Let us all embrace this incredible Masters leaderboard. Three of my all-time favorite players are showing their teeth. Phil, Freddie, and Tom Watson. Wow Tom is 60! Freddie is 50, but that's no surprise, as he's won 3 of his first 4 tourneys on the champions tour. Watson was probably my dark horse favorite golfer as I grew up. Yeah I knew it was all about Nicklaus, Palmer, Norman, Price, and Faldo...

It's just an incredible leaderboard after round-1.

Tiger? Yeah he's right there with his "best Masters 1st round ever".

Sigh.

Have fun!