Tiger Woods VS Rocco Mediate in an 18 hole playoff a the U.S. Open!
ESPN: Monday 12 pm - 2 pm &
NBC: 2 pm - 4 pm ET

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My pal Dan Smith sent me a CD full of about 350 pictures from the Wednesday practice round at the 2008 Masters! I’ve just added of the photos to the Hooked On Golf Blog Masters Gallery.
There are some great player and course shots from hole #11 and some very cool pictures from the Masters [...]

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Augusta National Golf Club announced yesterday that longtime starter Phil Harison died on Sunday at the age of 82. If you are as obsessed with Masters replays as I am, you would remember Harison for his renowned introduction of each…

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Tiger Woods is now off the crutches and wearing a knee brace. He hopes to start rehabbing soon, but has no definite date scheduled for him to return to competition.
Apparently Tiger has been playing in pain and knew he’d have the knee surgery for a couple of months. He was going to have [...]

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Brian Hewitt reported on Wednesday night’s edition of Golf Central that there might be more flexibility when it comes to the yardage of each hole at next year’s Masters. A source close to the officials who control the setup of…

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Continue reading → Augusta National course setup might be more flexible in ‘09

The PGA Tour announced yesterday that Ron Cross, the Executive Director of The Players Championship, has accepted a position to work as the new Director of Corporate Affairs at Augusta National. According to Doug Ferguson of the AP, this was…

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I found a couple of sites link to this interview Tiger Woods did with a Washington D.C. deejay. Woods voices his concerns about the increased difficulty of Augusta National–and it’s the most open I have heard him talk about the…

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Tiger Woods underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his previously troubled left knee. This marks the 3rd time he’s had this knee worked on (1994, 2002).
He had the surgery at the Healthsouth Surgery Center in Park City, Utah. Hey that’s about 35 minutes from my place.
Tiger is expected to be out for 4-6 weeks [...]

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Continue reading → Tiger gets knee surgery down the street from my place

This past week, the criticism has been mounting against Augusta National and the lack of scoring opportunities on the course. Geoff Shackelford wrote in Golf World earlier this month that this year’s playing of the Masters marks the ten year…

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I look forward to the Masters more than any tournament. I practically schedule the entire week off from my business and personal life to watch it. Now that it is over, and Trevor Immelman is the champ, I need to reset.
I’ll come up with my Masters final thoughts in the next day or [...]

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Less than four months after having a benign tumor removed, Trevor Immelman won his first major championship at Augusta National. Immelman stayed away from trouble most of the day, and finished at 8-under-par (3-over 75), three strokes ahead of Tiger…

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The wind is howling
2:00: The players on the first page or two of the leaderboard will be teeing off soon. Phil Mickelson is at -2 still on the 3rd hole. He’s using a different putter today. Ian Poulter just went to -4 after making a birdie on #2. Retief Goosen just [...]

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Continue reading → Masters Sunday Blog

Happy Masters Sunday. It’s in the mid-60’s in Augusta, Georgia, with the winds gusting between 20-30 mph. Feel free to e-mail any comments to thegolfwatcher@thegolfwatch.com — I will get things started at 2:30 EST. See you soon. 2:34 - An…

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GROUP
TIME
PLAYER 1
PLAYER 2

1
10:35
S. Lyle

2
10:45
H. Slocum
K. Choi 

3
10:55
G. Ogilvy
I. Woosnam 

4
11:05
N. Fasth
T. Hamilton 

5
11:15
J. Rose
J. Wagner 

6
11:25
M. Jimenez
D. Toms 

7
11:35
B. Watson
R. Sterne 

8
11:45
R. Allenby
A. Cabrera 

9
11:55
S. Appleby
J. Leonard 

10
12:05
S. Ames
H. Stenson 

11
12:15
B. Bateman
N. Dougherty 

12
12:25
J. Singh
N. Watney 

13
12:45
J. Holmes
M. Weir 

14
12:55
A. Scott
J. Furyk 

15
1:05
L. Westwood
A. Oberholser 

16
1:15
P. Mickelson
V. Singh 

17
1:25
R. Goosen
I. Poulter 

18
1:35
R. Karlsson
S. O’Hair 

19
1:45
P. Harrington
A. Romero 

20
1:55
Z. Johnson
B. Weekley 

21
2:05
T. Woods
S. [...]

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12:31PM ET: The leaders don’t tee off for a while. Zach Johnson has birdied two of the first three holes to bring it back to even par for the tournament. Geoff Ogilvy and Boo Weekly are -1 on their rounds so far and +1 total.

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Continue reading → Masters Saturday Blog

Click below to see the FULL MASTERS LEADERBOARD of players who will be playing on the weekend:

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Click below to see the entire Masters CUT LIST:

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Continue reading → 2008 Masters :: Players Cut

Today Fred Couples finished at +4 for the Masters Tournament. He missed a birdie putt on #18 by an inch, which would have gotten him into the weekend. Instead he missed the cut and his consecutive cuts made streak is over.
Other notable players who didn’t make the cut: Aaron Baddely, Ernie Els, [...]

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Continue reading → Fred Couples’ Streak Is Over :: Other big names GONE

11:15AM ET: Brandt Snedeker is off to a great start with birdies on 2, 6 and 7. He’s got the lead now at -6.

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We have just witnessed another historic television moment. Mike Tirico is the first African American announcer in a Masters telecast, as the host of ESPN’s early round coverage. _ I know Tirico said it’s not about him, it’s about the…

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Besides an Ian Poulter ace and Phil Mickelson chip in, there hasn’t been much action at Augusta National. John Hawkins just said on the Sprint Pre Game: I apologize for the little perspiration on my brow. I was running the…

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Continue reading → Not a lot of noise during first round at Augusta

3pmET: Tiger (image right: Tiger tees off on #13) has made par on the first 10 holes. He never usually lights it up in the first round of The Masters anyway so he’s right where he wants to be.
Phil Mickelson birdied the first hole.
Zach Johnson almost flew his tee shot in the hole on [...]

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Continue reading → Tiger, Phil, Zach…. updates

I’m watching holes 15 & 16 LIVE at Masters.org. Ian Poulter just hit a perfect shot and made an ACE at #16! Wow. He’s now atop the leaderboard at -3.
Mark O’Meara just birdied 16. He’s on FIRE on the back with four birdies so far.

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Continue reading → Ian Poulter Aced #16

The Hooked On Golf Blog voters, a.k.a. “The Pundits,” have spoken. It was a tight poll but the largest percentage of readers think Tiger will win four majors this year. As great as Tiger is, I think he won’t. It’s just too difficult and ONE swing in the U.S. OPEN or even [...]

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Continue reading → Tiger Woods Major Poll Closed

I’m unable to view any of the live video from Masters.org on my Mac. I’m running Firefox 2.0.0.13. It keeps telling me I need to install flash player 9, which is already installed. This happens every year. You’d think CBS or Masters.org or whoever is programming their sites would fix [...]

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Tiger Woods, Stuart Appleby and Angel Cabrera just teed off.
Update: Tiger parred #1.

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There’s a small weather delay for the first round of The Masters. Tee times at Augusta National will start today at 9am instead of 8am ET.

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Continue reading → Thursday Masters tee times delayed one hour

I know I wrote earlier on Wednesday that televising the par-3 contest was a great idea–but Geoff Shackelford brings up some good points on his blog about how the contest was a disaster… However, today’s Par 3 Contest, the first…

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It’s 6:30 a.m. in London, and one of the more popular online betting sites in the UK, Ladbrokes.com, has Tiger Woods with 11-8 odds, and the next nearest rival, Phil Mickelson, at 10-1. Listed are the odds of the top-10…

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Q. You made a comment earlier this year that winning all four in a calendar year, all four majors, was possible; has anything happened so far so dissuade you from that opinion?
TIGER WOODS: No.
What kind of stupid question is this for a reporter to ask Tiger? What answer is he expecting? Something like [...]

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For the first time in history, the par-3 contest is being televised on ESPN. What a great decision. Many people, like me, have never been to Augusta National, and are only familiar with the championship course. Seeing the par-3 contest…

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Continue reading → Televising par-3 contest is a great call

For the first time in Masters history, the traditional par-3 contest will be televised. For those who didn’t know, Augusta National Golf Club has a par-3 course as well as the big boy course. Since 1960 there’s been a par-3 tournament which is held the Wednesday of Masters week. For the gazillionth [...]

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Continue reading → Masters par-3 contest televised today!

Craig Bestrom of Golf Digest walked around the Augusta National facility yesterday to investigate how much tickets are going for. Two scalpers told Bestrom that the hottest ticket is for Wednesday’s practice round and par-3 contest, with an asking price…

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Continue reading → Augusta is the place for ticket scalpers

The latest HOG poll will be closing by the opening round of this year’s Masters Tournament. If you haven’t yet, place your vote now.
The question: How many major tournaments will Tiger Woods win this year?
It’s a dead heat right now between 2, 3 and 4.

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What’s your favorite part about the Masters? A particular hole, like #12? The tradition? The style of play required? The snooty way the powers operate at Augusta National?
Here are a few things which stand out for me:
1. The design of the course requires all aspects of the players’ game to be in [...]

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13 green from behind

15 green from the side. Where Tiger Woods knocked it in the water last year on Sunday.

15 from the other side of 16

16 green from the tee box over the water

16 green with 15 back right in this pic

My favorite golf hole, the par three 12th

There are larger, more detailed [...]

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Continue reading → Some Augusta National photos to start out Masters week!

Amen Corner Live
Thursday and Friday: 10:45am - 5:45pm ETSaturday: 11:45 - 5:45pm ETSunday: 11:45 - 5:45pm ET

Masters Extra
Thursday and Friday: 3:00 - 4:00pm ETSaturday: 2:30 - 3:30pm ETSunday: 1:30 - 2:30pm ET

Hole Nos. 15 and 16
Thursday and Friday: 11:45 - 6:45pm ETSaturday: 12:45 - 6:30pm ETSunday: 12:45 - 6:30pm ET

Interview Areas
Interview Room: Monday - Sunday [...]

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Wednesday, April 9
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Live Coverage

ESPN

Thursday, April 10
4:00-7:00 p.m.
8:00-11:00 p.m.
11:30-11:45 p.m.
Live Coverage Replay of the first day telecast Highlights Show

ESPN
ESPN
CBS-TV

Friday, April 11
4:00-7:00 p.m.
8:00-11:00 p.m.
11:30-11:45 p.m.
Live Coverage Replay of the second day telecast Highlights Show

ESPN
ESPN
CBS-TV

Saturday, April 12
3:30-7:00 p.m.
Live Coverage

CBS-TV

Sunday, April 13
2:30-7:00 p.m.
Live Coverage

CBS-TV

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Continue reading → 2008 Masters Tournament TV Coverage

Masters coverage isn’t only becoming more visually appealing, it’s also becoming more accessible. This year, if you are stuck at work and can’t catch ESPN or CBS’ coverage, or if you are like me, and like to watch on both…

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Mrs. Doubtfire, or as many people know him, Colin Montgomerie won’t be playing in The Masters this year. He’s complaining in the media about the fact that three Asian players have been invited to play in The Masters who are ranked 80th, 93rd and 111th. Monty is ranked 75th in the world.
I get [...]

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As mentioned earlier, I was in New York City this past weekend speaking at a radio conference. It was the first time I had been away from this blog for more than 2 days, but I was still exposed to…

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So for the first time in the history of this blog, I was unable to post for a three day period. I was in New York City speaking at a radio conference, and did not have an internet connection in…

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Continue reading → Getting back into the swing of things…

SPECIAL SECTION!
2007 Masters Blog

Augusta & Masters Photos
2007 Masters Finish
2007 Masters Sunday Blog
Fuzzy Zoeller F-Bomb
2007 Masters Saturday
2007 Masters Sunday Pairings
Masters.org Sunday Coverage
2007 Masters Friday Carnage
2007 Masters Thursday!
Arnie starts, I cry
Mark O’Meara Wins Par 3
2007 Masters Photos!
Thurs & Fri Pairings
Palmer ceremonial starter
Phil Mickelson’s Club Setup
Vote for your favorite hole
Augusta National Score Card
Masters Blogger Leaderboard
Masters.org Tuesday
Masters [...]

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Continue reading → 2007 Masters Time Capsule

Today is the last day of 2007. I’m going through the year’s posts and highlighting by month, some of the best subjects of the year.
January 2007
January 2007 saw me at my first PGA Merchandise Show and I got a ton of hits, comments and thousands of video views of my interviews. I even [...]

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Continue reading → 2007 HOG Time Capsule

For the first time in history, the annual par-3 contest at the Masters will be televised live on ESPN from 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Augusta National chairman Billy Payne made the announcement yesterday saying that this is…

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For the first time in the history of The Masters, the Wednesday par-3 contest will be televised.
The par-3 contest is a very casual tournament held on Augusta National’s par-3 course. Many fun pairings like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer a few years ago, are fun to watch. Television coverage will be [...]

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When I first heard the announcement that ESPN was going to be covering The Masters I posted a comment saying it was a good thing. My thought was, given ESPN’s HD capability we’d be seeing Augusta National on TV better then ever before.
On second thought…
But after some golf chat in the van on my [...]

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Continue reading → Maybe ESPN covering The Masters isn’t a good thing after all

According to ESPN.com, the first two rounds of the 2008 Masters will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN HD. ESPN will cover the event on Thursday and Friday from 4-7 p.m. and CBS will pick up coverage for the weekend….

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Continue reading → ESPN picks up early round coverage for ‘08 Masters

Starting in 2008, Thursday and Friday coverage of The Masters will be on ESPN. This is good. Masters in HD baby.

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Continue reading → Thursday & Friday Masters coverage moves to ESPN

The major governing authorities of golf have all agreed and signed off on the new golf doping policies and testing will likely begin in the spring. Details such as how testing will be done and what penalties will be handed out should someone fail a test are yet to be hammered out.
My main thought [...]

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Continue reading → Performance enhancing drugs can’t help a golfer make a four foot putt…