The Masters Tournament

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vol_in_ar said:
that event was really well done

loved Gary Players comment on kids manners
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What did Player have to say? I have met Gary Player and he is as nice of a gentleman as anyone who has ever played. He is a class act, and respects the game to the utmost.
 
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vol_in_ar said:
he talked about how impressed he was with the competitors, and the respect they showed the game, and how youth today had gotten away from manners, or having conversations more then 1-2 word answers...

here it is

Gary Player: Drive Chip Putt Encourages Kids to Play | Golf Channel
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Sounds just like what I would expect from him. He shows respect to everyone. Class act.

I am sure that this sounds like a fishy story, but it's true. My brother and I were following Player during a practice round late one day at Augusta probably 35 years ago. He had won the Masters just a couple of years before, but hadn't been playing well. He was playing by himself, and the gallery was no more than about 8-10 people, when he got to the 9th tee.

The 9th hole has a pretty severe dog leg left, downhill off the tee, and then back up hill for the 2nd shot. Player hit about 3 tee shots on the hole, every one was a push/fade into the right trees. The shot called for a draw. He stood there, exasperated and said to his caddie (and probably anybody standing there).."what in the world am I doing wrong?"
His caddie just shrugged his shoulders, and nobody around said a word. After a couple of seconds of silence, I spoke up "you are moving your head about a foot past the ball at impact." He said..."really?" I said " yes, I had your head fixed on a tree in the background, and your head is moving way out front."

He stood there a second, and practiced a couple of swings keeping his head behind the ball. He teed up another, and hit a perfect draw around the corner. He smiled, and thanked me for the tip. I watched him the next day on the range, and he came up and thanked me once more, and told me he was hitting it much better.

First of all, I can't believe that I spoke up, but I have always been interested in the golf swing, and had read several different instruction books by that time. I knew what he was doing, and hated to see him struggle with something so simple. Secondly, I had seen him at several golf tournaments for about 15 years before that, and although I didn't know him, I knew that he was nice and approachable. In other words, I knew that he was a gentleman, and wouldn't bite my head off, even if he thought that I was out of line, or didn't know what I was talking about.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Sounds just like what I would expect from him. He shows respect to everyone. Class act.

I am sure that this sounds like a fishy story, but it's true. My brother and I were following Player during a practice round late one day at Augusta probably 35 years ago. He had won the Masters just a couple of years before, but hadn't been playing well. He was playing by himself, and the gallery was no more than about 8-10 people, when he got to the 9th tee.

The 9th hole has a pretty severe dog leg left, downhill off the tee, and then back up hill for the 2nd shot. Player hit about 3 tee shots on the hole, every one was a push/fade into the right trees. The shot called for a draw. He stood there, exasperated and said to his caddie (and probably anybody standing there).."what in the world am I doing wrong?"
His caddie just shrugged his shoulders, and nobody around said a word. After a couple of seconds of silence, I spoke up "you are moving your head about a foot past the ball at impact." He said..."really?" I said " yes, I had your head fixed on a tree in the background, and your head is moving way out front."

He stood there a second, and practiced a couple of swings keeping his head behind the ball. He teed up another, and hit a perfect draw around the corner. He smiled, and thanked me for the tip. I watched him the next day on the range, and he came up and thanked me once more, and told me he was hitting it much better.

First of all, I can't believe that I spoke up, but I have always been interested in the golf swing, and had read several different instruction books by that time. I knew what he was doing, and hated to see him struggle with something so simple. Secondly, I had seen him at several golf tournaments for about 15 years before that, and although I didn't know him, I knew that he was nice and approachable. In other words, I knew that he was a gentleman, and wouldn't bite my head off, even if he thought that I was out of line, or didn't know what I was talking about.
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Awesome

About 15 years ago, I was at a practice round with my Dad and and convinced him to go up to the 11th tee which is up in an area nobody goes to. The next group to come thru was Palmer/Player/Nicklaus. When we got up there, we were the only spectators and then magically, here they came. There was a short wait and Palmer reached into a cooler and got a granola bar which he said was awful. He looked at the wrapper and started giving Jack hell because it was "made in Ohio, just like you." We then proceeded to join Palmer and Player in giving Jack complete hell over everything that sucked about Ohio State. Good times.
 
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GAVol said:
Awesome

About 15 years ago, I was at a practice round with my Dad and and convinced him to go up to the 11th tee which is up in an area nobody goes to. The next group to come thru was Palmer/Player/Nicklaus. When we got up there, we were the only spectators and then magically, here they came. There was a short wait and Palmer reached into a cooler and got a granola bar which he said was awful. He looked at the wrapper and started giving Jack hell because it was "made in Ohio, just like you." We then proceeded to join Palmer and Player in giving Jack complete hell over everything that sucked about Ohio State. Good times.
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Player and Palmer were great with the fans every time that I saw them over the years. Nicklaus was more reserved, not necessarily bad, just not as outwardly friendly. Weiskopf was a jerk, along with Curtis Strange, and both Snead and Hogan, who were at the end of their careers when I saw them play.
Trevino and Zoeller both struck me as smartazzes. Chi Chi was a nice guy to the fans. I sat at the table in a bar in Augusta one night with Greg Norman and Bruce Edwards(Watson's caddie who died of ALS), and had a drink. Edwards was a great guy, and Norman was a million miles away in his thoughts about the tournament.

I think it was on a Mon. or Tues. night, because we used to go to Mon and Tues, sometimes Wed. practice rounds, and left before the tournament started. This was in the early -mid 80's. I knew Bruce Lietzke, having sold him a muscle car, and he had told me that Norman was a car guy, so I just introduced myself, and sat down. Norman was alone until I joined him, and then Edwards and somebody joined us. Good memories. I hadn't thought about them for a while.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Sounds just like what I would expect from him. He shows respect to everyone. Class act.

I am sure that this sounds like a fishy story, but it's true. My brother and I were following Player during a practice round late one day at Augusta probably 35 years ago. He had won the Masters just a couple of years before, but hadn't been playing well. He was playing by himself, and the gallery was no more than about 8-10 people, when he got to the 9th tee.

The 9th hole has a pretty severe dog leg left, downhill off the tee, and then back up hill for the 2nd shot. Player hit about 3 tee shots on the hole, every one was a push/fade into the right trees. The shot called for a draw. He stood there, exasperated and said to his caddie (and probably anybody standing there).."what in the world am I doing wrong?"
His caddie just shrugged his shoulders, and nobody around said a word. After a couple of seconds of silence, I spoke up "you are moving your head about a foot past the ball at impact." He said..."really?" I said " yes, I had your head fixed on a tree in the background, and your head is moving way out front."

He stood there a second, and practiced a couple of swings keeping his head behind the ball. He teed up another, and hit a perfect draw around the corner. He smiled, and thanked me for the tip. I watched him the next day on the range, and he came up and thanked me once more, and told me he was hitting it much better.

First of all, I can't believe that I spoke up, but I have always been interested in the golf swing, and had read several different instruction books by that time. I knew what he was doing, and hated to see him struggle with something so simple. Secondly, I had seen him at several golf tournaments for about 15 years before that, and although I didn't know him, I knew that he was nice and approachable. In other words, I knew that he was a gentleman, and wouldn't bite my head off, even if he thought that I was out of line, or didn't know what I was talking about.
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That's just an awesome story. I don't think I've ever heard anyone have one negative thing to say about Player.
 
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Rory sent Tiger a letter, when he was a Jr, golfer, that he was coming for him

Looks like he's got there
 
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Had a great time yesterday. Pretty much ended up following Rory around most of the day. He played with a 19 year old kid Neil. Neil seemed to hit the ball pretty well yesterday.

We left before Tiger was on the course. From what everyone is reporting though it sounds like Tiger was very loose yesterday and was having fun. Also sounds like he was hitting the ball well. Every seemed to say his short game was looking strong.
 
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Orangesmokey said:
Had a great time yesterday. Pretty much ended up following Rory around most of the day. He played with a 19 year old kid Neil. Neil seemed to hit the ball pretty well yesterday.

We left before Tiger was on the course. From what everyone is reporting though it sounds like Tiger was very loose yesterday and was having fun. Also sounds like he was hitting the ball well. Every seemed to say his short game was looking strong.
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so was lunch
Pimento cheese, Egg Salad or BBQ
 
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vol_in_ar said:
After the advice, I would have walked over and shagged the balls he put in the woods
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There are just trees on the right side of the 9th fairway, not woods. Touch a ball hit there and you'd quickly be removed from the course.

The 11th tee is a great spot to see the players. It's usually not too crowded. #2 tee too, but 11 is a little more tucked away.

Biggest course change last year was the disappearance of the Eisenhower pine tree. I wonder if they'll replace it at some point.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
There are just trees on the right side of the 9th fairway, not woods. Touch a ball hit there and you'd quickly be removed from the course.

The 11th tee is a great spot to see the players. It's usually not too crowded. #2 tee too, but 11 is a little more tucked away.

Biggest course change last year was the disappearance of the Eisenhower pine tree. I wonder if they'll replace it at some point.
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I am the one who posted about Player, and I said he hit in the right trees. The other poster assumed trees meant woods, I guess. It was a practice round, and I assume his caddie picked up the balls. I didn't finish out the hole with him.
 
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vol_in_ar said:
still a bargain....
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Oh no doubt. Cheaper than just about all other sports venues plus the cups are worth saving.

Side note: Does anyone know what kind of revenue the Masters makes in a day or for the tournament?

The wife and I were talking about it while we were there. We were guess at what kind of numbers they would pull in a day.
 
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