the Masters

Overall, the Masters is one of my least favorite golf tournaments for one big reason. The membership of Augusta National is way too full of themselves. It's stuffy old men being stuffy old men because they can. They can be. I understand that, but I don't like that they are and that they shove it in your face. I don't like that they had the power to stop CBS from using Gary McCord as an announcer because he joked on air that they bikini waxed the greens. I don't like that Hootie Johnson can do a 10 minute monologue of boredom on network TV after the tournament, just to show he can. That being said, it's still a beautiful golf course and this year's finish was the sort of thing legends are made of. Tiger Woods' chip on 16 that did a dramatic pause at the edge of the cup before dropping will be replayed for years to come. I was so hoping Chris DiMarco would pull it out at the end, just for the story of it. Well, that and the fact that Woods was an asshole during the practice rounds at the Players Championship, ignoring hundreds of kids (including mine) who were within 10 feet of him, begging for an autograph. The fact that he was ignoring them was emphasized by the fact that he was playing with Retief Goosen, who was signing everything put in front of him. I used to pull for the guy, but that kind of tainted my view. Still, it was an amazing battle on a very tough course, and DiMarco had his chances and couldn't pull through where Tiger did. Woods showed once again what he can do under pressure, and it's amazing to watch.