today i watched the masters in all its glory in HD. sweet! except for the commentators. really, i’m not a fan of jim nantz during basketball because he’s really only there to provide the good cop to billy packer’s bad cop. its really stupid. and in golf, he’s not much better. sure, maybe he actually plays golf, but he doesn’t do anything but make every shot seem like its the best thing ever, or compare it to previous years, or just kiss tiger’s ass (which a lot of commentators do, because tiger is one of the best ever, but they don’t make other golfers seem like they have absolutely no chance to do well). watching the final round today, i was glad most of the action occurred without nantz commentating. the most ignorant thing i’ve ever heard at the masters, on 6 i think it was, when dimarco hit first, his shot stuck, then rolled off…verne lundquist goes “the mere vibration of tiger’s ball hitting the green caused dimarco’s ball to roll off”. then when they showed the replay dimarco’s ball was already half way down the hill when tiger’s ball landed. i don’t know, sometimes CBS’ announcers can just be idiots. golf balls don’t cause green sized vibrations, the ball would have to hit pretty close to have any effect on another ball, much less one 30 feet away.

i recorded the final round because i didn’t think i’d be able to watch it. i had a meeting at church. i was able to get to my parents in time to see the last 5 holes. tiger’s chip in on 16 was historic. 16 is a memorable hole. last year mickelson (my favorite player) holed a major putt, nicklaus made a major putt there to win his 6th masters in ’86. today tiger had a chip in from off the green for birdie that all but deflated dimarco’s chances of a comeback. to make a shot like that under all that pressure in that kind of situation (tiger was up one shot) was thought to be the back breaker. or so everyone thought. dimarco kept battling and tiger was the one to choke, allowing the way for a playoff. the most epic playoff i’ve ever seen was the 2000 PGA where tiger took down bob may in three holes. today tiger only needed one. it was great. i was glad tiger had to win the tournament instead of him just coasting to victory. i hold out much hope for this year’s golf season. its not tiger and the other guys. all those guys are good.