Post-Masters thoughts

It was almost like rubber-necking a car accident as you drive by; you didn't really want to watch it, but you had to. Sitting at home taking in the sights and sounds of the Masters, I certainly had big time aspirations of a wild finish; unfortunately, the wild finish was basically watching who would implode the most. After Trevor Immelman tried on the green jacket the first time, the relief on his face was not for the fact that he had won, but more than likely that he didn't have to play another minute on Augusta.

Steve Flesch melted down on the back nine after sizzling in the middle rounds. Tiger Woods was very up and down all day long; Brandt Snedeker was about in tears at the end of the round. And through the fire, even Trevor Immelman, though he went wire-to-wire for the first time at the Masters since 1980, shot a 75 and still won by three strokes.

So, what's the moral of the story here? While I understand that we need to have more and more challenging conditions to keep up with the technology, we watch the pros to see them do things that are simply unimaginable by the common golfer--so to see them struggle immensely--and I realize the wind had something to with it--I want to see good golf being played by good golfers. Not anything like the senior tour where they basically can shoot 40 under for a tournament--no, I mean--let's see good conditions and let's see difficult things, but not so difficult that it turns into who can make the least amount of mistakes. That's not the Masters as it should be, in my opinion.

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