posted Apr 7, 2008

dear peter allis the uniqeness of augusta and how players have to think extra hard about ball flight was highlighted when raymond floyd won their using a 5 wood which at that time was unheatrd of .this ability to think a bit off beat is a crucial part of learning how to win at a course like augusta

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posted Apr 7, 2008

dear gary linneker will any of us ever tire of seeing the emotional re run of jacks famous back nine surge to win the masters at the age of 46 caddied that day by his son .how much does it go to prove that self belief is an essential part of a champions mind set.

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posted Apr 7, 2008

Could the Panel offer insight into these two questions? 1)Why did the Europeans have such great success at the Masters from the mid 70`s to the mid 90`s?. I believe they won 11 times. 2)Why have they had no success at the U.S.Open or PGA? I believe the last European to win either of these was Tony Jacklin in 1970.

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posted Apr 7, 2008

Peter,
Aformer UK Amateur champion reckons that if he placed a ball on the green in the wrong spot, and allowing for the fact that we had supposedly hit all the greens in regulation, feels we would be hard pushed to break 100.
Is this a realistic representation of how fast and difficult the greens are?

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posted Apr 7, 2008

Dear all

Hopefully, the sun will shine this week so that the so-called shorter hitters such as the defending champion can have a say again this year. At least they will avoid the problem of my opening medal on Saturday being snowed off after ten holes!

Much was made last year of Augusta's length. I was wondering what effect, if indeed any, the R&A 'outlawing' of non-conforming drivers at 31 March 2008 will have? I know that the cutting edge technology only really benefits these guys as they can generate the clubhead speed to make use of them. Or is it the case that technology has already outpaced this effort to reign in the driver. Indeed, should they be concentrating on the ball?

Scary to think that Woods' dominance may actually have been greater given his superior ball striking quality had technology not given golfers such a hand in recent years. Geoff Ogilvy played Royal Melbourne a couple of years ago with persimmons and the big difference he noted in his subsequent article that off-hits lost 40 rather than 10 yards. What a difference that would make this week on a 7,500 yard course except of course we wouldn't need the extra yardage....

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posted Apr 7, 2008

Totally agree. Stick to footy Linekar, you just haven't got the delivery that the a real golf commentator has. Alliss, Hay, Faldo, Linekar. Spot the odd one out.

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posted Apr 8, 2008

Here is a question - has anyone won the Masters on the their debut appearance in the last 50 years?

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posted Apr 8, 2008

I can answer that one for you mate. Fuzzy Zoeller in 79. Only the second man to do so.The 1st was Gene Sarazen but dont ask me when?

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posted Apr 8, 2008

1935

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posted Apr 9, 2008

no

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