This is phenomenal.
Adam Scott has just lost his second t the 15 th tirght, and Tiger has just hit a half-OK second tot he 18th.
A stack of players within one shot of Adam Scott at -11. And a few moe within two!
Jason Day just missed from 5 feet at 14. He looked so nervous he could hardly stand up.
Adam Scott -11
Tiger Woods -10
Jason Day -10
Ogilvy -10
Donald -10
van Pelt -10
Scwartzel -10
This is going to get good.
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JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is publisher and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au. He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story and Life As I Know It (with Michelle Payne). He appears (appeared?) on ABCTV's Offsiders. He can be contacted [email protected] He is married to The Handicapper and has three school-age kids - Theo, Anna, Evie. He might not be the worst putter in the world but he's in the worst four. His ambition was to lunch for Australia but it clashed with his other ambition - to shoot his age.
Adam Scott’s chip: lobbed, but no grip,runs well past and trickles down the slope. Tough furst putt.
Ogilvy chips close at 18.
Tiger finishes -10.
Adam Scott makes the tricky second putt for par.
And so does Jason Day.
Chrales Schwartzel second to 15 from the perfect spot. Long iron. Dead straight, lands short, runs past the pin and over the back.
Adam Scott almost holes his shot to 16, pin in that nor,al final-day Masters position.
Ogilvy hole spout for par and 67 to fnish -10.
Jason Day, good shot at 16, staright at it, but too pumped and flies to the back.
Jason Day, two putts.
Charles Scwartzel chip, and putt for birdie. -11
Scott taps in for birdie from a foot. -12 and leads by one.
K J Choi, birdie at 15 to get to -10.
Adam Scott -12
Charles Scwartzel -11
Jason Day -10
Tiger -10
Ogilvy -10
and others
Don’t forget Cabrera who can make a birdie, at -9.
I might have to be a bit late for work…
I was hoping for a 3-way Aussie play-off.
It’s Scott or Schwartzel for mine. 16 is crucial for the later.
Best sport on tv each year.
Cabrera two putt Birdie at 15. -10
I’ve never worked on a Masters Monday.
Did anyone see Mcilroy on 10?
Those cabins are miles left of the fairway.
Only IBF could hit it there.
I knew Schwartzel would birdie 16. I reckon he’ll win.
Schwartzel catches the left adge of the hole with his birdie putt at 16. -12 Meanwhile Scott has driven miles left and is in the green-side bunker on 7. Just has to get it out and over the trees and in the direction of the 17th.
K J Choi misses at 16.
Schwartzel for me. I see Australians and the Masters the same way as I see the Western Bulldogs and the Grand Final.
Ridiculous.
Luke Donald’s approach is going to finish dead until it hits the flag and ricochets backwards to teh front of the green and trickles off. But he holes the hip. -10
Scott in the back of the front pot. Long bunker shot. Leaves plaenty of work to make par.
If Dimarco hit that chip a few years ago, he’d have a green jacket.
Watch Cabrera’s putt on 16. He may have his back to the hole.
Day’s approach at 17 after a good drive is disappointing. Pin high but 30 feet left. Holable though. SEnsational confident roll. In! -11
What a (Jason) Day!
Day thinks he can win. He’s 23.
Great Scott!
Scott’s emotions are everywhere. Now he has to make the 12 footer. Quick putt. Good strike, and in it goes. -12
No broomstick wielder has ever won a major.
That chute on 18 is as narrow as it looks.
J day looks like C Milan (dog whisperer).
Jason Day, great swing under pressure with the driver ot the centre of the 18th fairway.
Schwartzel fashions an approach to 17. Fine shot. Birdie chance from mid-range.
Cabrera – poor putt for par at 16. bogey. -9
Scott pushes his drive up the right side but gets away with it.
Schwartzel’s 2nd shot on 17 was genius.
A Scott has to watch the block for his 2nd on 18.
I reckon J Day is going to play a blinder of a 2nd shot.
All the SA chokers are cricketers.
Scott, approach OK.
Schwartzel holes at 17. OUtrageous. Leads by one.
Schwartzel birdies 17 – all over ?
Day, straight at it. The boy from Qld has nerves of steel.
Nearly Dips.
A lot can happen on 18.
The two Australians walking up the 18th. Terrific stuff.
J Day’s wife has beautiful skin.
Scott has a go but he’s too far away to expect to hole – unless he is Scwartzel. It’s a creditable aggressive putt. But no cigars.
Scott too long on 18 – Schwartzel needs to do the time honoured South African thing – choke
J Day birdie and Schwartzel bogey?
That’d be a classic.
Go Jason Day
This is gettable.
DAY!!!!!!!!!
That’s how you play 18 J Day
You champion. How many putts can these blokes make! So it’s down to Schwartzel. Can he make par up the final hole?
Scwartzel -13 Day -12 Scott -12
This is what sport is about.
How are Schwartzel’s nerves at the minute?
Back spin?
Flynny – hopefully he thinks about it too much
Schwartzel in the centre of the fairway – somewhat distracted by a cameraman.
Scott’s put wobbled in like one of mine. He deserves to be in it. -12
Good shot.
He’s home.
Solid iron shot. Too good. A simple two-putt coming up.
Red rover.
Our boys just short – its a tough game
Might be a one-putt.
Has anyone seen Sam Pang in Melbourne this weekend?
We’ll win the Masters when we get rid of the Aussie voiceover man who always offers diddly.
Now, don’t be thinking Herscelle Gibbs.
J Day has the eyes of an assassin when staring a put down. S Pang is more of a lover.
Schwartzel went long!!! 6 foot past
I thought it’d be a one-putt.
Pretty straight from there.
sorry – all over
Is that a Renton birdie=birdie-birdie-birdie finish?
By the way, my error in the tension of the moment, it’s Charl.
Correct re Renton.
These golfers don’t struggle off the course.
Yes it is 4-2-3-3. A lazy dozen. You could write a book about those 12 shots. Puts the 6-6 finish at Yarra Bend into perspective.
Gigs – 4233 – the post code of??
Tom Weiskopf took 13 at the 12th in 1980ish.
Gripping stuff. Very uncomfortable. Could not barrack for Scott, I’m afraid, as I have real issues with the broomstick. Day’s a beauty, but the winner is a really good golfer. They don’t choke like their cricketers. Look at Els, Goosen, Immelman, Oosthuisen and now Schwarzel, who has been so consistently up with their best at home in recent times.
Crio,
Els had his chances to win a couple of US Masters. I reckon Goosen shot an 80ish when leading into the last round of a US Open. Broadly, I agree with your point.
#59. Dips, sadly the postcode of nowhere. If it ever is, before Charl would be a good name.