Re: US Masters 2009

Guest Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:29 am

Mario Kempes

Juan Manuel Fangio

Diego Maradona

Lionel Messi

Felipe Contepmoni

David Nalbandian

Gabriel Batistuta

Javier Saviola

AND NOW......Angel Cabrera

Argentina really is a great country. Well done Argentina.

Guest Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:06 am

COUNTRYROUND 1ROUND 2ROUND 3ROUND 4TOTAL SCORE


Cabrera	Arg	68	68	69	71	276
C Campbell	US	65	70	72	69	276
Perry	US	68	67	70	71	276
Katayama	Jpn	67	73	70	68	278
Mickelson	US	73	68	71	67	279
Flesch	US	71	74	68	67	280
Merrick	US	68	74	72	66	280
Stricker	US	72	69	68	71	280
Woods	US	70	72	70	68	280
Furyk	US	66	74	68	73	281
Mahan	US	66	75	71	69	281
O'Hair	US	68	76	68	69	281
T Clark	SA	68	71	72	71	282
Villegas	Col	73	69	71	69	282
Hamilton	US	68	70	72	73	283
Ogilvy	Aus	71	70	73	69	283
Baddeley	Aus	68	74	73	69	284
McDowell	NI	69	73	73	69	284
Watney	US	70	71	71	73	285
Ames	Can	73	68	71	74	286
Casey	Eng	72	72	73	69	286
Imada	Jpn	73	72	72	69	286
Immelman	SA	71	74	72	69	286
A Kim	US	75	65	72	74	286
S Lyle	Sco	72	70	73	71	286
McIlroy	NI	72	73	71	70	286
Poulter	Eng	71	73	68	74	286
Rose	Eng	74	70	71	71	286
Sabbatini	SA	73	67	70	76	286
Appleby	Aus	72	73	71	71	287
R Fisher	Eng	69	76	73	69	287
Johnson	US	72	70	72	73	287
Mize	US	67	76	72	72	287
V Singh	Fij	71	70	72	74	287
Curtis	US	73	71	74	70	288
Duke	US	71	72	73	72	288
Harrington	Ire	69	73	73	73	288
Allenby	Aus	73	72	72	72	289
L Donald	Eng	73	71	72	73	289
Garcia	Spa	73	67	75	74	289
Stenson	Swe	71	70	75	73	289
B Watson	US	72	72	73	73	290
Westwood	Eng	70	72	70	79	291
Hart	US	72	72	73	76	293
Trahan	US	72	73	72	76	293
MA Jimenez	Spa	70	73	78	73	294
Sutherland	US	69	76	77	72	294
Weir	Can	68	75	79	72	294
Mediate	US	73	70	78	77	298
A Romero	Arg	69	75	77	77	298

Guest Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:12 am

Harrington played some good golf, but he just did terrible at a few holes which really cost him the Masters or at least a place in the top 10. Disappointing, hopefully this wont affect his mentality for the US Open, British Open and PGA championship. Sometimes his mindset can be very negative and I believe that this is what can prohibit him from playing his best, but he has the power to brush that aside and make it a 3-in-a-row at the British Open-Come on Harry!!!! cheers

Guest Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:40 pm

It was good to see Cabrera win but I would have preferred Kenny Perry myself. He was a true fighter and never gave up. Cabrera hit into the trees on the first hole in the play-off and after Perry's delicate and perfect drive blasted down the course you would have been forgiven to think it was all over. However, a well-calculated shot from between the trees from Cabrera and a muck-up from Perry and the green jacket was all Cabrera's. Intense and pure class golf in this years US masters. Report to come later. Very Happy

Guest Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:31 pm

It was quite clear from early morning that it wasn’t going to be a normal day in Augusta, Georgia. Apart from it being the home of the US Masters, the gathering crowd signalled that this Sunday was going to be special. Within a couple of hours the course was, once again, humming with voices of excitement and expectation.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the day was the pairing of Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods. The world’s number 2 and 1 respectively, with six Masters between them, were destined to attract attention as they teed off at 1:35 p.m. for a mind-blowing round.

Mickelson totted up a breathtaking six birdies in eight holes with Woods keeping his sanity and his silence as he battled to match his old rival’s notable score. As the day wore on, anticipation gripped the spectators, low voices pondered a possible winner and prayers could be heard whispered through the course.

As Mickelson approached the 12^th, one off the lead and within touching distance of the most coveted jacket in the world, he looked set to show us how it’s done. His pleas for victory went unheeded as his out of bounds drive went crashing into Rae’s Creek and a missed putt ensured hopes for him were all but dashed with a double-bogey on a par 3. Woods responded well with birdies on the 13^th, 15^th and 16^th but dropped shots on the 17^th and 18^th. Finishing on a 68 for the day, one behind Mickelson who also bogeyed the 18^th, finishing on 67, people began to turn their attention to an intriguing battle developing between Cabrera, Perry and Campbell.

Kenny Perry, boasting a two shot lead with two holes to play, looked set to sail to victory but with two difficult holes ahead of him, a mammoth task stood in his way. Bogeying them both, he joined Chad Campbell and Angel Cabrera in a riveting play-off. Campbell had finished on an impressive 69 for the day with Perry and Cabrera both finishing on 71 but a determined Kenny Perry was the man to beat.

` Campbell was eliminated from the contest on the first play-off hole scoring a bogey, with Cabrera also looking beaten when his drive met the trees. A clean, swooping drive from Perry gave the impression the jacket was his but after a well-calculated shot from Cabrera from the trees, both players made par.

The climax of the Masters was reached and all eyes were on only two men: Kenny Perry and Angel Cabrera. Walking up to the 10^th tee, the two isolated figures desperately tried to block out all distractions. They passed spectators’, whose eyes were wide and mouths open, everyone knew what was on each other’s minds. Would Perry be the oldest player ever to win the Masters, at 48 years-of-age, or would Cabrera be the first Argentinean to ever win the tournament? Records are set to be broken and the Masters was set to go out with a bang.

Within 10 minutes the waiting was over and the winner was established. Angel Cabrera with a par and Kenny Perry, who had a fifteen-yard putt to win it on his 72^nd, with a bogey. As the Argentine was awarded the much sought after green jacket and applause filled this magnificent course, the man in the midst of glory summed up this famous competition perfectly: "It’s the Masters. A lot of birdies, a lot of bogeys, a lot of magical things. Simply the Masters."

**mid-mon man** Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:18 pm

Some win by Cabrera, thought he'd lost it when he hit into the trees but the gods were on his side when he got back into it well. Perry must be kicking himself after he had chances to finish it, but fair dues to Cabrera!

Guest Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:24 pm

LilMaighEo wrote:It was quite clear from early morning that it wasn’t going to be a normal day in Augusta, Georgia. Apart from it being the home of the US Masters, the gathering crowd signalled that this Sunday was going to be special. Within a couple of hours the course was, once again, humming with voices of excitement and expectation.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the day was the pairing of Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods. The world’s number 2 and 1 respectively, with six Masters between them, were destined to attract attention as they teed off at 1:35 p.m. for a mind-blowing round.

Mickelson totted up a breathtaking six birdies in eight holes with Woods keeping his sanity and his silence as he battled to match his old rival’s notable score. As the day wore on, anticipation gripped the spectators, low voices pondered a possible winner and prayers could be heard whispered through the course.

As Mickelson approached the 12^th, one off the lead and within touching distance of the most coveted jacket in the world, he looked set to show us how it’s done. His pleas for victory went unheeded as his out of bounds drive went crashing into Rae’s Creek and a missed putt ensured hopes for him were all but dashed with a double-bogey on a par 3. Woods responded well with birdies on the 13^th, 15^th and 16^th but dropped shots on the 17^th and 18^th. Finishing on a 68 for the day, one behind Mickelson who also bogeyed the 18^th, finishing on 67, people began to turn their attention to an intriguing battle developing between Cabrera, Perry and Campbell.

Kenny Perry, boasting a two shot lead with two holes to play, looked set to sail to victory but with two difficult holes ahead of him, a mammoth task stood in his way. Bogeying them both, he joined Chad Campbell and Angel Cabrera in a riveting play-off. Campbell had finished on an impressive 69 for the day with Perry and Cabrera both finishing on 71 but a determined Kenny Perry was the man to beat.

` Campbell was eliminated from the contest on the first play-off hole scoring a bogey, with Cabrera also looking beaten when his drive met the trees. A clean, swooping drive from Perry gave the impression the jacket was his but after a well-calculated shot from Cabrera from the trees, both players made par.

The climax of the Masters was reached and all eyes were on only two men: Kenny Perry and Angel Cabrera. Walking up to the 10^th tee, the two isolated figures desperately tried to block out all distractions. They passed spectators’, whose eyes were wide and mouths open, everyone knew what was on each other’s minds. Would Perry be the oldest player ever to win the Masters, at 48 years-of-age, or would Cabrera be the first Argentinean to ever win the tournament? Records are set to be broken and the Masters was set to go out with a bang.

Within 10 minutes the waiting was over and the winner was established. Angel Cabrera with a par and Kenny Perry, who had a fifteen-yard putt to win it on his 72^nd, with a bogey. As the Argentine was awarded the much sought after green jacket and applause filled this magnificent course, the man in the midst of glory summed up this famous competition perfectly: "It’s the Masters. A lot of birdies, a lot of bogeys, a lot of magical things. Simply the Masters."

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