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OK, so it's not EXACTLY the same thing. But I still think Bill Murray said it best in Caddyshack: "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!" So he isn't a former greenskeeper. But what the heck, the rest of it applies to South African Trevor Immelman's (Trevor who?) winning the Masters Tournament Sunday at Augusta National. Even Tiger Woods couldn't get it together enough to catch 28-year old Immelman in his quest for a first Major victory EVER. He's the first player since 1980 to lead (or share the lead) for every round. Saturday night, his boyhood hero Gary Player, who won his third and final Masters title 30 years ago, left a voicemail for Trevor "I know you're going to win." How cool was that! Oh, and that OTHER guy everyone expected to come from behind and win a fifth green jacket and 14 th...
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You know, if he understood English better, Angel Cabrera might have been a little upset. I mean, here's a guy who just won the US Open, and everyone was talking about the other guy - Tiger Woods. Actually, in speaking through an interpreter, even Cabrera talked about Tiger. "Tiger can birdie any hole. He is No. 1". But not Sunday. Not at this US Open. Tiger couldn't one putt anything under 12 feet for the entire tournament. No, the guy who was No. 1 on Sunday was Angel Cabrera, "El Pato". And before you think that's a nifty nickname, it means "the Duck". Here's a guy who dropped out of elementary school to help support the family by caddieing at a local country club. He plays golf because it's the only thing he knows how to do. With a physique like that, he certainly couldn't make a living at the national sport of Argentina - soccer. This is a guy who looked like a lot of dads out on courses everywhere on Father's Day - overweight...
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"It's a Cinderella story, from out of nowhere..." Who didn't think the Bill Murray line from Caddy Shack when Zach Johnson hit that miracle putt? "It's in the hole! It's in the hole!" But, there was a lot more going on today than that. He kept his cool, played his best and held off all comers. When he walked off the course as the leader at +1, what could Johnson have been thinking? He was not even the best player on his high school golf team in Iowa. He did manage to get a scholarship to Drake. He turned pro in 1998 and has put his all into golf. And his reward is THE green jacket. Not just his first Masters win, but only his second win ever in 99 PGA tournaments. What was the first thing he did when he came off of 18. He was waylayed by a reporter and here is what he had to say. He commented that this being Easter Sunday made a difference to him. He mentioned his spirituality and feeling Jesus with him at every hole. He also mentioned his late grandfather being with him in spirit. Then...
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If ever a tournament hit home with "real" players, this was it. Finally a PGA Tournament - the Masters, no less - that featured three-putts and all!
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Masters News Bulletin
Monday, March 26, 2007
A total of 107 players, with 97 expected to participate, have been invited to the 2007 Masters Tournament, it was announced today by Billy Payne, Chairman of the Masters Tournament and Augusta National Golf Club. Among the field are... Hey, you squirrels!!! GET OUT OF MY GARDEN....oh, sorry, where was I...