2014 Masters Clippings: Final Round Roundup
/A few ledes to kick things off followed by what I could find after filing a feature and a blog post. Thanks for all the great comments and clicks this week. Another stellar Masters. That doesn't mean I won't be moaning this week about the silly pines. But for now, soak up another impressive Bubba Watson win and thorough coverage from a hard working gang in the media center.
Bubba Watson's second Masters title was nothing like the green jacket he won two years ago.
David Westin, Augusta Chronicle:
Bubba Watson didn’t need a miracle shot from the pines in sudden death to win his second Masters Tournament in three years. The only round in the 60s among the contenders Sunday was enough.
Bubba Watson will be the first to tell you he has issues, plenty of them, and he'll readily admit he's on the jittery side and self-diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.
Bubba Watson has all the shots -- and more. Sometimes when you watch him on the range it seems as if he is genetically incapable of hitting a golf ball straight.
He swings out of his shoes with a pink-shafted driver, his golf ball traveling distances that are awed and admired. Bubba Golf, it is called, often with disbelief and wonder.
Bubba is The Grinch Who Stole The Masters. (Sobel/GolfChannel.com)
Angie’s perspective. (Nichols/Golfweek.com)
The details behind the tournament turning on two shots, one by Spieth and one by Bubba. (Shackelford/GolfDigest.com)
Only one media member picked Bubba in the Augusta Chronicle annual writers survey. Too bad he didn't place a wager when Bubba was 25-1, but then, he'd be admitting he's both a blogger and a degenerate. At least this will get him out of 23rd place in his fantasy league. (Augusta.com)
Jordan Spieth “had it in his hands.” (Shedloski/GolfDigest.com)
Spieth shows moxy and receives a priceless golf education. (Wojciechowski/ESPN.com)
Jonas Blixt, Masters rookie and runner up. (Armour/USA Today)
Miguel Angel Jimenez had the best showing by a geezer since Sam Snead finished T3 in 1963. (Gay/Augusta.com)
The Mechanic’s Augusta Chronicle slideshow. (Augusta.com)
Rickie Fowler couldn’t overcome the orange, finishing T-5. (Coffin/GolfChannel.com)
Rory McIlroy stunk up the par-5s but he also registered his best Masters finish yet at T8. (Armour/USA Today)
Caroline is a blond again. Almost. Except the part on top where she’s not. (AP/golf.com)
Other celebrity sightings Sunday (GolfDigest.com)
Bernhard Langer, 56, yippy, T-8. Just incredible. (Miceli/Golfweek)
Fred Couples, not as much but still impressive. (Maycock/Augusta.com)
Adam Scott couldn’t putt. (Sobel/GolfChannel.com)
Oliver Goss is your low am. (Hoggard/GolfChannel.com)
There was one birdie on 17 Sunday. Chris Kirk called the green in that area purple. (Staats/Augusta.com)
Birdies and Bogeys Sunday. (GolfDigest.com)
Grading the players. (Collins/ESPN.com)
The best of CBS’s broadcast and Poulter tweet (Strege/GolfDigest.com)
Bubba’s gear. (Johnson/GolfDigest.com)
Masters.com video highlights. (Masters.com)
Bubba’s second jacket, Masters.com highlight video for the week going back to last Sunday. (Masters.com)
Bubba’s press conference. (Masters.com).
Bubba’s Sunday conversation with ESPN's Tom Rinaldi. (ESPN.com)
Final round photos. (Augusta.com)
SI/golf.com photos (golf.com)
