Roundup: Tiger Wins The 2019 Masters, Again!
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Tiger Woods captured his fifth green jacket as heroically as one can on tape delay a year later.
If you did not watch, you missed a super show (again) punctuated by the occasional chats between Woods and CBS’s Jim Nantz. Early on the conversation was a bit stilted but as both grew comfortable with the format, so as the action picked up on the back nine, Woods opened up in fascinating ways and Nantz asked all of the right questions.
Check out CBS golf’s Twitter account for all of them.
But a couple stood out. This with Tiger taking us through the 12th hole moment was very strong.
This about his hole-in-one career numbers has been mentioned to golf writers but never to a national audience.
Finally, a solid five minutes on the scene after sealing the victory with the Green Jacket now on.
The Masters website posted some images both on their site (larger here) and on Twitter of the Champions Locker Room Sunday night…2019. There is Tiger getting his jacket fitted and tightened up by an unidentified man (though I do see part of Sid Mashburn’s profile on the left).
And for most, the greatest image of all is Phil Mickelson’s note taped to Tiger’s locker.
A close up look at the trophy engraving, another first I believe:
The final round was uploaded to YouTube today:
Steve DiMeglio gets caddie Joe LaCava’s thoughts a year later.
This Sam Frommer oral history from published quotes at the Masters2020 blog is a nice compilation.
Yardbarker’s roundup of social media posts during the replay features a solid mix, including some big names.
Alan Bastable at Golf.com wrote about David Dobbins, a 60-year-old U.S. Army contractor with a flight school in Augusta who also has an ability to capture images. The shots show what we miss not having a blimp over Augusta National during the Masters. Something that stood out during the final round when a blimp shot replay of Francesco Molinari’s clipping the tree at 15 and hitting the pond would have come in handy, among other shots.
Finally, Tiger posted a makeshift Magnolia Lane in lieu of the chance to drive up the real one today.
