On the TunneySide of Sports November 30, 2020 #824 Up next… 2020 Masters Takeaway
After further review… Before we depart Augusta, Georgia this November, let us hope that all future Masters Golf tournaments will be played in the month of April where we can see the beautiful Azaleas in bloom. Although it must be said that the fall colors in November this year were a pleasant sight. Moreover, if the Masters returns in April (scheduled for April 5-11, 2021), we also know/hope that COVID-19 will be history.
In addition to the records set by the champion, Dustin Johnson, he returns as # 1 in the world. He led the 2020 Masters in scoring all 4 rounds and won by five shots. Followed closely in a tie for second was the 21-year old Australian Cameron Smith who became the first in Masters history to score under 70 all 4 rounds. With all the hall of fame golfers who preceded Smith, it’s hard to imagine he was the first to score that well.
Let us not forget Tiger Woods and his Masters’s accomplishments. Tiger has won the Masters 5 times with his first win in 1997 at the age of 21, the same age as Smith in this year’s Masters. Only Jack Nicklaus has won more (six) with the last at age 46. Speaking of a golfer’s age, let us not forget German Bernard Langer who this year tied for 29th at age 63. If you are a golfer who is still playing in your 60s (and well you should be), you may know how exhausting playing four consecutively rounds of competitive golf can be.
Tiger now at age 44 had a disastrous score of 10 – no that is not a misprint — on hole #12 at Amen corner. Number 12, called the Golden Bell, sits in the far corner of Augusta National with Rae’s Creek crossing in front of the green. Tiger’s Bridgestone ball found itself (not floating) in that creek 3 times, then he 2-putted adding up to his 10. As he moved on to #13, appropriately called the Azalea, a sweeping dogleg left par 5, Tiger, was determined not to let that ten destroy him. He birdied five of the remaining six holes, scoring one-under for the tournament. How is that for never giving up?
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