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Can Rickie Fowler win the Masters 2011 at Augusta?
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Rickie Fowler Augusta Masters 2011
“I heard ‘Rickie’ yelled about 17,000 times,” Vaughn Taylor, Fowler’s playing partner, said with a bemused smile after signing for a third-round 76.
And how many times did he hear his own name?
“Maybe twice,” Taylor said.
It’s obvious who the people’s choice is this week and every week, and it’s not Tiger Woods, who began the day six back but shot himself out of it with a 74.
Fowler is what the people want, and they’re getting him. He signed autographs for a good 40 minutes after his round (typical). They love him. They take off their shirts for him to stain with his Sharpie, as one elderly gentleman did Saturday. They yell for him.
“People will say anything to get him to turn around,” said Joe Skovron, Fowler’s caddie and a childhood friend from Southern California.
When Skovron was 13, Fowler was 4 ½ and joined the Valley Junior Golf Association in Temecula. Technically he was supposed to be 5, but he happened to be pretty good, plus he knew somebody – Skovron’s mom ran the VJGA.
“Someone told him he had nice hair yesterday,” Skovron continued. “It was a guy, a grown man. And then there’s the most unoriginal one: ‘Bieber!’ We’ve heard it.” Part of Fowler’s appeal is the hair. Part of it is the pastel wardrobe. (He dressed head-to-toe in pink and white, redolent of a box of Good & Plenty candy, on Saturday. Coming Sunday: Fowler as Orange Creamsicle.) Part of it is that he’s mastered the art of looking like a rock star without acting like one – a rare, Zen balancing act. Palmer could tell you all about it.
At five behind, Fowler is well within reach of the lead, especially if the wind blows, as Sunday’s forecast predicts it will. At 22 he’s finished second three times; all that separates him from mega-stardom is actually winning. Already he is the pro most likely to juice TV ratings, gate receipts and video game sales. The most electrifying moment from last fall’s Ryder Cup? Fowler authored it, making birdies on the last four holes to come from 4 down and salvage a half point against Edoardo Molinari.
It hardly seemed like a coincidence that just as Fowler and Taylor got to the tee on the par-5 16th hole Saturday, a golf cart rolled up carrying none other than Palmer himself. The players approached to pay their respects, first Taylor and then Fowler. Young enough to be his grandkids – Sam Saunders, Palmer’s grandson, fired a 69 Saturday and is tied for 38th place – Taylor and Fowler marched off toward the green, where Fowler would hole out from a bunker from 35 feet. Birdie.
That got him to seven under, but he would smash his 5-iron too far on the 221-yard, par-3 17th hole and bogey, giving the shot back and leaving him tied for fifth place with David Toms (69). They are five back, with just three men between them and Laird.
Spencer Levin (71) was at nine under, two off Laird’s lead. Bubba Watson eagled the sixth hole and shot 68 to get to 7 under with Steve Marino (71).
“The goal is to put ourselves in contention those last, probably six holes, and go at it from there,” said Fowler, who must hope the leaders don’t run away from the field.
Whatever happens, he is here to stay. His game is similar to that of three-time Masters winner Phil Mickelson, whom Fowler thrashed 6&5 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play, and that’s intriguing with the Masters less than two weeks away. Fowler will get into his first Masters by virtue of his top-50 World Ranking and his finish on the 2010 money list, and he will head to Augusta for his first look Monday.
“It’ll be the first time for both of us,” Skovron said. “He’ll get a club caddie, and I’ll walk along with him, taking notes, which will be great for me. We may play some with Phil, because apparently he’s going to be there, too. He and Bones [Mickelson's caddie, Jim Mackay] have been really good to us.”
First, though, there’s the matter of the Palmer Invitational. How many back is too far back? 10 behind, as Tiger is? It’s too much. But five behind is probably not, what with Fowler having won at Bay Hill as a junior, and with the fact that he’s good in the wind. He shot 79-67-71-67 to tie for 14th at the British Open at St. Andrews. Woods will not “make a 100-footer on 18 to win” this year, as Levin remembers from watching this event on TV, but if everything breaks just right Sunday, no one will miss him at all.
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Bubba to wear all white at Masters
Bubba Watson will take a cue from the tennis fashions at Wimbledon by wearing an all-white outfit each day he plays next week at the Masters.
Annmarie Dodd of The Khaki Crusader, the website that broke the news, wrote that, “The idea is to find one signature look, one comfort zone, and let it play out as it will. One outfit for one tournament. I think this may be a first. It’s certainly the first I’ve ever heard of in modern golf.” (Click here for full story)
Watson’s visor is supplied by Ping, which plans to give him a special, matching visor to wear at Augusta.
The photo on the left shows what Travis Mathew has planned for Bubba.
So what do you think of Watson’s decision to wear all white every day?
2011 Augusta Masters Sleeper Picks - Birdie Book Wisconsin Discount Golf - Expert Picks
The PGA TOUR heads to Augusta National for the Masters this week. Here's how the PGATOUR.COM experts size up the top contenders:
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GolfGirl Infographics - 2011 Masters, Early Picks
At their simplest infographics are merely charts or graphs, but they can also be compelling works of an illustrator's art.
The Masters begins in a week and already it's THE major topic of conversation in golf. The tournament's distinctive history and unique traditions... combined with the wealth of statistics that come out of it each year makes it quiet "infographically friendly".
I've put together a quick word visualization infographic (above) based on early 2011 Masters picks (about 60). I culled them from predictions posted in the forum at sandtrap.com and randomly on Twitter. Yes, Tiger dominates, thus his name kind of stands out on the above. Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson and Nick Watson were also popular, then came Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell ... and so on. The tiniest names had only been picked by one fan as of Wednesday 4/30 PM. The pie below can only accomodate a few of the top picks. I must work on that. Anyway it's a start.
I have a feeling I'll be creating a few more visual representations of the 2011 Masters before it's over.
Also...
3 votes - Hunter Mahan
2 votes each - Lee~Westwood, Anthony~Kim, Rickie~Fowler, Rory~Mcilroy, Luke~Donald, K.J.~Choi
1 vote each - Sergio~Garcia, Miguel~Jiminez, Angel~Cabrera, Ryo~Ishikawa, Ian~Poulter, Ernie~Els, Alvaro~Quiros, Justin~Rose, Ricky~Barnes, Mark~Wilson, Steve~Stricker, Retief~Goose, Francesco~Molinari
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Nicklaus Turns To Foley to Prepare For Masters Return on 25th Anniversary of 1986 Win
By Robert Thompson | April 1, 2011 | 8 Comments
Jack Nicklaus prepares for an appearance at next week’s Masters with Canadian swing coach Sean Foley (left). (Photo courtesy I. Andrew Media) Nicklaus’ appearance at the event comes on the 25th anniversary of his last win at Augusta. Nicklaus talked to the Associated Press about the decision this morning.
“I felt I couldn’t be competitive [at The Masters],” Nicklaus said, when asked why he stopped playing . “But I’ve been working with Sean and I’ve really found my swing again.Nicklaus, who has had a hip replaced more than a decade ago, was introduced to Foley by Tiger Woods, who has been working with the Canadian since last year’s PGA Championship.
“I liked some of the things he had to say about my golf swing and where I needed to go,” Nicklaus added. “I like the direction because I was able to hit some of the shots I used to be able to hit feel-wise. When you get that kind of contact again, it’s good. I still want to pick his brain. I don’t really have all of his whole concept yet. But I would like to get to know him more before I fully get into it.”
Nicklaus said he had a discussion earlier this year with son Jackie, who caddied for the Golden Bear at his 1986 Masters win. It was Jackie who convinced him to tee it up at Augusta one more time.
“I’m not going there to win, but I feel that I can still be competitive and have a lot of fun out there with Jackie,” said Nicklaus.Foley told ScoreGolf’s Bob Weeks that he’s spent the last few weeks either working with Woods or Nicklaus, adding the Golden Bear is hitting the ball longer than he was in his prime.
“With age, Jack’s swing has changed,” Foley told Weeks via e-mail. ”But with my knowledge of biomechanics, I’ve helped Jack reverse the aging process. If he takes the club more from the inside while limiting the use of his legs, I know we can get Jack to the point where he can be competitive. He’s put a lot of time into it.”Foley says he’s thrilled to be working with Nicklaus, and is learning as well as instructing the golf legend.
“Everything concurs with one another – everything is everything,” Foley said. ”I could watch a successful lawyer who’s extremely successful at what he does and learn more about what I do. Also, with the golf swing, to this day, I still don’t know what’s right, but I have a pretty good idea of what’s wrong. It’s more of trying to get people, especially Tour players to stop doing the wrong things and allowing them to be their instinctive, genius selves. There’s no bigger genius than Nicklaus. He’s the talent. I’m just there to guide him, answer his questions and I don’t have all of the answers. I always try to get the answer. Sometimes it’s not just showing him videos when it’s not going right. It’s actually keeping the videos from where it’s really good and then recognizing where he was in his life from an energy level, if he was being optimistic or pessimistic. Everything is everything.”Asked if the time spent with Nicklaus and Woods would take away from his other students, namely Hunter Mahan and Justin Rose, Foley said it wouldn’t be an issue.
“My wife does my scheduling and Jack is near Orlando, so I make it work,” said the diminutive swing coach. “Tiger only spends a limited time with me. So fitting in time with Jack isn’t really an issue.”Foley said as a past Masters winner, Nicklaus doesn’t have to notify the tournament that he intends to play. But Nicklaus isn’t going to Augusta in a ceremonial capacity. He has served as an honourary starter in the past. Foley said he didn’t have a sense of how Nicklaus might perform at the tournament. “I don’t like to talk about expectations,” Foley said. “I’m more about goals and I think Jack just didn’t want to embarrass himself.”
Nicklaus said he’s made significant strides while working with Foley despite having largely given up competitive golf.
“I only ever enter a golf tournament with the goal of doing my best, playing the course and seeing what happens,” Nicklaus said. “Augusta is a special place to me and this is a celebration of my past successes there.”Foley said he was excited by Nicklaus returning for the tournament, and wasn’t worried about his critics.
Nicklaus added that more than anything, Foley has changed his perspective on his career and life.
“Working with Sean is really refreshing because he is an intellectual and is so well read that you can’t help but enjoy the time you spend with him,” Nicklaus said. “We’ve been working hard, but it has been fun at the same time.”
“Look, I’m a Canadian who at 19 was a white kid at an all-black university,” said Foley, who played college golf at Tennessee State. “This couldn’t even be called criticism what I’m going through now. This is much bigger than that.”
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I KNOW THIS WILL arouse suspicion since today is April Fool’s Day. But I don’t consider it any more far-fetched than the daily hullabaloo about Tiger Woods’ swing. The original source is The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.
The putting drill is pretty simple. You putt a large baby into its diaper. It can be a baby boy or a baby girl (pictured). It really doesn’t matter. Make sure the baby is face up and the diaper is clean.
Devised by an unnamed putting guru, there are a few key ideas behind the novel drill:
1. It prevents your putting stroke from breaking down. The drill forces you to use the big muscles and follow through toward the target.
2. If you can get a baby rolling smoothly, then you can stroke any golf ball and master any putting surface with ease.
3. It builds confidence.
For Tiger, it’s all about the process, and this drill is restoring the kind of putting confidence that helped him win four Green Jackets. Don’t be surprised if next week at Augusta National you hear Tiger say, “Get in there, baby!”
You’ll know why.
−The Armchair Golfer
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