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The 5 best Masters Sundays from the last 20 years
We may have to wait a few extra months for the 2020 Masters, but thanks to the Masters YouTube channel, we can still enjoy full broadcasts from the final round of previous years.
With the weekend upon us, here’s my top-5 Masters Sundays from the last 20 years, which are packed full of excitement and primed to be re-visited, with all five featuring late drama.
*2019 not included as it is the last Masters played and therefore extremely fresh in the minds of all golf fans. It makes the 2021 list!*
2004
More than half a dozen players began the day with hopes of donning the green jacket in 2004, but it was two greats of the game that forged clear from the pack with truly sensational play. After rocky starts, Els and Mickelson threw everything at each other in a battle for the ages where both men were truly “in the zone.”
It was also the Sunday where we got one of the most iconic 18th hole celebrations of all time.
2005
Chris DiMarco, remember him? You won’t forget him again if you re-watch the 2005 final round. The fiery DiMarco wen from a three-shot deficit against Woods heading into the back-9, to a chip on 18 that was inches away from perhaps winning him a green jacket.
This was an epic showdown where a prime Tiger was pushed as hard as he had ever been previously at Augusta.
2009
It’s not often you get gifted two tournaments in one on a Sunday at the Masters with both being as gripping as the other. Both seven shots behind starting the final round, Mickelson and Woods put on a show making birdie after birdie to make the impossible look likely.
They ultimately fell short, but the drama didn’t let down with a dramatic finish resulting in a three-man playoff between Angel Cabrera, Kenny Perry, and Chad Campbell.
If you’ve forgotten how the playoff played out, then the respect you’re going to have for Angel Cabrera when you see the position he saved par from during the first playoff hole will be through the roof.
2011
A Rory McIlroy collapse, a scintillating Tiger charge, two Australians landing heavyweight blows, a frequently changing leaderboard, and a South African with the most outrageous start and finish to a final round.
Simply put, one of the most entertaining Sundays ever seen at Augusta National.
2013
No golf course could ever look so good in the rain. 2013’s Sunday was a spectacle which saw a late collapse, a mighty curse broken and what would have been probably the best winner’s celebration ever on 18 if it wasn’t followed by one of the greatest approach shots ever seen at the last.
Yet another brilliant and dramatic playoff closed the book on another Masters, and if you don’t remember all the shots from the two-hole playoff, then it will blow your mind to see just how close Adam Scott came to suffering yet more major heartbreak.
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“Is it a Titleist?” – Jerry Seinfeld shares never-before-heard details of iconic scene
On Thursday, legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld joined the Rich Eisen Show and shared an awesome story from a “Seinfeld” episode titled “The Marine Biologist.”
In the episode, a golf ball goes into the blow hole of a whale. According to Seinfeld, that was never in the episode’s script.
Seinfeld recalls saying the night before the filming of the episode, “What if what puts the whale in distress is Kramer’s golf ball?”
“He’s hitting golf balls at the beach. George is at the beach with a girl, we haven’t connected them!”
“We write that speech the night before at two o’clock in the morning…The sea was angry that day my friend.”
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Kramer finishes the iconic scene by asking “Is it a Titleist?” Seinfeld told Eisen the show sought Titleist’s permission to mention its name, saying the ball had to be a Titleist. Fortunately for lovers of the iconic show, the company agreed.
If (somehow) you’re unfamiliar with the scene, check it out below.
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- Phil Mickelson drops big retirement hint; Says LIV will grow the game “on a much more global basis”
- 2-time major champ announces shock retirement from the sport at age of 33
- Tiger explains why golf has “negative connotations” for daughter Sam
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Phil Mickelson drops big retirement hint; Says LIV will grow the game ‘on a much more global basis’
While speaking with Bloomberg, golf legend Phil Mickelson acknowledged that he is inching close towards retirement.
“I’m 53 now,” Phil said, “and my career, you know, it’s — if I’m being truthful, it’s on — it’s — it’s — I’m a — it’s towards its end.”
Mickelson added that one of his focuses now is helping other young players.
“Now, I would like to help others find the same enjoyment and fulfillment that the game has provided me. I’d like them to experience that as well.”
The six-time major champion credited LIV with reaching new markets in golf to help it grow.
“I think that’s exciting for everyone involved in the game because we are going to reach markets that we didn’t reach before. I think it’s going to inspire more golf courses, inspire more manufacturers selling clubs and equipment, but also inspiring young kids to try to play golf professionally. I just see that the game of golf is going to grow on a much more global basis because of the excitement and the presence that LIV Golf has.”
Mickelson is playing at this week’s LIV Singapore and shot a first round 72 (+1).
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Tiger explains why golf has ‘negative connotations’ for daughter Sam
While Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie, has certainly inherited his father’s love for golf, his daughter, Sam, has not.
On Wednesday, Tiger made an appearance on The Today Show with Carson Daly and explained his daughter’s relationship with golf.
“Golf has negative connotations for her. When she was growing up, golf took daddy away from her. I had to pack, I had to leave, and I was gone for weeks. So, there were negative connotations to it.
“We developed our own relationship and our own rapport outside of golf. We do things that doesn’t involve golf. Meanwhile, my son and I, everything we do is golf related.”
The nine-minute interview touches on plenty of other subjects, such as Tiger’s relationship with his late father, Earl.
It’s arguably the most open we’ve seen the 15-time major champion in an interview and is most definitely worth watching.
Tiger Woods sits down with Carson Daly to talk about golf, growing up in Southern California, his father and his new apparel line, Sun Day Red. pic.twitter.com/2TFbSNxzxq
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