Surprise? I Think Not

When you pull up your Internet browser this morning, aside from the obvious political attacks on your homepage, there's bound to be something about the Masters. Along with that, is something using the word "surprise" concerning Trevor Immelman's new wardrobe addition.

Alright, who really thought Immelman would win this thing going in? Probably not you and definitely not me. So maybe we should be a little surprised that he won...if we didn't watch any of the tournament.

Trevor Immelman played so well last week it was ridiculous. He drove the ball better than anyone in the field and subsequently hit more greens than anyone else (those things do go hand in hand whether the putter companies want to tell you it or not). He didn't play 18 from the 9th fairway (Goose) or the 10th (Tiger). In fact, he didn't really do anything spectacular at all other than knock a few approaches to about 5 feet on Sunday and make that long par putt from off the green on...11 was it?

Immelman was a mechanic all week. I got my breaks fixed on Saturday. For all I know Trevor Immelman could have been replacing my rotors. They sound great.

The other thing is he didn't have to play with Tiger on the last day. Which is nice. But playing with Brandt Snedeker can't be too easy. Snedeker constantly looks like a guy who's out with Luke and me playing Gettysvue CC in Knoxville for free and being trashy enough to sneak in our own beers once we lost that little connection. Snedeker is so laid back that for a guy with the demeanor of Immelman on the course, it had to be hard to be with such a free spirit. Not that there's anything wrong with the Nashville native, but how many guys do you see go out there and actually look like they enjoy playing golf? Whenever Tiger steps on the course, he looks like the majority of his portfolio was invested in Bear Stearns. It would have to be tough to play with someone who genuinely was having a good time, don't you think?

Speaking of Tiger. The announcers talked about how poorly he played and still managed to finish second. Well, Tiger played pretty well. Immelman played better. And Tiger didn't make enough putts to win. Sure Tiger made some big shots, but he's going to do that as we all know. But what did he play 13/15 at all week? I mean, he couldn't have been more than -1 on the back's par 5's. Why? He was hitting the ball from the pine needles seemingly every time the camera was on him. And...what's he doing hitting a punch 7 iron at the pin on 12? We all know how hard it is to get at that pin on Sunday, and we've never played there. So he hits a punch 7? He's not going to have the trajectory on the ball to get it to stop...hence why he as off the back. Tiger played well. The course ate him up and he didn't make enough shots. You take the score that he had and you cannot possibly say that anyone with that number played poorly at Augusta...I don't care who it is.

Oh. I finally want to say that obviously there has been someone in the Mickelson camp reading No Owens. Why? Did you see how much weight Phil's lost? I mean, he still can't really wear that cut of golf shirt, but still. Good for him. I guess he played better when he was fat though. Either way, thanks for blowing up on Saturday Phil. I had a GREAT TIME watching it.