*** Official Masters Thread ***

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[ssmith general]

2011 Masters Leaderboard: Tiger Woods, KJ Choi Trail Less Experienced Rory McIlroy, Jason Day

The age-old question of "does experience or talent win golf tournaments?" has developed at the 2011 Masters.

The 21-year-old Rory McIlroy made only one bogey en route to leading the Masters at 10-under-par Friday. Jason Day, 23, set the Masters' second-round scoring record with an eight-under-par 64 and will join McIlroy in the last group Saturday afternoon.

The veterans, Tiger Woods, 35, and KJ Choi, 40, have both been ranked in the top 10 of world golf rankings and trail McIlroy by only three.

Far as experience, while Choi has never won a major, he has finished in the top 10 six times on the PGA Tour. Woods, well, won more majors than all three of the aforementioned golfers' PGA Tour victories.

The stage is set, and all eyes will be glued to Woods as if it was 2008. But I believe McIlroy and Day will not only outplay both veterans going into the weekend, but it's more likely a winner of the 2011 Masters will come from the youngsters.

McIlroy got off to a great start at the 2010 British Open, but quickly faded away to oblivion. Because of that high and low, I believe the Irishman has been able to keep an even keel at Augusta National. McIlroy's lone bogey was followed by a birdie, too.

Day, on the other hand, showed some opening jitters, bogeying two out of his first five holes and double bogeying No. 11. His talent showed through from 13 to 16 Thursday, though, as he birdied four straight.

More here from Bleacher Report - Click here for link

[ssmith general]

That didnt work.  Trying to find a leaderboard I can cut and past.

[ssmith general]

Here is today's pairings.  I am not sure what time zone that is, but it's eastern +5, so somewhere in the atlantic I guess, maybe the azores.

1535 - Ernie Els (SA)

1545 - Jeff Overton, Aaron Baddeley (Aus)

1555 - Steve Marino, Camilo Villegas (Col)

1605 - Kim Kyung-Tae (Kor), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

1615 - Nick Watney, Bill Haas

1625 - Justin Rose (Eng), Edoardo Molinari (Ita)

1635 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Bubba Watson

1645 - Martin Laird (Sco), Matt Kuchar

1655 - Alexander Cejka (Ger), Ryan Palmer

1705 - Ryan Moore, Ian Poulter (Eng)

1715 - Robert Karlsson (Swe), Charley Hoffman

1725 - Bo Van Pelt, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn)

1735 - Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott (Aus)

1745 - Open

1755 - Phil Mickelson, Gary Woodland

1805 - Steve Stricker, Paul Casey (Eng)

1815 - David Toms, Trevor Immelman (SA)

1825 - Sergio Garcia (Spa), Angel Cabrera (Arg)

1835 - Ross Fisher (Eng), Brandt Snedeker

1845 - Luke Donald (Eng), Jim Furyk

1855 - Lee Westwood (Eng), Charl Schwartzel (SA)

1905 - Fred Couples, Rickie Fowler

1915 - YE Yang (Kor), Ricky Barnes

1925 - Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Alvaro Quiros (Spa)

1935 - KJ Choi (Kor), Tiger Woods

1945 - Rory McIlroy (NI), Jason Day (Aus)

[Chechem]

"Errr", [confused look] "it was my understanding that there wouldn't be any math in this thread."

[ssmith general]

"Errr", [confused look] "it was my understanding that there wouldn't be any math in this thread."

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1    Rory McIlroy    65    69              -10 (134)    F
2    Jason Day    72    64              -8 (136)    F
3t    K.J. Choi    67    70              -7 (137)    F
3t    Tiger Woods    71    66              -7 (137)    F
5t    Geoff Ogilvy    69    69              -6 (138)    F
5t    Alvaro Quiros    65    73              -6 (138)    F
7t    Ricky Barnes    68    71              -5 (139)    F
7t    Fred Couples    71    68              -5 (139)    F
7t    Rickie Fowler    70    69              -5 (139)    F
7t    Lee Westwood    72    67              -5 (139)    F
7t    Y.E. Yang    67    72              -5 (139)    F
12t    Luke Donald    72    68              -4 (140)    F
12t    Ross Fisher    69    71              -4 (140)    F
12t    Jim Furyk    72    68              -4 (140)    F
12t    Sergio Garcia    69    71              -4 (140)    F
12t    Charl Schwartzel    69    71              -4 (140)    F
12t    Brandt Snedeker    69    71              -4 (140)    F
18t    Angel Cabrera    71    70              -3 (141)    F
18t    David Toms    72    69              -3 (141)    F
20t    Paul Casey    70    72              -2 (142)    F
20t    Trevor Immelman    69    73              -2 (142)    F
20t    Ryo Ishikawa    71    71              -2 (142)    F
20t    Dustin Johnson    74    68              -2 (142)    F
20t    Robert Karlsson    72    70              -2 (142)    F
20t    Phil Mickelson    70    72              -2 (142)    F
20t    Adam Scott    72    70              -2 (142)    F
20t    Steve Stricker    72    70              -2 (142)    F
20t    Bo Van Pelt    73    69              -2 (142)    F
20t    Gary Woodland    69    73              -2 (142)    F
30t    Alex Cejka    72    71              -1 (143)    F
30t    Charley Hoffman    74    69              -1 (143)    F
30t    Matt Kuchar    68    75              -1 (143)    F
30t    Martin Laird    74    69              -1 (143)    F
30t    Ryan Moore    70    73              -1 (143)    F
30t    Ryan Palmer    71    72              -1 (143)    F
30t    Ian Poulter    74    69              -1 (143)    F
37t    Bill Haas    74    70              E (144)    F
37t    Miguel Angel Jimenez    71    73              E (144)    F
37t    Edoardo Molinari    74    70              E (144)    F
37t    Justin Rose    73    71              E (144)    F
37t    Nick Watney    72    72              E (144)    F
37t    Bubba Watson    73    71              E (144)    F
43t    Aaron Baddeley    75    70              +1 (145)    F
43t    Ernie Els    75    70              +1 (145)    F
43t    Kyung-Tae Kim    70    75              +1 (145)    F
43t    Steve Marino    74    71              +1 (145)    F
43t    Hideki Matsuyama    72    73              +1 (145)    F
43t    Jeff Overton    73    72              +1 (145)    F
43t    Camilo Villegas    70    75              +1 (145)    F

[ssmith general]

Cut

-    Robert Allenby    75    71    -    -    MC    -
-    Stewart Cink    71    75    -    -    MC    -
-    Tim Clark    73    73    -    -    MC    -
-    Lucas Glover    75    71    -    -    MC    -
-    Zach Johnson    73    73    -    -    MC    -
-    Anthony Kim    73    73    -    -    MC    -
-    Hunter Mahan    75    71    -    -    MC    -
-    Francesco Molinari    75    71    -    -    MC    -
-    Sean O'Hair    70    76    -    -    MC    -
-    Stuart Appleby    75    72    -    -    MC    -
-    Jerry Kelly    74    73    -    -    MC    -
-    Graeme McDowell    74    73    -    -    MC    -
-    Kevin Na    73    74    -    -    MC    -
-    Mark Wilson    76    71    -    -    MC    -
-    Jason Bohn    73    75    -    -    MC    -
-    David Chung    72    76    -    -    MC    -
-    Ben Crane    73    75    -    -    MC    -
-    Retief Goosen    70    78    -    -    MC    -
-    Peter Hanson    72    76    -    -    MC    -
-    Yuta Ikeda    74    74    -    -    MC    -
-    Lion Kim    76    72    -    -    MC    -
-    Carl Pettersson    75    73    -    -    MC    -
-    D.A. Points    72    76    -    -    MC    -
-    Heath Slocum    72    76    -    -    MC    -
-    Jhonattan Vegas    72    76    -    -    MC    -
-    Hiroyuki Fujita    70    79    -    -    MC    -
-    Anders Hansen    72    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Padraig Harrington    77    72    -    -    MC    -
-    Gregory Havret    70    79    -    -    MC    -
-    Louis Oosthuizen    75    74    -    -    MC    -
-    Kevin Streelman    75    74    -    -    MC    -
-    Peter Uihlein    72    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Jin Jeong    73    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Martin Kaymer    78    72    -    -    MC    -
-    Larry Mize    73    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Mark O'Meara    77    73    -    -    MC    -
-    Jose Maria Olazabal    73    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Rory Sabbatini    74    76    -    -    MC    -
-    Arjun Atwal    80    71    -    -    MC    -
-    Jonathan Byrd    73    78    -    -    MC    -
-    Craig Stadler    80    71    -    -    MC    -
-    Tom Watson    79    72    -    -    MC    -
-    Davis Love III    75    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Nathan Smith    75    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Sandy Lyle    73    80    -    -    MC    -
-    Vijay Singh    76    78    -    -    MC    -
-    Ben Crenshaw    78    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Mike Weir    76    79    -    -    MC    -
-    Ian Woosnam    78    77    -    -    MC    -
-    Henrik Stenson    83    74    -    -    MC    -

[ssmith general]

CENTRAL TIME

935 - Ernie Els (SA)

945 - Jeff Overton, Aaron Baddeley (Aus)

955 - Steve Marino, Camilo Villegas (Col)

1005 - Kim Kyung-Tae (Kor), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

1015 - Nick Watney, Bill Haas

1025 - Justin Rose (Eng), Edoardo Molinari (Ita)

1035 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Bubba Watson

1045 - Martin Laird (Sco), Matt Kuchar

1055 - Alexander Cejka (Ger), Ryan Palmer

1105 - Ryan Moore, Ian Poulter (Eng)

1115 - Robert Karlsson (Swe), Charley Hoffman

1125 - Bo Van Pelt, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn)

1135 - Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott (Aus)

1145 - Open

1155 - Phil Mickelson, Gary Woodland

1205 - Steve Stricker, Paul Casey (Eng)

1215 - David Toms, Trevor Immelman (SA)

1225 - Sergio Garcia (Spa), Angel Cabrera (Arg)

1235 - Ross Fisher (Eng), Brandt Snedeker

1245 - Luke Donald (Eng), Jim Furyk

1255 - Lee Westwood (Eng), Charl Schwartzel (SA)

1305 - Fred Couples, Rickie Fowler

1315 - YE Yang (Kor), Ricky Barnes

1325 - Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Alvaro Quiros (Spa)

1335 - KJ Choi (Kor), Tiger Woods

1345 - Rory McIlroy (NI), Jason Day (Aus)

Times corrected for CDT for CHechem.

[Chechem]

Thanks.  I owe you another # now. 



Military time?  Reminds me of Fidel playing the tour back in 1962. 

[Jamos]

It will be very interesting to see who is hot and who is not today. The younsters have set the pace but now Tiger is standing in the doorway, it will be a very interesting day of golf especially to see if this is the real Tiger or he just had a good day yesterday.

[Chechem]

It will be very interesting to see who is hot and who is not today. The younsters have set the pace but now Tiger is standing in the doorway, it will be a very interesting day of golf especially to see if this is the real Tiger or he just had a good day yesterday.

Maybe we should predict who will be the leader after today.  I predict:
1. Rory shoots +1, but still leads.
2. Tiger shoots E par today and is at -7 (2 shots back).
3. Westwood shoots into 3rd pacle.
4. Phil shoots -2 and is within reach again at -4.
5. Choi and Day drop back behind Westwood.

[2Stater]

When I started on the pool, Tiger was even par after 5 or 6 holes. I wasn't sure he would make the cut. I even posted that his confidence is long gone. Then I come in and check the leaderboard and can't believe my eyes. I guess he found some somewhere. 2 of my pics didn't even make the cut (McDowell, Kaymer). I hope Phil catches fire and we have a Phil vs Tiger Sunday.

[Chechem]

When I started on the pool, Tiger was even par after 5 or 6 holes. I wasn't sure he would make the cut. I even posted that his confidence is long gone. Then I come in and check the leaderboard and can't believe my eyes. I guess he found some somewhere. 2 of my pics didn't even make the cut (McDowell, Kaymer). I hope Phil catches fire and we have a Phil vs Tiger Sunday.

That's a great pic.  At first I thought it was printed backwards.

[ssmith general]

It will be very interesting to see who is hot and who is not today. The younsters have set the pace but now Tiger is standing in the doorway, it will be a very interesting day of golf especially to see if this is the real Tiger or he just had a good day yesterday.

Maybe we should predict who will be the leader after today.  I predict:
1. Rory shoots +1, but still leads.
2. Tiger shoots E par today and is at -7 (2 shots back).
3. Westwood shoots into 3rd pacle.
4. Phil shoots -2 and is within reach again at -4.
5. Choi and Day drop back behind Westwood.

Pretty good.

I will say McIlroy shoots +2, Tiger shoots a 68 and pulls into the lead, day blows up, Phil moves into position with a 67, Choi shoots a 69 and moves up with Tiger.  Some random dude shoots a 64 and has a cameo in the top 5 before blowing up tomorrow.

And Els shoots mid 60's playing by himself in the morning. 

[2Stater]

Apparently my predicter is broken, so I won't even speculate. 

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