The Masters 2022 edition

azgreg · 2022-03-31T01:40:08+00:00

Never to early for a Masters thread.

azgreg

sdandrea1

It won't be the same without Lefty.

garyt1957

sdandrea1 It won't be the same without Lefty.

It won't matter if Tiger plays because we'll never hear about any other player.

Par4QC

sdandrea1 It will be better!
And, I don't think we'll even hear anything about him (much) during broadcasts. 'Controlling interests' and all that. 😉

DonM

Did the Masters tell Phil not to come, or was it Phil’s decision?

toraider

DonM Did the Masters tell Phil not to come... Yes, I believe this was the case. They did not want the circus that came with his attendance.

garyt1957

DonM He was asked not to come so as not to cause a stir.

Par4QC

garyt1957 Not sure if that is true. It is an 'invitational' tournament. Tiger cannot just show up to play, even with all his wins. He still has to get the 'invite'; Phil must not have gotten one.
But, not sure if the invites are something public, per qualifications, or if there are actually letters sent out. (??)

DonM

Yet when Tiger came after all the scandal, they set up a special press day just for him, so it could be dealt with and move on to the tourney.
Hmmmm.

KCee

DonM Tiger only pissed off his wife and wives in general.....those that hardly watch or even care about golf.

garyt1957

KCee Tiger only pissed off his wife and wives in general.....those that hardly watch or even care about golf.

Nothing Phil did affected the Masters at all. They said they didn't want the media stir to take away from the tournament, yet let Tiger compete. Most casual fans don't even know what Phil did. EVERYBODY knew about Tiger. It's a double standard no doubt, especially with Phil being a 4 time champion.

darpar

garyt1957 It's a double standard

Tiger stirs the drink....Phil stirs the pot!😉

KCee

garyt1957 OhI agree and I think Phil should be playing....unless he really doesn't want to. IIRC Gary player has said worse things concerning apartheid and women and he gets to tee off with Jack.

azgreg

Par4QC
I remember looking at the list of players when it first came out and Tiger has been on it from the start but Phil hasn't.

garyt1957

Par4QC Every past winner has a lifetime invite. They asked Phil not to come. Now, had he insisted on playing I'm sure they could have denied him, but why? He didn't do anything to them .

Par4QC

azgreg Apparently, he was not sent an invitation, as they do send them out.

So, you may well win 50 of them, but if they don't want you there, you will not be there, without the invite!
Probably the only mention of Phil, will be in the GC studios, not on The Masters broadcast. Remember, THEY do control, everything.

Par4QC

garyt1957 You do not just 'show up' to the ball, without the invitation, sorry.

darpar

I think Phil probably feels so 'outed' by his peers right now, he might not tee it up for sometime.

garyt1957

Par4QC You do not just 'show up' to the ball, without the invitation, sorry.

It's semantics. Do you think they just send out the invites a week before the tournament? Phil likely had his invite already. That's why they asked him not to come.

Who decides who gets invited to the Masters golf tournament?
The Masters golf tournament is technically an invitational. But that doesn't mean a committee of Augusta National Golf Club members sits down and decides who gets to play and who doesn't. There are qualifying criteria for playing in the Masters, and a golfer who meets one of those criteria automatically qualifies to receive an invitation to play.

One of those qualifying criteria is a past champion so he automatically qualifies.

azgreg

It looks like Tiger is playing afterall.

Spuzz

azgreg It looks like Tiger is playing afterall.

He better be, after all those free range balls...

ode

KCee GP fits right in with the good ol boys!

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