Top Podcasts on The Masters Golf Tournament

“Augusta, like the Masters is supposed to feel very different than every other tournament. But like Hank just said, it is the Wednesday part three contest. And we had Frankie Fleetwood going to have to wait another year. He said that. It's going to be a long year. I'm the hottest. But, yeah, that wasn't the actual tournament. If it was the actual tournament and that stuff was going on, I would be like, yeah, that's crazy. We've got to tighten it up.”

“The Masters Golf Tournament kicks off today. It's the biggest event in golf, one of the biggest events in sports, and it's also the biggest event when it comes to private jets. Over 4,000 private jets are expected to fly into the Augusta, Georgia area airports during Masters Week. Now, just to give you some context here, about 1,000 private jets fly in for the Super Bowl, so the Masters is at a whole nother level.”

“The par three was wonderful yesterday because it's just about family. And I've known Van Pelt for a long time. That's as good a mood as I've ever heard him. He was giddy. He just thought it was wonderful. You know, you got little kids rolling down the hill. They're playing in the sand.”

“"There's been a lot of controversy about these influencers showing up at the masters... all these people who are just trying to like use the augusta national golf course and all the pageantry and tradition for their own like you know clout chasing right and the patrons aren't having it... I think that this tournament is sacrosanct... It's a unique cultural experience. It's sort of a throwback to what life was like before the internet took over."”

“IBM and the Masters are unveiling a new AI-powered feature. This is what Jim was talking about. So this is an immersive way for fans to experience the Masters. You go to Masters.com. And tell me more about the app of what fans can experience with this Well you know you can get out there through the Masters app and you can see every hole every shot every player in real time It's an amazing thing.”

“This golf course and this setup puts certain stresses on your game that don't really exist week to week, and it will reveal your weaknesses without a doubt. So it's a very interesting and sort of thrilling combination of the emotional and the physical demands that places on the players. The demands get tougher. The questions that the course is asking get more complicated, and it's a different kind of challenge.”

“It's the Super Bowl of golf. It's the biggest tournament. It's the biggest showing. It's the top players in the world that know this is the one that determines the greatness and the greatest that have ever played this game. And there's something really beautiful with the no phones thing. And there's so many things that everybody goes. I mean, I went to Sunrise Mass this past week, and we're all taking pictures of the sunrise, and it's beautiful. But the fact that you're not allowed to have your phone in there makes everybody be present in a way that's very, one, just breathtaking because you have to take in the scenery and the moments and the shots, but also that you're all doing it together.”

“And they're talking this week because the last couple of years, you and I've been down there, you remember the weather that we've had. We've had a lot of rain. And I think that's secretly made the course a little bit easier for some guys. This year, the weather's perfect. They've had a dry winter and spring. Sounds like the green jackets are tired of nine straight years of double-digit below-par victories and that they might flex the muscle of the course and make it a little bit faster this year.”

“And Wingo, piggyback on something you said that in terms of the difficulty of this course, it's showing its teeth this week. I'll tell you that much. Like I'm looking at the leaderboard right here. I mean, you've got some heavy hitters that are really, really struggling. And like even guys like I mean, check this out. Davis Riley... 18 over and he uh not even through day two like that's how difficult this course is.”

“I think people feel a ton of ownership and a ton of, you know, I don't want to stewardship is way too serious of a word, but a ton of they care a lot about the masters and they will really want the masters to be the masters. And I think as soon as it starts, as soon as it starts to wobble a little bit, I think people are kind of just a little bit like, Oh God, are we going to lose this too?”

“"I think the masters lost a lot when they let dude perfect out there, put a bunch of stuff on there. Like that was a few, I think it's, that was the downfall was started right there. Didn't Fred Ridley say something? Hey, listen, Danny, I'm you, you are only echoing the sentiments of the chairman."”

“First time in quite a long time no field no tiger at the masters tournament I think that's worthy of a mention those guys uh have obviously been stalwarts here... without them, I think it underscores the wide open nature of this year's Masters. And I think it also, for me, underscores a little bit of, you know, Rory and Scotty and Kepka... these guys who are the it guys, right? That are going to be kind of the next elder statesman.”