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Ken Venturi, 82, dies 11 days after Hall of Fame induction

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:14:00 GMT

His was a life in two acts, neither of which he would have scripted for himself. It was not particularly easy, and often not fair, but Ken Venturi took his cues from its challenges.

"Fate," his friend and colleague Jack Whitaker once told him by way of encouragement, "has a way of bending the twig and fashioning a man to his better instincts."

Fate cast Venturi with "an incurable" stutter that had him seek the isolation of golf and he became a U.S. Open champion. Fate robbed him of the dexterity in his hands and he became the longest-running lead analyst in television sports history.

"The full body of work, spanning everything involved in golf, there's nobody in that Hall of Fame that's done what he's done," his friend and long-time pupil John Cook said. "Maybe some have better records, more tournament wins, but the whole thing? None. He transformed television. He's been the biggest philanthropist in golf history of the things he's involved in that people don't even know about. Lifetime achievement? That barely covers it."

Venturi, 82, died on Friday, little more than a week after his induction in absentia into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He had been hospitalized following surgery for infections in his back.

Related: The golf genius of Ken Venturi

When he was elected to the Hall of Fame last fall, he summed it up this way: "The greatest reward in life is to be remembered."

Venturi will be remembered on a variety of fronts. When he was 13, "the doctor told my mother that I would never be able to speak as long as I lived, because I was an incurable stammerer. And I went out and found the loneliest sport I could find and took up golf."

At 24, he took a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Masters in a bid to become the first amateur to win at Augusta National. "For three dazzling days Venturi was within reach of a prize no amateur in the history of the Masters has ever been able to seize," the legendary writer Herbert Warren Wind wrote in Sports Illustrated. "But the Masters is a drama in four acts, not three, and on the fourth day it was exit Ken Venturi and enter Jackie Burke." Venturi finished second, still the best performance by an amateur in the history of the Masters.

Venturi would turn pro and win 14 PGA Tour events, including the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in 1964, when against doctor's orders he played the second 18 of a 36-hole day with temperatures upwards of 100 degrees and humidity in the 90s.

"When I came in off the 18th hole in the morning, I laid down next to my locker and Doctor Everett said, 'I recommend you don't go out, because it could be fatal,'" Venturi said last year. He defied the doctor's advice, shot 70 and won his only major championship.

Related: My Shot: Ken Venturi

Carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands ended his career in 1967 and the following year, CBS Sports Producer Frank Chirkinian offered the "incurable stammerer" a job as an analyst on its golf telecasts. He would hold the job until his retirement in 2002.

Underscoring his accomplishments on the course and in the broadcast booth was the quiet philanthropy to which Cook alluded.

"Kenny was emphatic about not getting publicity for it, but his life was dedicated to philanthropy," CBS' Jim Nantz, Venturi's broadcast partner for 17 years, said recently. "He had so many different charities he was involved with, and it was under the radar. He was building a home for abused women and children in Florida. Every offseason he traveled to Ireland to throw something for the mentally-challenged kids there. He was a huge figure in bringing golf to blind people.

"He moved mountains, and people didn't know that about him. I remember there was a piece of machinery at Loma Linda (Calif.) Hospital that was one of the forerunners to really being able to treat some forms of cancer. They had that piece of equipment in large part because of money that Kenny had raised through various charitable events throughout Southern California and the Palm Springs area. That machine by the way ended up being the machine that would reach Paul Azinger when he had cancer in his shoulder."

He was only following instructions. "I was taught by Byron Nelson and I asked him one time, 'how could I ever repay you for all you've done for me?'" Venturi said. "He said, 'Ken, be good to the game and give back.'"

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Who will give Tiger Woods' Hall of Fame induction speech?

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:24:00 GMT

By Alex Myers

Tiger Woods will undoubtedly be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame when he's eligible at age 40 in 2016. Less certain is who will give his introduction speech at the ceremony.

Related: Woods' long road back to No. 1

The very private Woods doesn't let many people into his inner circle and even among those few, it's tough to pick a surefire candidate. Let's take a quick look at some of the possibilities:

Mark O'Meara: At one time, he would have seemed a lock for the job as Woods' close friend and mentor during the height of Tigermania. But Tiger and "Marko" haven't been seen together as much in recent years.
Chance of happening: Doubtful

Fred Couples: Woods' buddy showed a lot of faith in him at his lowest point as a golfer when he selected Tiger as a captain's pick for the 2011 Presidents Cup. That being said, Woods attended the Met Gala in New York rather than be in St. Augustine for Freddie's big night.
Chance of happening: Decent

Steve Williams: We're pretty sure saying you'd like "to shove it right up that black ass" when referring to your ex-boss is a permanent bridge burner.
Chance of happening: Not happening

Butch Harmon/Hank Haney: Not that Woods harbors ill will towards them, but he'd view choosing either as a sign of weakness and a slight at his current coach, Sean Foley.
Chance of happening: Not happening

Sean Foley: Woods' latest swing coach would certainly get the nod over his former big-name instructors. But if Tiger still hasn't won his 15th major by the time he's 40, well, let's just say he won't be as high on his current teacher.
Chance of happening: Decent

Joe LaCava: Woods' replacement for Steve Williams is very supportive and keeps to himself more than his two predecessors. The duo needs to share a few major championship victories, though, first.
Chance of happening: Doubtful

Steve Stricker: He's famously assisted Woods on the greens, so why not with his Hall induction? Stricker just better take two boxes of tissues up to the podium with him.
Chance of happening: Good

Jim Nantz: He seems to do it for everyone else (Five times overall, including Fred Couples and Ken Venturi this year), so why not Tiger? On second thought...
Chance of happening: Doubtful

Rory McIlroy: Tiger and Rory have developed a friendly rivalry. What a great gesture of sportsmanship this would be if they agreed to do the honors for each other's induction.
Chance of happening: Give it a few more years

Michael Jordan: It was reported that the two global icons weren't as friendly following Tiger's 2009 scandal, but Woods recently attended Jordan's wedding. That being said, showering praise on someone else, especially another athlete, doesn't seem up MJ's alley.
Chance of happening: Doubtful

David Feherty: Golf's top funnyman also happens to be very tight with Tiger. As long as he hasn't completely gone off the deep end by then, we think he'd be the perfect man for the job.
Chance of happening: Great

So, there you have it. Our money is on David Feherty, a man who always gets Woods to give a good post-round interview and who apparently shares a love of fart jokes with the game's biggest star. There, we've even predicted the topic of his opening joke.

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Jim Nantz Relishes "Bittersweet" Opportunity

Ed Sherman — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Although one of the honorees will be absent, CBS announcer Jim Nantz is grateful for the chance to induct two close friends into the Hall of Fame.

Mystery Masters TV caller in Tiger Woods rules fiasco revealed

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:40:00 GMT

By Alex Myers

The saga of Tiger Woods' infamous drop at the Masters, an incident that wound up stealing the spotlight from 14-year-old Tianlang Guan making the cut and even Adam Scott's thrilling win for Australia, has a new twist. We now know the identity of the man who got the ball, um, rolling in the whole situation.

Sports Illustrated's Michael Bamberger reported Wednesday that Champions Tour player David Eger (below) was the person who first contacted tournament officials to inform them of Woods' illegal drop. Bamberger notes that, "Before joining the senior circuit, Eger had a long career as a tournament director with both the PGA Tour and the USGA. Along with Mark Russell of the PGA Tour and Kerry Haigh of the PGA of America, Eger is one of the most experienced tournament officials in U.S. golf and an expert on the rules."

In other words, this isn't your average guy who cut out of work early that day to watch a little golf.

The 61-year-old Eger was at home, but his trained eye caught the infraction right away. Convinced Woods had violated rule 26-1a, Eger, a four-time winner on the Champions Tour, watched and re-watched Woods take a drop and hit his fifth shot on the par-5 15th hole during the second round after his third shot had caromed off the flagstick and into the water. Without a direct line to Fred Ridley, the tournament's competition committee chairman, Eger frantically reached out to Mickey Bradley, "a veteran PGA Tour official who he knew was working the Masters."

That started a chain of events, which Bamberger describes further: "Bradley immediately called Ridley and Russell, the veteran PGA Tour administrator who is on the three-man Masters competition committee that is chaired by Ridley, a former U.S. Amateur champion and USGA president. Bradley also forwarded Eger's text to Russell and Ridley. In his text, Eger wrote that Woods 'didn't appear to play by Rule 26-1-a.' He wrote that he 'appeared to be 3-4 feet back' from his divot mark."

According to the story, Bradley forwarded Eger's text message at 6:59 p.m, when Tiger was still on the course.

Of course, we know what happened from there. Ridley looked into the matter and decided Woods hadn't broken a rule. He then decided not to discuss the matter with Woods before he signed his scorecard and left the course, thinking the matter was over. It wasn't.

In a post-round TV interview with ESPN's Tom Rinaldi, Woods informed viewers he had dropped "two yards" farther back for a better yardage. Eventually, that led to CBS' Jim Nantz calling Ridley later that night to ask about the situation. Woods was brought in to discuss the matter the next day, but Ridley and the tournament committee decided to assess him a two-shot penalty after the fact instead of disqualifying him since no one had notified Woods of a possible violation before he left the course on Friday.

It seems everyone, including Jack Nicklaus, who thought Augusta National acted appropriately, has weighed in on the situation since. But with new information coming to light, "Dropgate" remains an issue that still hasn't been dropped from golf's conversation.

Bamberger summed up Eger's role in the fiasco:

"It should be noted that Eger's call saved Woods from disqualification, because it spurred Ridley's incorrect interpretation, which was challenged by Woods's own comments to ESPN, which enabled Ridley to invoke rule 33-7, the one that allows wrongs to be righted."

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Pat Summerall, the voice of the Masters, dies

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:40:00 GMT

By John Strege

Pat Summerall was not necessarily destined to enjoy a long and distinguished career in golf broadcasting. When the opportunity presented itself, he had to pass muster with two powerful obstacles, one of them called the Ayatollah, the other called the Pope.

The Ayatollah (a nickname for which Summerall was responsible, incidentally) was legendary CBS Sports producer Frank Chirkinian, who was not thrilled that the network "sent me this football player" to work golf telecasts, he told the New York Times. "I thought the people in New York had lost their minds."

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The Pope was Clifford Roberts, co-founder (with Bobby Jones) of the Augusta National Golf Club and chairman of both the club and the Masters. Every potential broadcaster had to meet with Roberts' approval, according to Curt Sampson's book, "The Masters: Golf, Money and Power in Augusta, Georgia."

Summerall recounted to Sampson his initial conversation with Roberts:

"You know you're better known as a football player," Roberts said.

"Yessir, I know that," Summerall replied.

"What's your handicap?"

"It's 12 or 13, Mr. Roberts."

"Well, the best golfer we've had has been Chris Schenkel, who was an eighteen. So you should be all right."

He was, it turns out, substantially better than that. Already an established football broadcaster on CBS, he became the voice of golf at the network and was part of 27 Masters telecasts before leaving the network in 1994.

Summerall, a former NFL placekicker who is in several sportscasting halls of fame, died on Tuesday, while in the hospital recovering from hip surgery. He was 82.

Among his colleagues on golf telecasts at CBS was Vin Scully, the legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster, who worked the Masters from 1975 through 1982.

"Pat had been a professional athlete, he was a good golfer and he related to either the golfers or to the football players," Scully said Tuesday afternoon, as he was preparing for yet another Dodgers' radio broadcast. "On the air he came across as what he was, the master of the understatement. Pat was the perfect man to work with whomever his partner was, to tie in with the analysts, because his statements were so understated."

This was a sentiment echoed by another Hall of Fame broadcaster, Jack Whitaker, who worked Masters telecasts with Summerall from 1968 through 1973.

"It was amazing that he and Frank Gifford had been on the same team [the New York Giants] and both traded football in for broadcasting and both became very successful at it," Whitaker said. "His great strength was that he didn't talk too much. He got out of the way and let his color man do the job. He was as good as there was at doing that."

Summerall's golf broadcast career ended when CBS lost its NFL rights in 1994. "I didn't want to give up golf," he told the Times. But after he joined Fox Sports to continue broadcasting NFL games, CBS declined to allow him to continue on doing golf broadcasts.

"I'm very saddened that he's not leaving under his own terms," Chirkinian told the Times. "He is CBS Sports. I thought he could work here until he was 75 or 80. He was loyal to CBS for 34 years."

Among the Masters broadcasts that stood out, he said in an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News in 1987, was his first, 1968, when Roberto de Vicenzo signed an incorrect scorecard, allowing Bob Goalby to win, and the '86 Masters, when Jack Nicklaus, at 46 won his sixth Green Jacket.

"Of all the events I've done," he said about the Masters in the same interview, "and that includes everything but a World Series, this one is still set apart because of the way it's run."

His successor as the voice of the Masters was Jim Nantz, who said in a statement: "Pat Summerall was a hero to me. I treasured the gift of friendship that I had with him. I was his understudy for 10 years. He could not have been more generous or kind to a young broadcaster. He was a giant and one of the iconic figures in the history of the CBS Television Network."

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Media: 'He's the wizard of Oz'

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:24:00 GMT

By John Strege

The thought surely occurred to anyone recalling Adam Scott's inability to close out the British Open the summer before and CBS' David Feherty eloquently put it to words.

"The game of golf owes him one," Feherty said with Scott putting out on the 15th green in the final round of the Masters on Sunday, "but as we know the game of golf is a deadbeat debtor. It does not care."

Maybe it does after all. Scott erased the demons he took away from Royal Lytham & St. Annes last year and became the first Australian to win the Masters with birdie putts at the 18th hole in regulation and at 10 on the second playoff hole to beat Angel Cabrera.

When Scott holed the birdie putt at 18 in regulation that looked, for the moment, like it might deliver a victory, he shouted for joy.

"Did I just lip-read him, 'come on Aussies?'" Faldo asked. A slow-motion replay confirmed it.

"There's a great song at home called 'Come On Aussie, Come on,'" Australian native Ian Baker-Finch said. "That's what we've all been saying."

Here's the first verse, a fitting ode to Scott and Australian golf:

"It's been a long time comin'
"To silence all that drummin'
"To show them that it wasn't just a dream."

Aussome

It was a day for Aussies, from start to finish.

Early, Jason Day holed a bunker shot for eagle on the second hole. "A few of the tea cups fell off the breakfast tables down in Australia on that one," Faldo said. "That will get everyone rocking."

When Scott holed the winning putt in the rain, Faldo summed it up neatly. "It's now official," he said. "He's the wizard of Oz."

An emotional Baker-Finch, who has known Scott since he was a kid, added this: "From down under to the top of the world."

They weren't there for tennis

When CBS cut to Masters starter Toby Wilt to announce the final pairing of Brandt Snedeker and Angel Cabrera, Wilt was overhead asking the players, "All right, guys, ready to play a little golf?"

Wilt, incidentally, is a member at Augusta National, and a friend of Snedeker's. They partnered to win the pro-am at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Put down that phone

When Angel Cabrera was brushing leaves with his practice swings beneath a tree right of the 10th fairway, Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo seemed to be calling off the rules experts watching at home and waiting to catch players in infractions.

"He'd better be careful back there with those practice swings," Nantz said.

"He can't knock a leaf off," Faldo said. "Now with HD, we can see a leaf falling."

The HD reference is to high definition television, responsible for the new rule designed to protect the player from inadvertent rules infractions spotted on television, the same rule that kept Tiger Woods around for the weekend.

"You're really flirting with a penalty," Nantz said. "One of those leafs fall it would be a penalty."

None fell.

He used to play like that with pressure

Peter Kostis after Tiger's second shot from the pine needles to the green at 13, leading to his third birdie in five holes: "Once Tiger kind of was out of it, there's been a freedom about his attitude and golf swing that has really taken over."

On Twitter

Dennis Miller, comedian and radio talk show host: "re CBS opening montage. Has the Masters become too meaningful to actually play it? Is Nantz performing Extreme Unction or announcing golf?"

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Media: 'Tiger tees off...and you can't watch it? In 2013?'

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:20:00 GMT

By John Strege

Augusta National once permitted only the back nine of the Masters to be televised, a point of contention for many, including the media. One writer attempting to pin a hypocrisy charge on former Augusta chairman Jack Stephens asked him whether he watched the Super Bowl.

"Fourth quarter," Stephens replied, without hesitation.

The point is that it's futile to belabor Augusta National's legendary stubbornness, though we'll do so anyway. Television viewers only saw Tiger Woods, No. 1 in the World Ranking and a four-time Masters champion, play only three holes in the first round on Thursday, because he teed off four hours, 15 minutes before the ESPN telecast began.

On Masters.com's Amen Corner live channel, meanwhile, Woods was first shown hitting his second shot from the right rough at the 11th hole, three hours, eight minutes after his round began.

As Jason McIntyre, the editor in chief of The Big Lead, noted on Twitter: "wait. so Tiger tees off in 10 minutes and you can't watch it ... anywhere? in 2013? seriously?"

Seriously. At least CBS' Nick Faldo had the opportunity to view all of Woods' round. He was asked by Jim Nantz for his assessment of Woods' play.

"The strategy has been very important, the safety after last year," Faldo said. "He hit in the trees at one and two [in 2012]. Playing with a 3-wood there [Thursday]. A couple of pushed iron shots, generally that's all very fixable."

Woods shot a two-under par 70, the fifth time he has done so in the first round of the Masters. He won three of those, Nantz noted.

Chamblee on Mickelson

Brandel Chamblee is among the more thoughtful and insightful analysts in golf, and early in Golf Channel's seven-hour marathon "Live at the Masters" run-up to ESPN's telecast, he weighed in on Phil Mickelson's dissatisfaction with a softer and slower Augusta National.

"I think part of the reason he's upset with the way this golf course is playing is that he can't play the golf course the way he used to play it for a couple of different reasons," Chamblee said. "One, it's set up a little slower and a little bit softer. Two, and I've been alluding to this, it's a big issue as you get older, Phil Mickelson is not quite as long as he used to be. For the first time in his career in 2011 he finished outside the top 10 in driving distance [at Augusta]. He was 16th. Last year he was 25th. His clubhead speed has gone from 120 miles per hour to 117 to 116 and now he's slower than that. He's hit it shorter than he ever has."

'I'm giving the course way too much respect'

Mickson's opinion post-round hasn't changed. In an interview with ESPN's Tom Rinaldi, Mickelson said this:

"It's just not the way I think of Augusta. It's been five or six years like this. Those top right pins on 16, you never used to be able to fly it up there and stick it within a foot or two of its divot. It's just extremely soft, and and because of that you have 45 people at par or better. My mindset has got to change. I'm giving the course way too much respect. I've got to attack these pins because the ball's just sticking. Tomorrow I'm going to do that."

Does Augusta allow broadcaster humor?

Faldo had fun with Bubba Watson's menu choices at the champions dinner Tuesday night.

"I was a little stunned that we didn't get a coloring book with the menu, as well," Faldo said. "We had chicken, we had mashed potatoes, corn, and mac and cheese. And my daughter Emma was gutted that she wasn't there, my nine-year old.

On Twitter

Steve Elkington, having fun at Mickelson's Phrankenwood driver:

"Can Philly Mick pick up a driver from the pro-shop at the turn.... Dude was 40 behind his partners on the 8th...."

"Maybe Phil forgot those little tees with the paint brush bristles....that's a good 3 yards right there....#Masters #frankenshank"

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The Grind: Jim Nantz's week, Tiger's task, Augusta's food & Masters picks

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:53:00 GMT

By Alex Myers

Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we're starting to question Jim Nantz's whole "Hello, friends" routine. After all, the guy will go straight from covering one of the most exciting Final Fours ever to working golf's most-anticipated event. Considering how jealous we all are, wouldn't "Hello, resentful viewers" be more appropriate? In any matter, the Masters is finally upon us. HELLO, FRIEND! We've missed you. . .

So that's why the grass is so perfect at Augusta National. . . (Photo: Getty Images)

WE'RE BUYING

The Masters Classic Chicken Sandwich. As in, we'd buy a sack of these bad boys to feast on all day if we were at Augusta National. After being off the menu for a couple years, this legend has returned to the Masters. The price is apparently up to $3 now (the highest of any food item), but they're well worth it. Those things are fit to be served at the Champions Dinner.

Martin Laird. OK, where did that come from?! Before his final-round 63 at TPC San Antonio netted him a third career PGA Tour victory, Laird had missed the cut in four of six events and a T-34 was his best finish in 2013. His club even finished in last place at the recent Tavistock Cup. The only downside for this win was the timing, as everyone's attention had already shifted toward Augusta before he even collected his winning check. At least, now the Scot will be teeing it up there.

Inbee Park. If we feel bad for Laird, then we really feel bad for the winner of the LPGA season's first major. John Daly has already received more attention for setting up his trailer at the Augusta Hooters this week.

WE'RE SELLING

Darren Clarke. We're nearing the two-year anniversary of the Northern Irishman's out-of-the-blue win at the British Open. It seems even more out-of-the-blue now considering how little he's done since. Clarke withdrew from the Masters earlier this week due to a pulled hamstring. That must be one bad hammy.

Sunburns. I go to Miami for a bachelor party, get out in the sun for a few hours for the first time this year, and I come back with my forehead and shoulders more red than the average Tiger Woods Sunday golf shirt. How come we never hear about this happening to tour pros? These guys really are good.

Donald Trump. Speaking of said trip to Miami, our group ventured to Doral, where I snapped the above lovely photo of the Blue Monster being renovated. First off, thanks, Donald, for not waiting to start digging until after our trip. Second, what are you doing? Are you trying to "Tiger-proof" a course where Woods has won eight times? Do you not want people to watch? You're fired!

ON TAP

It's Masters week. Woo! Enough said.

Random tournament fact: You probably know or have heard that the Masters is the most enjoyable event to attend, but what doesn't hurt that indisputable fact is that the civil atmosphere makes it the event in which tour wives and girlfriends mingle most. I was standing next to one a few years back when another patron started talking to her. "So, are you following Adam Scott?" he chuckled. "Um, no. I'm following my husband. . . Phil Mickelson."

WEEKLY YAHOO! FANTASY LINEUP

Gotta admit, there's not a lot of creativity this week, as I went with more chalk than in Dick Vitale's typical NCAA bracket. If you want to see some better analysis, check out GolfDigest.com's first-ever Masters fantasy draft. If I win, I get to run GeoffShackelford.com for a day. Just kidding, Geoff! Or am I. . .

Starters -- (A-List): Tiger Woods. In one word? Back. In another? Due. The march to Nicklaus' majors record resumes this week.

(B-List): Justin Rose. The third-ranked player in the world is going to win a major at some point. Why not now? (See above for answer)

(B-List): Matt Kuchar. Kuch has steadily been building toward breaking through at a major the past few years, including his close call at Augusta last year.

(C-List): Adam Scott. Like Rose and Kuchar, it just seems like a matter of time before he wins a big one. Doing it this week would be especially sweet after letting the claret jug slip away from him last summer.

Bench -- Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Fredrik Jacobson and Charl Schwartzel.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Not surprisingly, Augusta natives are very proud of having the attention of the sports world for the week. So much so that apparently some of the younger residents ditch "more normal" spring break activities to hang around for the week. And apparently, some of those people even feel strongly enough to write long, original songs about the experience. As this lovely, young lady says, "Sit back, relax, grab an Arnold Palmer and enjoy."

RANDOM PROP BETS OF THE WEEK

-- Tiger Woods will hit a shot out of the pine straw at some point: 2-to-1 odds

-- It will make for a fantastic photo: LOCK

-- Augusta National will run out of Masters Chicken Sandwiches, BEDLAM ensues: Let's not bet on this. It would be too painful for those there.

THIS AND THAT

The Masters unveiled a drive, chip and putt contest for kids, ages 7-15, beginning next year at Augusta National. Fourteen-year-old phenom Guan Tianlang, who is in the field this week, has been listed as an early favorite. . . . Caroline Wozniacki will caddie for boyfriend Rory McIlroy at Wednesday's Par-3 Contest. Wozzilroy! . . . Mojitos in Miami are really good.

RANDOM QUESTIONS TO PONDER

How many navy blazers does Jim Nantz own?

Why doesn't CBS do a "One Shining Moment" montage video for the Masters?

Can someone bring me one of those chicken sandwiches back from Augusta?

-- Alex Myers is an Associate Editor for GolfDigest.com. Feel free to email him and please follow him on Twitter since he has self-esteem issues.

2013 Masters Survey: 18 Questions

Golf Digest — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Masters lovers will do the darnedest things.

Video: Hello, Friends: Average Golfers Do Jim Nantz

GolfDigest.com — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

In preparation for the Masters, we asked average golfers at a municipal course to provide their best impersonation of Jim Nantz, the longtime voice of the tournament on CBS.