masters 2

Welcome to Augusta, where Tiger Woods made a 7 on a par-5 hole here. If we see that again, we'll move to a cave in Montana and wait for the end. A scribe friend of mine was minding his own business, walking between the 7th and 17th holes, when someone tapped him on the shoulder from behind. " 'Scuse me, pal,'' he said. It was Woods, who'd hooked his tee ball on 15 so far left, it was in front of the 7th green. He laid up, into a deep divot. Woods said the ball was in so deep, he couldnt get a club on it. He tried anyway, and hit the ball into the drink in front of the green. And so on.

Even Ben Crenshaw believes his 71 at age 54 was a fluke. "This is a young man's course,'' he said. He hit a 5-iron into No. 7... stopping a 5-iron there is like commanding an avalanche to retreat. He laid up on the par-4 18th. How much chance does Crenshaw think he has here, at 7,445 yards? When he played the course in November, he didnt play from the championship tees. "I went back and looked at them,'' he said.

Add "travel'' to the dubious list of silly instructions golfers give their golf balls. On the dumb meter, it's not as bad as "get legs'' or "bite'', but it's right up there with "sit.''

If you've ever wondered about John Daly's Everyman appeal, read the post I got from yesterday's Masters blog. It explains everything.

Jack Nicklaus is endorsing lawnmowers. When do you think was the last time he cut his grass?

Time to travel. Live big.