A Tradition Unlike Any Other
The Masters.
This week is my favorite week in all of professional sports. Thursday is the first round of the 2007 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
The first weekend in April is my favorite professional sports weekend of the year. Each year I look forward to four days of professional golf. Golf that is just...golf.
This is not commercial after commercial of Budweiser advertisements during EVERY Super Bowl commercial break.
This is not the glitz and glamour of the NBA playoffs which has turned into a presentation of pro athletes at the mercy of David Stern trying to drain the almighty dollar out of every sponsor.
This is not the MLB playoffs that depend too much on John Cougar's "This is Our Country" song. It also isn't played in sub-freezing temperatures in the middle of October.
This is not the NHL. (Since I know next to nothing about the NHL playoffs, please insert your own negative comment about the NHL.)
Each year CBS has the sense of mind to find a sponsor to provide limited commercial interuption. Four rounds of pure golf. Four rounds of the highest levels of mental (and slightly less physical) competition.
A tradition unlike any other, The Masters. Watch it, you'll love it.
posted by Jim @ 8:02 PM
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How about this Jim. . .
"This is not the NHL - where violent cro-magnons beat on each other with blades strapped to their feet until the blood-thirsty crowd's lust-for-death is sated . . ."
That's pretty cruel. . . after all, hocky is like figure skating - that isn't totally boring. They actually do something while they're spinning and jumping. . . they try to shoot a puck into the other teams net. . . then they get in bloody fights. . . I'm sure Dave Barry has written about this somewhere. . .
Hey Jim,
I was looking on you facebook profile and noticed you have a blog!!! We LOVE the masters too. We were going for Tiger of course, but liked the guy who one it as well. Jon and I went with my family to the PGA championship one year when it was by Minneapolis and it was an amazing time, I can only imagine how great the Masters would be to go to. Jon and I are in Iowa City while Jon is in med school: we have a blog also jonanderin.blogspot.com. Hope you are enjoying California!!!
Jon and Erin
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