First off before I begin, nothing is worse than having to drive back to school on arguably one of the best days of the year, the final day of Masters competition and I am sadden I missed the ending to this one.
The 2009 Masters I think could be summed up by using the words of "Looked like professionals out there." Because in the last two-three years, the course has been so hard that you would see guys put up all sorts of crooked numbers and still be in contention somewhat. Therefore I was happy to see that for sure.
I think that Sunday is right up there not to par with 86, or the Norman Choke because you have a guy who chokes (see below) and you had the 1-2 top players of the world challenging each other on every hole. Phil Mickelson played out his mind and still found ways to screw things up in classic fashion so he will wonder what could have been? Tiger Woods just never had it, he muscled so much to get back in contention but he didnt have it in him to win it all this year.
The other thing that I feel this year's Masters will be remembered by is the choke of Kenny Perry. He was up two shots with two holes to go and he had at one time eleven straight pars to start off the day. All he needed was two more pars and he didnt do it. He bogeyed 17th and 18th to force a playoff between him, Angel Cabrera, and Chad Campbell. The advantage immediately swung towards Cabrera who has a US Open title already to his name.
El Pato or the Duck if you dont speak Spanish took control and was able to win his first Green Jacket on the second hole of the playoffs. Cabrera I must say is a classy dude who we as golf fans dont hear much about because he plays the European circuit. In addition, you always like to see your home country do well and for the two United States golfers that couldnt get it done late well that is a shame.
Now we wait two months or so for the US Open.
-Charlie.
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