the masters

The British Open is this week, the third major on the PGA Tour calendar.  Oak Hill in Rochester will host this year's PGA Championship in August.  The Masters and U.S. Open have already been played, with Adam Scott winning the green jacket and Justin Rose capturing America's major...

They call him "Lefty".  A surefire Hall of Famer in the waiting.  A four-time major champion which includes three green jackets at The Masters and a PGA Championship in 2005.  But Phil Mickelson is missing one major.

This Masters was about Adam Scott in the end.  Not about Tiger Woods.  Not about Tiger's  two-stroke penalty.  Not about a 14-year old from China.  Not about Amen Corner.  It was all about a guy who never had the guts or the putts to win.  It was about the first Australian to ever win a green jacket.

With its winner receiving a gaudy green jacket that wouldn't be out of place at a retirement home, the Masters is hardly a beacon of contemporary taste. Golf's most revered championship takes place this weekend in Augusta, Ga. If you watch it, you'll undoubtedly hear the majestic Masters' theme song in the video above...

Tiger Woods hung posters of a legendary golfer on his wall above his bed as a young boy.  That legendary golfer is Jack Nicklaus, major-record holder with 18.  Tiger Woods wants 19.  He wanted it then, and he still wants it now.

The Masters is going on.  We golfers love The Masters.  But we golfers watch The Masters, we don't play in it.  And right now, golfers are not playing much at all no matter what in The Capital Region because of the wet, windy and cool weather.  But you can still stay in the golf frame of mind and do these simple things when the game returns:

Phil Michelson’s lob game is tight.  Check out Phil’s skills right here.  This flop shot is definitely impressive.

Bubba Watson has famously never taken a golf lesson - something that even the least educated golf fan may have been able to tell.  His swing isn't polished.  He doesn't display the grace that so many of his contemporaries do.  He's unique.  And on Sunday, it took a very unique shot for Bubba Watson to claim his first major. @JoeBianchino

Anybody who has ever played miniature golf can appreciate this video.  There is a laugh-out-loud moment halfway through this video as well.

Alan Fish from 104.5 The Team ESPN radio and Nick Lee reviewed Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: Masters First .  Both of Alan and Nick only gave the game less then 3 balls.  Nick Lee sat down with Fish and his “4 Guys In A Studio Apartment” comedy troop to test the game...

Thanks to a wild finish, Charl Schwartzel is the 2011 Masters Champion. Who is Charl Schwartzel?  I have no idea either.

Tiger Woods was right in the thick of things after round two on Friday. But his prowl at the lead took a different direction on "moving day" Saturday.