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Another one-planer wins The Masters

By Tom Kirkendall

Last year it was Zach Johnson (see also here). This year, it's Trevor Immelman. What's the deal with all these one-plane swingers dominating the Masters Tournament? Could it have something to do with the fact that neither Johnson last year nor Immelman this year ever seemed to miss a fairway? Immelman hit 48 out of 56 fairways on Augusta's 4's and 5's during the tournament; Johnson hit 45 last year.

By the way, Immelman tuned up for his Masters victory by shooting 73-72 and missing the cut last week at the Shell Houston Open.

Geoff Shackelford's collection of links on the final day of the Masters is here and the link to his previous daily reports from the week is here.

Finally, Tiger Woods finished second for the second straight year after a relatively poor week of putting on Augusta National's slick greens (interestingly, the dominant Woods has won only one of the last six Masters Tournaments). I know Tiger is popular and all, but the following excerpt from this Martin Johnson/Daily Telegraph article reflects that some Tiger admirers have gone completely over the top:

The Woods mystique is such that he can even cause a riot, or close to it, by eating a banana. When Woods peeled one on Saturday and threw away the skin, there was a mad stampede to grab it as a souvenir.

Full post as published by Houston's Clear Thinkers on April 14, 2008 (boomark / email).