Phil rolls in birdie to fire 30 on the back 9 on Saturday

No way this Sunday at the Masters will come even close to matching the excitement of last year’s finish, right? After all, Phil Mickelson’s record at the Masters and love affair with Augusta National speaks for itself. In the 19 of the last 21 Masters, the winner has come from the final twosome…

As I was typing the above sentences, Louis Oosthuizen made a double- eagle from 260 yards on the par-5 No. 2. I was watching from our personal mini-TVs in the press center and you know when you just see the ball rolling toward the pin and you have a good feeling about it — you’re thinking, wait, I don’t know if it’s just the angle, but that’s rolling right at the hole. I mean, it looks perfect! And it was. (continue reading…)