Wow…Best Thursday Masters.

EVAR!

1. Arnie and Jack starting things off.

2. Tom Watson.  Ageless. Love Tom’s quote in this month’s Golf:

“We ought to have a tournament, the Top 30 Champions Tour players versus the Top 30 kids. Have a tournament on a 7,000- yard golf course. Same tees. Lets go tee it up. Let’s hit it.”

4. Phil Mickelson. Finally finding his game this year.

5. Lee Westwood, Y.E. Yang.  Two superb International players who play big in The Majors, in the mix.

6. Oh, yeah, Tiger… guy held in together nicely. Look out… he could be a factor come Sunday.

7. Freddie “Boom-Boom Couples! “Super-Cool”. (Freddie’s so cool, he even let Tiger play a practice round with him) 50 years old. Fires a 66. Leads The Masters after Day One.

8. Freddie’s shoes: “Surfer-Dude Cool”. No socks required. Wear ‘em for a round at Augusta or a clambake on the beach.

P.S.—  Nike, with Freddie, the coolest golfer on the planet, wearing “Surfer-Dude Cool” shoes…

… HAD to respond.

Here’s their YouTube vid.

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The Masters 2010- Day One:

• Gallery doesn’t take shots but Tiger sure takes his (windsorstar.com)
• A flash of the old magic (nationalpost.com)
• Mickelson, Watson among early leaders at Masters (timesunion.com)
• 2010 Masters Round One: Phil Mickelson Solidly In The Hunt (bleacherreport.com)
• Rejuvenated Fred Couples Claims First – Round Lead At Masters (nytimes.com)
• Tiger Woods Soars on Masters Return (nytimes.com)
• Tiger Woods begins Masters charge (cnn.com)
• Woods hits form but Couples leads (news.bbc.co.uk)
• Mickelson’s hot putting helps him to solid start (thestar.com)