Midday thoughts of Day 1 at The Masters…

Older Charley Hoffman photo:

Charley used to look a little like…

All Masters, all the time for the next few days most likely, people.  Deal with it, or give yourself a break from my blog until Monday.

-Google has released information that the most Googled entities this morning were “charley hoffman” and “russell henley.”

-Mike Weir has WON this thing in 2003.  He is not even 45 years old.  I will assume he had cocktails before his 10 over round today.

-Ernie Els is at -3 after 10.  If you don’t like The Big Easy, then there is something wrong with YOU, not him.

-Brooks Koepka was a trendy pick before the tourney, and he is solid approaching the turn.

-My personal team looks strong overall (see previous blog) except for the amateur hacking up Augusta, and Paul Casey is going to make me look like a genius before this is all said and done.

-45 year old Angel Cabrera is just moseying along, at -2 after 10, hitting long balls, and just chilling out the way he does.

-We love the old guys showing up to play and showing their knowledge of the course, and posting a -1 is no slouch effort by Tom Watson.

-Speaking of, there is a Mark O’Meara siting in the red!!!!!  Watch out!  Hurry and look before it goes away!

-You don’t need to be at the top of the leaderboard after day 1.  Bubba and Rory are just biding their time hanging out at -1 (Rory still to finish up).

-I am just refreshing a leaderboard, but Camilo Villegas must have had an ugly last two holes.  Yikes.

-I don’t think Jim Furyk will ever age, and considering he has looked 50 since he was 30, we are glad he is catching up to actual age.

-Tiger is 1 over after 5, and that is fine.  What is concerning is how erratic he already is, posting two bogeys and a birdie in that short span.  You just need pars on this course and then attack the par 5’s.

-I teased myself almost by perhaps taking Jimenez on my team, and after his 6 over, I am glad I didn’t bite.

-Glad Phil Mickelson is on the leaderboard so I make sure I have someone I dislike up there.

-Welcome BACK, Justin Rose!  At least for a day.

-I am going to go back to it, waiting for my guys Rickie Fowler and Jason Day to make their moves.

-By the way, if one of my guys starts playing well, they are in the same group, so the other will feed off it.

MISCELLANEOUS:

The three game suspension for Bell for the Steelers is not monstrous, but for a team needing a fast start next season, it doesn’t help things.

MASS EXODUS.  Wow.  I figured ONE of the kids would stick around to be a star.  Top SEVEN UK scorers exit stage left, and probably most will litter the first round, if not all.  Wow.

Back to refreshing.  Where if a guy takes a little longer on a hole, you get nervous and are blind to it.  Talk to you tomorrow.  Peace.