Masters: Can you name world’s No. 2 golfer?

Masters Tuesday is when the best players in the field come through to discuss the state of their games with the assembled media.

World No. 2 Henrik Stenson of Sweden, first in (Tiger Woods comes through around 1 p.m.), kept it light despite a less-than-stellar turnout from the media for his session, which he said he was happy with because it meant he could practice sooner.

Then he proceeded to be entertaining and to go on at length.

Q: When people picked their Masters favorites this year, many people have mentioned your name, Rory (McIlroy) Bubba (Watson, defending champion); if you compare yourself to those two, Nos. 1 and 3 in the world, where do you feel you have an advantage against them and where do you feel you maybe don’t have that?

Stenson: Better looking…

Go to MYAJC.com later today for a full report on the 79th Masters.

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