AUGUSTA – Wednesday the impatience peaks at the Masters.
All the leading contenders have been interrogated, their feelings about the majesty of the golf course and the finely tuned state of their games thoroughly vented.
The last coat of bikini wax has been applied to the greens (tribute to the 20th anniversary of CBS’s Gary McCord being informally banished after invoking that and other flippant images on air).
Vegas has set all the odds that the gambling public requires. Adam Scott and Rory McIlroy (10-to-1), Phil Mickelson (14-to-1), Jason Day (15-to-1) and Matt Kuchar (18-to-1) are your top betting favorites according to Pregame.com.
So let’s get this shindig going for real, already.
One housekeeping chore to be attended to Wednesday will be the chairman’s annual news conference. It is expected Billy Payne will announce that things are peachy, but more specifics are forthcoming.
At least we’ll find out one guy who won’t win this week. The par-3 contest arrives this afternoon on Augusta National’s front lawn, and whoever wins that frolic has no chance in the four days to come. The curse is real and it is powerful. Serious contenders are advised to putt with their eyes closed.
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