Masters, Day One
Fortunately, there is coverage...on your computer or mobile phone thru THEM, the owners of the Masters...them old coots...sort of...they give you a couple of featured groups that YOU, the public, get...I mean GET...have the privilege...to watch their quandary meandering about these hallowed grounds...
Round one leader?...Jordan Spieth...at -6...a terrific score right out of the gate...leads by two over the dude who sprained his ankle the day prior...celebrating a hole in one in the Par 3 T...an up and comer, Tony Finau...and then...everyone else, is right there...lurking...just footling about at par or so...lots of holes to go, kids, er teenagers...
Not so for last year's champ, Sergio...who unfortunately, had a Tin Cup moment...that for him, must have felt like an hour...yes, he needed a commercial break...as he repeatedly hit 5 straight balls...that hit the green on the par 5 15th...and then backed up...into the agua...disheartening...on his way to a 13 on the hole...and a two day play...
Now for you or me...merciless hacks...that COULD happen...in fact, I can recall such a day...as we were playing a canyon hole, a 135 yarder...just you and the green...and the canyon...my playing partner for the day (there will NOT be names used, to protect the golfing duffer) stubbornly wanted to use a 3 wood...each shot...went into the canyon below...methodically, he would go back to his bag and tee another...and down the canyon it would go...yes, I was belly laughing...and yes, I was rolling on the ground...finally, after 4 or 5 hits (maybe more)...his blue darter sailed into the bunker, that saved his shot from going 50 yards past the green...'all right, let's go', was his comment...true story...nobody was belly laughing at Sergio...
Let's go...
The Padres were finishing up their series with the Colorado Rockies...locked into an electrifying 0-0 game into the 9th inning...and POOF...the Pad's closer couldn't CLOSE again...amidst a 3 walk performance...and 3 runs later...SD had lost yet another...skepticism abounds...and off they go to Houston...to take on the WS Champs of last season...oh my...buckle up...
Talking about a ride...close your eyes today on the hellacious one, that the Stock Market will take us on, today...POTUS told the masses, that we have 'Lost the Trade War, already'...geez, mister, aren't YOU the one that said we would win it?...
Want a great stat?...the Washington Post has this beaut...that one in five Americans have joined in a 'protest march' or 'protest rally' of something...in the past year...all having to do with what Prez T has done, or hasn't done...isn't that a lot?...is there a record for something like this?...
Did you know?...the heat pump was discovered in 1948 by a bloke named Robert C Webber...by accident...well...I dunno...but we didn't have one until the 80's in our house...now almost everyone uses 'em...they are called the HVAC Systems...thought you should know...
Dancing With The Stars...this time around they are going to feature athletes...or former ones...probably cuz they can't find any more pseudo stars...haven't they had all the KFam already on?...I digress...but hold your applause...the one and only skating villain, Tonya Harding, is signed on...wonder who gets her?...Tony?...and if you are beating her in the polls, watch your knees...oops...
POTUS wants to reallocate 2,000 to 4,000 National Guard troops to the border...what?...first of all, there goes your furlough...2ndly, who is gonna do the dirty work?...and 3rd...be careful Mackles...
Staying with him...he is gonna skip the annual Correspondents Dinner at the end of April...send his spokeswoman for the press in lieu...yea...this is going to be another wonderful year...'if you can't stand the heat, get out of....'
Finally, we had massages yesterday....I am relaxed and waiting for the onslaught of the day...
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