Topper Shutt's Blog
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
  Par is exciting too !
At the risk of stepping on Brett's, Levan's or Sara's toes my blog today will delve into the realm of sports.  I think the 9 News Now sports team will understand since I am pretty passionate about golf. Thomas Boswell wrote two articles last week concerning the difficulty of the course in Augusta for the Masters. Don't get me wrong I usually agree with Boswell's columns and enjoy reading them. I particularly enjoy reading his books on baseball. I just think his take on this year's Masters as boring because the guys weren't shooting lights out is wrong. What makes a tournament exciting is when a lot of players are in the hunt and one of them is Tiger.  On Sunday the lead changed hands about every thirty minutes and Tiger was in the thick of it. That's exciting. I don't care if they are grinding for pars as opposed to dropping in eagles and birdies. In fact, as a bad golfer myself, I like to see the pros struggle a bit. That course played as it was recently re-designed to play. This is just the first year since they added about 500 yards, planted a lot of trees and grew the rough a bit that was dry with some wind. The Masters was like a springtime U.S. Open. Now that's exciting
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