Golf... at this moment McIlroy is.... about as lights out incredible at Augusta as it's possible to get. If he continues like this on the back nine today I think no matter what happens to his game tomorrow his lead will be insurmountable. Talk about being in a 'zone'. Geez. - JamesJMhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163032#msg-1163032Fri, 15 May 2026 22:47:17 -0400 Phorum 5.2.18 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163197#msg-1163197 I think the entire golf world....https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163197#msg-1163197
That approach shot on the 1st playoff hole by Rory.... which IMHO has to go down as one of the greatest shots in golf history.

Even after that shot I had became convinced an even greater choke was in the making.... Rose sinking his what? 15-20 footer? and then Rory missing his 3 footer.

In the end I'd have to say it was one of the best and most emotional presentations of the Green Jacket in history. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubMon, 14 Apr 2025 10:39:03 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163196#msg-1163196 sport at its best nmhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163196#msg-1163196 21Dog Bucky's PubMon, 14 Apr 2025 10:04:40 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163147#msg-1163147 Wow, that was as good as it gets.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163147#msg-1163147 JamesJM Bucky's PubSun, 13 Apr 2025 19:40:57 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163109#msg-1163109 WHOA...... 5 pars in a single round?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163109#msg-1163109
My claim to fame is this... Hole #1 at Madera Muni is a par 4 and it's LONG... it's the #1 handicap hole on the course. For me a double bogie on that hole is success... and just recently I got a par on it. :laughing I didn't think that would ever happen. It took one hell of a good approach shot and a one putt to do it! :laughing]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubSun, 13 Apr 2025 10:23:03 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163101#msg-1163101 only play a couple of times a yearhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163101#msg-1163101
Can't break 100 now, although I had five pars in most recent round. The other 13 holes.....never mind.

Rooting for the Fresno area boy today.]]> 21Dog Bucky's PubSun, 13 Apr 2025 09:21:35 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163097#msg-1163097 I heard a Masters update on the radio yesterday and NOPE.....https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163097#msg-1163097 Ramgator Bucky's PubSun, 13 Apr 2025 08:29:07 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163075#msg-1163075 I did not expect today's final few holes....https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163075#msg-1163075
After... geez, ? bogies, DeChambeau scorches the last few holes and ends the day only 2 behind McIlRoy... THAT was a total shock for me.

BTW... I have money riding on DeChambeau. Good odds too... +1600.... as of today that's dropped to... ummm, I think +360? Close to that anyway, I didn't check this evening.

For you golfers... a question... state your current handicap and what you think you could shoot today at Augusta... with the course exactly as it is setup for the Masters? Currently I'm struggling like at no other time in my life... I can barely break 100. Normally I can shoot in the low 90's, occasionally the high 80's. So If I played Augusta today I'm thinking... I'd struggle to best 140. If I was extremely HOT.... 110. No... wait... not a chance.... 120. Ummmm, nope, 140 was optimistic.

As a once 8 handicap, which is NOT great but it's not bad... to taking off from golf for 20 years due to my shoulder then trying to comeback today at 197 years of age and struggling to break 100 I cannot express to you how frustrating it is. Making it worse... I can play a hole like it was yesterday.... and then? Having to make a 50' putt for quadruple bogie. And distance!

OH MY GOD.... when I was an 8, (20 years ago), I could hit a 7 iron further than I can hit my driver today. Which brings me too - - -

Fr. Mike, my priest back in the day. He was in his 80's. back then Couldn't hit a golf ball further than 170yds.... at most! But the guy never hit a golf ball one inch off a direct line from tee to hole. Can't say for sure but I don't think he ever missed a putt inside of 8'. He carried an 11 handicap.... at 85yrs old! My chances of matching him? Nil.

Play with my grandson's now... and if my 2nd shot is within 10yds of their drive I'm elated... or no, pissed, but that's life as a decrepit old man golfer. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubSun, 13 Apr 2025 02:28:44 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163032#msg-1163032 Golf... at this moment McIlroy is....https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1163032,1163032#msg-1163032 JamesJM Bucky's PubSat, 12 Apr 2025 16:23:48 -0400