7pm Sunday - 5 hours of continuous US Masters coverage

[Mick Mac]

The BBC is an honourable insitution. 5 hours of coverage in the prime time Sunday evening slot. Excellent.

I have no doubt this is what everyone wants to watch tonight...:) The good old Beeb.

[ruffers]

And in HD too... looks like a video game.

[????]

Stellas in the fridge...just need the saucepan lids out of the way (er...and the missus). TV heaven for me.

[????]

...got to beat watching Celtic or Spurs :))

[Mick Mac]

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> Stellas in the fridge...just need the saucepan

> lids out of the way (er...and the missus). TV

> heaven for me.

Same here - except substitute Bud for Stella.

[reetpetite]

It may well be prime time but at least it is on BBC2 so you its not like you dont have other channel choices.

[TonyQuinn]

Exactly reet, as if there isnt enough choice. BBC only has eight days of golf a year and those of us who love the game really relish Sunday at Augusta. I'm sorry Mick that there is no celebrity reality show on this evening but I'm sure you can find Come Dine with me somewhere.

[????]

er...I think Mick is firmly in the watching the Masters camp Tony

[Mick Mac]

TonyQuinn Wrote:

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> Exactly reet, as if there isnt enough choice. BBC

> only has eight days of golf a year and those of us

> who love the game really relish Sunday at Augusta.

> I'm sorry Mick that there is no celebrity reality

> show on this evening but I'm sure you can find

> Come Dine with me somewhere.

Ironically my series reminder for Come dine with me has just appeared on screen - but tonight I have to decline. The Masters is my favourite sporting viewing of the year Tone.

[Mick Mac]

Tiger's left the ball in the bunker - I could do that.

[red devil]

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> ...got to beat watching Celtic or Spurs :))

or Utd :X...1664 for me though :)-D

[Mick Mac]

Im beginning to wonder why Ken Brown is not playing in the Masters this year - he knows all the putts and chips.

[Sandperson]

It's been an almost perfect day. 25 mile time trial this morning in Kent at 7. Back for lunch in the park with the family in the sunshine. United at 1:30 (would have been nice to get a win). The Paris-Roubaix all afternoon with suitable beer on the side. FA cup semi-final magic then The Masters until bed time! I'm in heaven.

[Mick Mac]

Work tomorrow SP? from heaven to planet earth.

[Sandperson]

Yes. Thank you MM. That's brought me down with a bump.

Am I bad for still loving Tiger?

[Mick Mac]

Not if you are a girl. If you are a bloke than ask yourself some questions.

[Mick Mac]

Peter Allis on Mickleson's daughter being congratulated....

He's just my Dad

He may be a superstar to you

But to me, he's just grumpy old dad....

I like Peter Allis and Martin Johnson's column criticising him in today's Sunday Times was way off the mark. Allis is the best british golf commentator there has ever been.

[????]

mmm...I think his commentating is ok BUT his opinions for journalists are largely sh1te and far too about his set of outdated values and prejudices...I suspect someone else will do just as well when he's gone and I wouldn't be that bothered if that's tomorrow.

[Mick Mac]

That's because you are not a golfer who was not brought up with the legendary Allis commentaries.

If you ask keen golfers, most think he is superb. He is a special talent.

[Mick Mac]

The little Italian amateur sitting in the Butler Cabin waiting to receive his medal alongside Mickleson was wearing his sweatshirt and shiny white trainers.

Most gof clubs in England have a strict "no trainers" rule so that was quite funny.

[????]

I've said I've not a problem with his commentary (although it's not actually that informative for us 'non-golfers' who couldn't give a shite about the 19th at Lower Worslingham etc etc etc)but his comment about Woods last week were disgraceful, he didn't say that the Matsers committee should have the balls to bung out Norman who shagged anything that moved or Faldo who hardly kept his clubs in his own golfbag did he? He comes over and is, I suspect, a nasty old home counties snob....

[Mick Mac]

I saw your coment on this already Quids but you are barking up the wrong tree on the racism thing, I believe.

With Woods it is not the fact that he slept around - perhaps Faldo and Norman did too - its the fact that he did it with prostitutes and porn stars. Pre arranged contracts with professionals in the sex industry.

In short, most believe, he let the image of the sport down.

Most people make mistakes in life but Woods was into deviant behaviour.

[????]

Well, I think Allis is an embittered old snob well past his sell by date...

He must have said "Does Mickleson get his haircut by the same barber as Jonathon Ross?" about 5 times. All good shots are lucky, etc etc - Ken is infinitely more informative and interesting...put Allis down I say.

[SteveT]

Peter Allis is to golf what Dan Maskall was to tennis, until John Mackenroe emerged as the greatest commentator of them all.

We are waiting for the new golf talking man to arrive.

[Sandperson]

Old Golf Talking Man Blues, sounds like a Bob Dylan song. :))