By Alicia Jessop, Contributor This time last year, Bubba Watson didn’t have a green jacket. He didn’t cruise around golf courses in hovercraft golf carts. And he didn’t have the constant stream of incoming endorsement deals that winning the 2012 Masters Tournament has brought. Over the course of less than two weeks in 2012, Watson became a first-time father and a first-time owner of a green jacket from Augusta National Golf Club, sparking one of the most exciting, yet busy years of the 34-year-old’s life.
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Arnold Palmer orders a 'Mr. Palmer' at Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 11 (UPI) — A waitress at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia said Arnold Palmer ordered the drink that shares his name as a “Mr. Palmer.”
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Golf Fans Say 'Amen' to DIRECTV's Expansive Masters Tournament Coverage
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Golf Fans Say ‘Amen’ to DIRECTV’s Expansive Masters Tournament Coverage
Exclusive Six-Channel Masters Mosaic Combines CBS Sports and ESPN Coverage; Interactive Leader Board Offers In-depth Hole-by-hole Player Stats – Only on DIRECTV
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– DIRECTV will tee up another round of expanded, interactive coverage of golf’s most prestigious event, the 2013 Masters Tournament April 11-14.
Golf fans will soak up the history and tradition of the renowned Augusta National Golf Club while watching complimentary coverage of Tournament play through DIRECTV‘s Masters Mosaic Channel, featuring CBS Sports’ and ESPN‘s live HD coverage of the Tournament. An interactive app also allows viewers to display the leader board at the touch of a button and directly access hole-by-hole stats for each player in the field.
Available only on DIRECTV, the Masters Mosaic will offer six views of the Tournament: the main CBS Sports/ESPN feed; two “Featured Group” channels; “Amen Corner,” complete coverage of the most famous stretch of Augusta National; holes 15 and 16; and “Masters in Depth,” along with a continuously running leader board featuring live tee times, scoring and leaders’ locations on the course. Each extra channel is fully produced with its own announcers.
Viewers will have access to the following interactive menu of features throughout the Tournament on any of the six Masters channels:
- Top Five Leaders – displays the top five current scores in relation to par. An “Expand” option takes viewers directly to the full leader board.
- Leader Board – provides information on all golfers in the field including each player’s hole-by-hole stats – both current and previous rounds – through the score card feature, displaying greens hit in regulation, driving distance and putting average. A customizable leader board lets fans select their favorite player and place them on top of the board to more easily track their scores.
- Course Tour – provides fans with a birds-eye, fly-over video of each hole and a description of any of Augusta National‘s 18 holes.
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Mastering The Masters
By DeMarco Williams, Contributor
Unlike most sports, professional golf doesn’t wait until the end of the season for its biggest event. The Masters, now in its 77th year, happens early on the golf calendar—right when college basketball winds down and Major League Baseball takes off—and serves as the unofficial start to spring in many eyes. This makes sense, seeing how fabled Augusta National Golf Club absolutely bursts with vibrant azaleas, brilliant yellow jasmine and a particular shade of green blazer around this time. Almost as famous as the colorful garment adorned by the tournament winner is how difficult it is to actually score an event badge. If you somehow managed to get access to the Masters (April 11-14), congrats on scoring the toughest ticket in spectator sports. Our Startle.com editors want to reward your efforts by driving you in the right direction for food and fun after Tiger Woods and Co. have finished their rounds. …read more
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Take Down Legends! Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14: The Masters Historic Edition
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Take Down Legends! Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14: The Masters Historic Edition in Stores Now
Tee Off Against Golf’s Greatest Icons to Rewrite Majors History
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Electronic Arts Inc., (NAS: EA) announced today that Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 14 and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 14: The Masters Historic Edition have shipped in North America and will be available worldwide starting on March 29. Both editions pay homage to golf’s rich history and legendary golfers through an all new game mode, Legends of the Majors featuring six different eras of golf and period specific equipment, night golf and for the first time in franchise history the chance to go for the Grand Slam by playing historical events in all four majors.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 has generated early accolades by enthusiast press. According to @Gamer Magazine, “EA clearly isn’t resting on its laurels, despite the knowledge that it’ll sit atop the leaderboards for another year.” The game is available on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, including support for the Kinect™ for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation®Move.
“We wanted to celebrate the world of golf in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 and give gamers and golf fans a chance to learn about the amazing legacy of the sport of golf through legendary players and iconic moments in majors history,” said Brent Nielsen, Executive Producer of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14. “We are excited for gamers to start taking down legends and earn their seat at the table of golf’s greatest players.”
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 also features 20 on-disc championship courses, over 35 playable golfers representing both the PGA TOUR and LPGA, deep and innovative online connected experiences and a host of community-driven gameplay enhancements that closely mirror what a PGA TOUR golfer sees out on the course.
In addition to all the content available in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14: The Masters Historic Edition allows gamers to step back in time and experience the 1934 layout of famed Augusta National Golf Club, its famous Par 3 Course, Augusta National Golf Club‘s Tournament Practice Facility, an authentic Green Jacket Ceremony, as well as four …read more
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Tabata looks to earn trust — and outfield job
By Tom Singer It is tougher to get into Clint Hurdle‘s doghouse than into Augusta National Golf Club. He is what they call a players’ manager, and a very patient one, at that. But last season, Jose Tabata managed to try that patience, and found himself in that doghouse, as well as in Indianapolis. …read more
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