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JD, Big John, Mr. Nicotine and Diet Coke, Hooters, Mullet…  …is no longer suspended from the PGA Tour.  He’s sporting wild clothes from Loudmouth Golf and has lost a few pounds to boot.  Is this the new JD?  I doubt it.

JD has been playing fairly well on the European Tour.  Perhaps he should stay over there?  He doesn’t seem to do as well here in the states.  Must be the fact that the beer is so much better over there.

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7:24pm ET – ANGEL CABRERA IS MASTERS CHAMPION

Kenny Perry lost his swing starting on the 17th hole and through the two hole playoff. Chad Campbell succumbed to the pressure as well, putting his approach shot into the right greenside bunker on the 1st hole of the playoff.

Angel Cabrera has some big time kahunas and is Masters champion!  I’ll write more later, but there’s still daylight.  I’m off to the course to play until sunset.

6:46pm ET PLAYOFF

I think I’m going to have a heart attack.

Kenny Perry bogeys the last two holes.  We have a three man playoff between Kenny Perry, Chad Campbell and Angel Cabrera. Guess I’ll keep my clubs in the garage for now and crack open a frosty beverage.

6:21pm ET

17th fairway… Kenny Perry has a two shot lead after making birdie on 15 and nearly ACING 16.  I’m so happy for Perry, who will become the oldest major champion in the history of golf.  I just hope he finishes soon, so I can get out and play a few holes.  This is the only time of year I’d rather watch golf than play it, and I have the itch.

5:40pm ET

Kenny Perry just made a 3-putt par on #13 to stay at -12, but still holds one shot lead over Chad Campbell.  Cabrera still has a chance at -10.

Tiger and Phil both limped home, making bogey on 18.  Perhaps they just beat each other up today.  Tiger even knocked his 2nd shot off a tree trunk.  Phil’s 67 and Tiger’s 68 could have been 65’s or better.  I could have sworn I saw Tiger limping after the tree shot on 18.  Just like in football, limp after you make a bad play…

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2009 Masters Round Three Leaderboard is below. Click read more to view…

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6:30pm ET

Chad Campbell made a huge mistake on the par-3 16th.  He was in the back bunker with no green to work with.  Rather than playing safe, he went for the pin and left it in the bunker.  Then he missed the bogey putt.  He lost two shots to Kenny Perry, giving Perry the outright lead.  But while that was happening Cabrera was busy making birdie on #17 to tie for the lead at -11!  Boy is tomorrow going to be fun.

Furyk is in the house at -7 within striking distance.

5:00pm ET

The greens are soft and many players are throwing darts.

The leaders Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell have made the turn.  They’re both at -11 with Cabrera at -10 after he birdied #10.  Wait a sec.  Perry just made birdie so he’s alone in the lead now at -12 after 10 holes.

Stricker and Furyk are at -6 after 12 holes.  Mickelson birdied #15 to reach -5 while Tiger birdied #17 to get to -4.  I still think Tiger is too far back.

3:15pm ET

Tiger Woods has come back with a couple of birdies and is back to -2 after 9.  He doesn’t look like he’s controlling the spin of his approach shots though.  He’s spun several shots back too far and even off of greens.

The leaders Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell parred #1 and both birdied #2.  They’re now at -10.

Phil Mickelson is playing well and has it to -5 with a ton of other players including Stricker, Mahan, Furyk, Sabbatini, Katayama and Kim.

Cabrera back is at -8 and has shaken off the nerves after a birdie on #3.

1:30pm ET

Tiger Woods is likely toast for this year’s Masters. He double bogeyed #1.

Camilo Villegas is moving up the leaderboard, now at -4 after five holes.

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6:30pm ET

Padraig Harrington’s ball moved on the 15th green after he addressed it due to wind.  One stroke penalty or he would have gone to -4 instead of -3.

Earlier Greg Norman melted down at 13, scoring a 7.  He’ll miss the cut.

Angel Cabrera is looking good at -7 despite a bogey on #15.  He has golf balls made of stone, no fear and plenty of power in his game for this golf course.  At this point he’d be my pick to win.   I like the look in his eye and the way he chomps his gum.

Phil Mickelson almost flew his ball into the hole on #13 for a double eagle and had a tap in eagle.  He’s back in red numbers but quite a way down the board.

It was a tearful ending for Fuzzy Zoeller my pal, and also Gary Player.  They both played their last round at The Masters.  I can’t imagine the emotion they must have felt walking up the 18th.

“It was the damndest feeling I’d ever had.” Zoeller on the emotions he felt walking up the 18th at Augusta for the last time.

4:20pm ET

Kenny Perry is playing a great tournament with a 67 today.  He and Chad Campbell are in the house leading at -9.

Tiger Woods bogeyed the 18th hole a 2nd day in a row to shoot an even par 72 and stay at -2 for the tournament.

Anthony Kim had only one par on the front because he had so many birdies.  He set a Masters record with 11 birdies to finish at -4.  How cool would it be to see AK win?

Todd Hamilton is in the house at -6.

It is looking like some big guns are going to miss the cut:  Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Adam Scott, Boo Weekly and Freddy Couples.

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Chad Campbell?  Wow.

Of all players, who would have imagined Chad Campbell would have come close to not only Masters low score record, but he’d flirt with the all time low score record in major championships.  He faltered at the end of his stellar round a bit, but still dropped a Masters leading 65.

Jim Furyk was on fire and held the lead for much of the day, finishing with a 66 as well as Hunter Mahan.  Furyk had NO bogeys.

There has been a TON of whining from the players and the media about Augusta National being too hard.  The last two years the weather has sucked, making the course longer.  Today showed that Augusta National CAN yield low scores and CAN produce roars.  There were plenty of players reaching par-5’s in two, but not too many.  There were many players who had fits on the slick greens, but many mediocre shots weren’t overly penalized.  The course was fair and perhaps a bit too easy.

Tiger Woods shot is best first round of the Masters in quite a while with a 70.  He could have gone much lower after lipping out a short birdie putt on 17 and air-mailing the 18th green enroute to a bogey finish.

Tiger fans need not worry.  He seldom gets off to a quick start at The Masters.

Greg Norman is right in the mix, tied with Tiger at -2 as are a handful of other players including Zach Johnson.

Perhaps even more surprising than Chad Campbell’s round is that of Larry Mize.  He shot a 67!

Paddy Wagon

Padraig Harrington sits at -3 and right in the thick of it.  I’m definitely a bandwagon jumper and I’d love to see him win his third major in a row.  I’m on the Paddy Wagon!

I stand to lose more than cash if Sergio Garcia wins the Masters.  I stand to lose my dignity, or at least risk exposing my “little secret.” Sergio knocked one in Rae’s Creek on #12 and sits at +1, along with Phil Mickelson.

Sadly enough, one of the “old” guys didn’t drop the worst round of the day.  That distinction belongs to the puzzling Michael Campbell.  He shot 80.

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My cousin who also happens to be one of my best friends, invited me to Vegas this weekend to watch the Masters at the Winn. As tempting as that was, I had to stay here at HOG world headquarters. My cuz did just email me a bunch of betting info he got from the Winn sports book:

Tiger opened at 9:5 and has gone up to 11:5.

Phil is 7 to 1.
Ogilvy opened at 35/1 and is down to about 10/1 last I checked.
Sergio: 18/1
Vijay started 20/1, now 35/1

Bettors dark horses: Henrik Stenson started at 40/1, now 28/1; same thing with Camilo Villegas; Zach Johnson has gone from 50/1 to 30/1

The betting sheet has 50 top players, Tiger through Martin Kaymer, and then the field for all others. Mr. Field started at 50/1 and was 6/1 yesterday.

Will tiger win line bet: 220 yes, -260 no
Lowest completed round by anyone over/under 66.5
Hole in one? Yes 140, no -160
Tiger in top 2: 135/-155
Phil in top 8: -110 for yes, -110 for no. Weird, perhaps a typo.
Playoff? 270/-330
Total winning score over/under: 280.5
margin of victory: 1 shot 13/5, 2: 4/1, 3 5/1, 4+ 7/2, playoff: 5/2

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Nick Faldo’s hair is as greasy as ever. He needs some wardrobe help. He’s wearing floods and his shirt is way too tight for his not-so buff body.

Tim Clark aced the 9th hole to reach -5 for the par 3 contest at the Masters.

Greg Norman aced the 6th hole an turned to give his caddy a kiss. His caddy is Chris Evert.

The Big Three are playing together, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.

Jack Nicklaus birdied the first two holes and nearly birdied the 3rd.

Bubba Watson’s wife, and caddy, dumped two shots into a lake.

Ben Crenshaw can still putt.

John Merrick aced the 2nd hole.

Gary Player made a par on the 9th hole after hitting his tee shot in the water. An mulligan ACE!

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CBS’s Jim Nantz will be doing a one hour television show looking back on the career of Seve Ballesteros.  Seve is still battling cancer, just use the search here to read up on other Seve posts.

The show Sunday, April 12, 1-2 p.m. ET.  Rumors are that we’ll hear Nantz say “A win for the ages” somewhere.

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