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I was watching the GC last night at 1am and they had a special Masters show with Mike Weir and on the first playoff hole, if you dont remember their putts were horrible. Len Mattiace putted off the green from 15'.

3 months later, Mike had found out that they rolled the green when they were playing the 18th expecting a playoff.

Do you think this was fair?

I say no and think this was unfair to both players.

I heard about that, wasnt sure if it was true or not, if it is it does sound very peculiar.

I think it's unfair too. If you are going from one round to the next, say on a 36 hole day, or a next day playoff, that would be fine. But, to me, a same day, or sudden death playoff should be considered part of the final round, and the course should not be altered.

Perhaps the idea was to duplicate the same green conditions the players had faced several hours earlier.

I agree, but that's Augusta for you. Next ... the new gutta percha Augusta ball... or maybe a few windmills ? but I'll still be watching every minute I can.

Cancel your request for tickets if Uncle Hootie reads your post.

"unfair" would be if one of the players had to putt on the rolled green and the other didn't. That was not the case at all. Now, perhaps the last to putt may have had a bit of an advantage over the first by seeing how the putt rolled and by being closer to the hole, but isn't that the case on every hole in every tournament?

Not when it was running 10 on the stimp and it ended up being 13 by the time they re-played it.

Actually I'd planned on parachuting in, but that may be a capital offense in Ga.


TO ANY AND ALL LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES WHO MAY HAVE READ THE ABOVE : I'M ONLY KIDDING.... IT'S JUST A JOKE.... HONEST

I doubt any of Augusta National's greens have been a 10 on the stimpmeter in the last 10 years.

Yea, I think their fairways run about an 11.

I know, I just through that number out there.

Do you know what Hootie and the boys call parachuting wazmankg gate crashers?

Skeet!