Our MASTERS contact Blair.......give us a report please

Our MASTERS contact Blair.......give us a report please Hi Blair. How was Augusta on Tuesday? Couple of things I'm really curious about, please. How deep was the rough? and did you follow Tiger at all and how far off line was he hitting it? thanks!

just seen a kenny perry interview and he said he is nowhere near where he was last year, claims to be duck hooking everything and would take over a month to correct, A DEAD PLAY AGAINST

where did you see that Mose?

it's a paraphrase from his interview during the par 3 contest.

OK, just saw the Perry interview on tape from the Par 3 and that was as good as it gets as a player testimonial. We'll fade Perry now......it's the bloody weather late Thursday that has me worried about Freddy Couples.

Just talked to Blair on the phone. His computer crapped out on him and so did his plane -- he's stuck in OK City. He asked me to put up a brief note (in his words). I didn't spend much time watching the players hit on the range and it took me all day to walk the course, so take this with a grain of salt. I haven't been there before, so I don't have a benchmark to compare with, but the rough certainly did not seem exceptionally deep, maybe about an inch and a half. The balls were plainly visible above the rough line. But it will certainly affect approach shots, especially with the new grooves. I was hoping to see more of Tiger, but didn't see much. There was one shot into 18, which looked a little shaky. He started on 10 and quit after 9 holes, so there wasn't much opportunity to watch if you weren't there from the start (and I wasn't). I have a few comments relative to Alf's previous posts. Hunter Mahan looks very good. Watched him hit a few drives and he was really striking them. Paul Casey looked fine. John Senden looked pretty shaky. A few other observations. Robert Allenby was hitting it great, but with him, the short game is always an issue. Jaidee looked shaky. Saw Rory McIlry hit one drive and he absolutely killed it. Rory spent a long time putting. Steve Marino didn't look good. VJ looked shaky. Henrick Spenson looked mediocre. Sabbatini looked relaxed, but I didn't see him hit much. Els looked good. Westwood looked sharp. Stricker is staying in a cabin on property (not sure if that's good or bad). Finally, I don't know if this will have any effect, but there was a huge amount of pollen in the air, everywhere. Nothing else comes to mind, other than that place is really something. If I get home in time, I'll try to add and elaborate, but it's looking like a long shot right now.

Blair my good man..WHAT A TROOPER! Excellent Work! If I find anything I really like with these guys, I'll post it. This is good info that we can use even after the first round. thanks Blair and Anthony.

One correction. Blair just called back. Mixed up Hunter Mahan with Lucas Glover. Glover is the one hitting very well. Looks solid. He didn't see Mahan. Also add, the first cut of rough is almost the same as the fairway. And locals say that due to tremendous amount of rain in last two months, the second cut, while not long, is very thick and dense.

was there with blair and wanted to add that Harrington looked great as well. We watched him hit 2-4 tee balls every hole (he was playing by himself with his caddy) and every possible approach shot. He then chipped a number of balls and went to the green and putt forever. Seems uber-focused. Actually had a level -- thats right a level -- on ten green and was just rolling the ball along it with his caddy. Of all the players I saw, he seemed to have the 'eye of the tiger' (ok that was cheap). As Blair said, we watched Tiger on 18 only. He killed a drive up the hill even with the fairway bunker and proceeded to fan a iron shot. He was told he could not stay on the grounds due to the tabloid media (TMZ etc)presence. Westwood and Casey were loose and having fun. They both birdied 15 going for it and on their lay-up ball. Casey then hit it to three feet on 16 with the pin on top of the hill. As far as the rough goes, there is hardly any for a first cut. The second cut seems to me to be 'super-flier' rough. Every ball we saw perched up on it as if on a tee...they seem to want to punish with fliers this year. And we witnessed a number of them. Good luck to all!!!