“Swath”
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Hey, it's Tony. On today's show, we will talk a lot about the Masters. We'll do that first amongst ourselves. Michael was there, then with Michael Wilbon, and finally with Steve Sands. But first, commerce.
Previously on The Tony Kornheiser Show. One other thing.
Michael Malone, I didn't see that coming at all. I just didn't see that coming. What are your thoughts? This is North Carolina. What are your thoughts on that? I might have believed Carl Malone or Post Malone before Michael Malone.
The Tony Kornheiser Show is on now.
All righty then. We are in different locations. Nigel is with me. Michael is away. Sean is away. Sean's always away. It's okay. Sean's a genius. Helps us out. We're going to talk about the Masters all day long. I'm going to make a few brief comments. Wilbon wants to talk about the Masters. Sands wants to talk about the Masters. I watched every shot on Saturday and Sunday, most of the shots on Friday. Not as many on Thursday, but I watched a whole lot of this. How do you balance an afternoon Nats game? I went back and forth with the Nats and always missed when the Nats were scoring. But you know what? Over the weekend, always saw the Nats being thrown out at second or third. The worst base running team in the history of baseball.
And yet they swept. They did. Quick little sweep, get the brooms out. Yeah. So, I mean, normally I would talk about that at great length. Not today. Rory McIlroy won his second Masters in a row. There have only been three other people in the history of the Masters, 90 years of the Masters, who have done that. Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Nick Faldo. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus are the two greatest golfers of all time, and Nick Faldo's in everybody's top ten. He has six majors, the only majors that matter to him. The British opening got three in three of the Masters. The Masters is the most important tournament worldwide. Rory McIlroy has two in a row now. Rory McIlroy has six majors overall and is a legitimate threat to get to 10.
He is. He got lucky yesterday. He performed very well. He got birdies when he needed to. His shot on 12 was brilliant, but he got lucky in this regard. Justin Rose gagged. Over the back nine, Justin Rose gagged. He had an eagle putt and ended up with a par, an eagle putt of 25 to 30 feet and ended up with a par, which is just unacceptable. He missed a one-foot putt, I think, on 17. I mean, so he was never a threat to Rory. Scotty Scheffler, who was a threat to Rory and finally started getting birdies on, you know, 15 and 16, On 17, had a makeable birdie, missed by an inch, literally an inch on the left-hand side of the hole. If he makes that putt, he's within one of Rory, and he's Scotty Scheffler, okay?
He's not Scotty Pippen. He's Scotty Scheffler. He's the number one ranked player in the world and also an elite champion. But he missed the putt. That gave Rory, who was admitted, he was looking at the scoreboards all day long. And he said he wouldn't. Yeah, and he did. Gave Rory a two-shot lead going into 18 where he took out Driver, which Trevor Illman agreed with, but most of the rest of us said, what are you doing? Hit it way wide right. Really had to scramble. CBS missed. We didn't know where the ball was. No. Nobody knew where Rory's second shot was. Finally found it in the sand. Nobody knew.
They focused too much on the drone shots all week.
Yeah, yeah. Rory chipped out of the sand, got within 15 feet. Easy two-putt, you know, missed the first putt literally by two inches, and so he was going to win. He got lucky, and he also performed like a champion. Both things can be true. That's what I want to say now, but I want to turn this over to Michael, because Michael and Liz went to the Masters on Friday. Tell us about this, particularly from the eyes of your wife, who had never been there and heard you talk about it at great length for many years.
And I will.
What are the highlights of Rory McIlroy's Masters victory?
Before I get to our day on Friday, which was unbelievable, I would just say there's different moments you can zoom in. The first has to be the three putt from inside of 10 feet for Rory on the par three fourth.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:56
2
What are the highlights of Rory McIlroy's Masters victory?
3:56–11:44
3
How did Michael Wilbon react to Rory's performance?
11:44–12:22
4
What insights did Steve Sands share about the Masters?
12:22–13:03
5
What were the memorable moments from Michael's trip to Augusta?
13:03–23:19
6
How did Rory McIlroy's strategy impact his game?
23:19–1:11:07