Category: Nick Faldo


January 09, 2012

Johnny Miller and Nick Faldo's best lines from Kapalua

Posted at 2:30 PM by Golf.com

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Johnny Miller and Nick Faldo broadcast the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions [AP Photo]

The Golf Channel added some needed spice to its broadcast of the champion-challenged Hyundai Tournament of Champions (Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson all passed on the event)  by putting the network’s regular color commentator Nick Faldo in the booth with Johnny Miller of NBC. (Comcast now owns both Golf Channel and NBC.)

Here are some of their best exchanges, courtesy of the Golf Channel.

Hyundai Tournament of Champions Johnny Miller and Nick Faldo Quotes Round 1

Dan Hicks: Pretty civilized start between you guys.

Nick Faldo: We’re just warming up.

Johnny Miller: Sort of like the first round, just a few little taps.

Nick Faldo: Yep, just feeling it out.

On being inducted in the HOF together

Miller: It was very exciting. Every player was there, and that has never happened before. So we were really lucky. And we both got the 75% vote, which hasn’t happened very often since then.

Faldo: He knows his stats. What does 75% vote mean?

Miller: Well, it means they thought you were pretty good.

On the Plantation Course

Miller: When they built this course, they built it to handle wind. Big greens, big fairways, like the 18th hole has a 90-yard wide fairway, so you can sort of bomb it around on a lot of the holes.

Faldo: [Shaking his head] See, he is exaggerating already. 74.

Miller: I walked it this morning.

Faldo: I’ve got 74 and you’ve got 90.

Miller: Well you’ve got those little short English legs.

Hicks: Just a taste folks. It’s going to be a long ride.

On surfing

Faldo: Did you used to go paddle boarding and surfing when you used to play your events, Johnny?

Miller: No

Faldo: I didn’t either.

Miller: I did a little fishing but that’s it.

Faldo: Well, at least if you go fishing, the worst that can happen is you get the fly stuck in the back of your head.

Miller: Yeah, that’s not the worst thing, is it?

On Bill Haas winning the Tour Championship 

Hicks: I will never forget there was that drought in Atlanta, had there not been that drought for several weeks, that water would have been up on the bank and Bill Haas’ miraculous shot…Hunter Mahan would have been hoisting the trophy.

Faldo: That’s destiny, isn’t it.

Miller: Yep. I don’t know about that but I’ll go with it.

Faldo: Well it is. Things are going to happen in life for it to then happen, isn’t it? If it rained more he wouldn’t be here. With his 10 million dollars, he was building a house and they couldn’t decide about a pool in the back garden, and obviously that 10 million bucks made that a very easy decision.

Miller: Ok Sir Nick, that is enough of that.

Faldo: What? That’s how it happened. That’s how he got a swimming pool.

On the Plantation Course at Kapalua

Terry Gannon: It can sneak up on you though, with the wind, especially the opening holes here, if you take it for granted, Nick.

Faldo: Absolutely. It’s very interesting. Johnny sounds so good folks, he’s got all of these stats in front of him. All of these numbers.

Miller: Hey, what’s wrong with that?

Gannon: And here is what Faldo has in front of him.

Faldo: Yep, here is my information for the week [holds a Golf Channel coffee mug].

Breaking down Keegan Bradley’s swing in slow-motion

Faldo: Let’s have a look at this in close-up. Look at his lower back.

Miller: Low hands.

Faldo: Low hands, but the most important thing is his lower back and lower spine angle. He sets that pretty steep, just like you, Johnny, on your back swing.

Miller: Yeah I was going to say that looks familiar.

Faldo: Actually, that is you, we just cut your head off.

Miller: He braces that right leg at the top of the back swing.

Faldo: And he just feeds into it and traps the ball beautifully and cleared his way out.

Miller: The right hip at the two position coming down perfectly.

Faldo: Geez, that is a lot of information.

Miller: Hey, you know, we’re just saying what we see that’s all.

On Scott Stallings

Faldo: He’s a great story. He went to Augusta. He was so inspired obviously by the Masters. He took a Masters pencil, you know, the Augusta National pencil. And he has used the same pencil ever since. He uses that all of the time. That was his inspiration to win the Greenbrier. He was visualizing getting back to the Masters.

Hicks: See guys, just some of the tidbits you can have even without a handful of notes up here.

Miller: Yeah, it helps when you have won it three times too.

On Bubba Watson’s drive on 18 rolling down the fairway

Mark Rolfing: You can do a commercial break on one of these.

Faldo: Or you could just listen to us talking about how much the ball is rolling end over end.

Miller: And by the way Nick, I walked that twice today, it is 90 yards wide.

On Keegan Bradley teeing off at 18

Rolfing: He is looking at the chimneys. See the clubhouse there in the distance? There are two chimneys. The line is the chimney on the right. That is exactly where he is looking.

Faldo: Mark, what did the big chimney say to the little chimney?

Miller: Oh, here we go, this English humor.

Faldo: You are a little too young to smoke.

Rolfing: Johnny, are you laughing at him or with him?

Miller: I was thinking I was back in elementary school, I wasn’t sure.

Faldo: Gotta entertain the children.

On the 18th hole at the Plantation Course 

Rolfing: It is a huge elevation change going down. There is a difference of opinion whether the fairway is 90 yards of 76 between Johnny and Nick, but it’s wide.

Miller: What do you expect, an NBC guy to get along with a CBS guy?

Rolfing: I hope you guys do. We are all in here for four days. On watching surfers in the ocean:

Miller: Would you like to be that guy?

Faldo: I’d like to be able to do that. That is pretty darn cool.

Miller: Would you give up one of your Masters titles for that?

Faldo: Nuh-uh. Nuh-uh.

On the Hyundai Tournament of Champions

Hicks: If you don’t get off to a good start, you have this beautiful surf behind you. People with their families over here. It is an interesting mix of pleasure and business.

Miller: Well. let’s put it this way. There’s not too many players without their wives or family. If they left them home, there is a little problem, I think.

Faldo: Marriage guidance by Johnny Miller.

Hyundai Tournament of Champions Johnny Miller and Nick Faldo Quotes Round 2

Top of the Show

Dan Hicks: Guys, pretty much incident-free through day one. Nick you didn’t even get a chance to cut Johnny’s cable.

Nick Faldo: Best buddies.

Hicks: It was fun.

Faldo: Yeah, good day.

Hicks: But I think it is going to intensify as the round goes on. I’ve got a feeling

Johnny Miller: It’s got to come naturally, though, right.

Faldo: We are going to go with the intensity, which is from the player. We will respond that way. If they are jumpy and are having a few fights out there, I think we will.

On Jonathan Byrd

Hicks: He’s got some Johnny Miller pants of yester-year on.

Miller: Yeah, they just never go away.

Hicks: Nick went plaid a few times as well.

Faldo: I wore plaid. Ever watch Johnny at Troon? I was there as a young kid in the crowd.

Miller: Oh yeah, didn’t match though.

Faldo: Didn’t match and that is what was wrong.

On Webb Simpson’s pitch at the 15th hole at the Plantation Course

Miller: Look at how close that right toe is to the ball. He puts it right on the ball, and it is just a real quick little flick, as probably Nick would say. They probably have a word for that in England. What is that shot, quick flick?

Faldo: Quick flick is very good, Johnny.

Hicks: You know, you are rubbing off on Johnny here. As the golf broadcast season goes on here, you might hear traces of some Nick-isms in Johnny’s vernacular.

Faldo: I’ll have him talking English by the time we are finished this week.

Hicks: Johnny has his own language.

Miller: That’s right, I’ve got my own way of doing things.

Faldo: Really?

Miller: I have about 50 swear words that are not swear words.

Faldo: That’s useful.

On the Maui scenery 

Hicks: Well, Nick and Johnny, I believe it was close to 60 degrees in Central Park, New York, today, so we’re not going to wow you. But, pretty unbelievable scenery Nick, and you have been coming here for years. It never gets old.

Faldo: And now we have got this plane that we can see these aerial shots. It’s quite amazing. All of these natural things. We have got the rainforests on top of the hill and we have got the whales…

Hicks: Has it all distracted you from Johnny?

Faldo: It makes Johnny look way more beautiful than he really is.

Hicks: I can’t top that.

On Nick and Johnny shooting 63s

Hicks: Johnny, you had 10. The great Jack Nicklaus had six. And Nick, do you care to venture what your number was?

Faldo: Three

Hicks: You did have one.

Faldo: Well, a really good one. No, wait, I had more than that. Oh, on the U.S. Tour, yes, but I’m an International golfer. I had a couple more of them.

Hicks: We do need to do a little more research.

Nick: Yeah, come on, come on.

Hicks: But you got Stricker and Johnny in the Major department.

Faldo: I shot a 62 up in Yorkshire, I did. I finished 64-62 to win.

Frank Nobilo: The Lawrence Batley International.

Faldo: That’s right, the Lawrence Batley International.

Miller: I’ll just let the facts state just what it is.

Faldo: At least we’ve shot 63, Johnny, in Majors, so that’s all right.

Miller: Yeah, that’s true.

Faldo: We just don’t want anybody to shoot a 62 in a Major, we want to just keep that record.

Miller: Nah, I don’t care.

Faldo: Really?

Miller: You can have it.

Faldo: Oh, no, I want to keep that one.

Miller: I had enough fun in my career. I would have liked to have won a couple more majors, but it was fun walking up that 18th hole 25 times for the win.

November 28, 2011

Tweets of the Week: Michelle Wie's pie, Ian Poulter's cut and Darren Clarke's loafers

Posted at 2:27 PM by David Dusek

Thanksgiving Tweets
Plenty of golfers gave thanks via Twitter for their blessings on Thursday. Here are three of the most unique messages.

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The Prince's New Clothes
Chubby Chandler (@chubby6665) is Darren Clarke's (@DarrenClarke60) agent and close friend. Why he chose to take a photo of Clarke, whose nickname is The Prince, we don't know, but Christina Kim (@TheCristinaKim) seemed to like it.

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Johnson fishes big too
Dustin Johnson (@DJohnsonPGA) is known for being one of the biggest hitters in golf. Looks like he's a big hitter on the high seas too. 

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Ian's injury
Luckily for Ian Poulter (@IanJamesPoulter), his sunglasses will probably hide his shaving mishap. 

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Major opportunity
When it's off-season for golfers, they tend to hit the slopes or the beaches, but when tennis star Andy Roddick's season is over, he heads to the course. A very nice course.  

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November 08, 2011

Truth & Rumors: Harrington says Williams decision is up to Scott

Posted at 1:50 PM by Mike Walker

Don’t count Padraig Harrington among those calling for caddie Steve Williams’s head following Williams’s racially insensitive remarks in Shanghai last weekend. According to The Telegraph (UK), Harrington said that the decision to retain Williams is his boss Adam Scott’s alone:

It really is up to them," Harrington said. "Caddies have changed hands for many reasons. Some very fickle, some very serious. "It's always much more to do with the player and the caddie and things going on. Unless you're involved you don't know what's happening."

But Harrington said he hoped Williams, who has apologised to Woods over the incident, was able to smooth over relations which have been rocky since their split this year.

"Hopefully for such a long relationship that they had together it would be nice if they could find some common ground," said Harrington. "You can't give up 13 years of your life. It was a great 13 years for both of them."

Nick Faldo pitches multiple designers for Rio Olympic golf course

The biggest names in golf are competing for the chance to design the new Olympic course for golf’s inclusion in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero. However, Nick Faldo, a noteworty course designer in his own right, has proposed the course be a collaboration between all those top designers, according to The Orlando Sentinel.

How about 18 holes, 18 designers –- all major champions?

“I think it would be the one-off of all one-offs,” said Nick Faldo, winner of six major titles and the man who hatched the idea.

Certainly it would make a splash. Golf, which disappeared from the Olympic program after the 1904 Games in St. Louis, has the chance to commemmorate its return with a venue celebrating the game’s modern era.

“We’ve got a lot of global major winners, those who have retired and have their own design business,” Faldo said. “Make it like a mini-Hall of Fame. The important thing is to leave a legacy.”

Tiger chills out with Liz Hurley in Australia

Tiger Woods isn’t on vacation this week in Australia, but he’s been keeping a pretty busy social and business schedule as he prepares for this week’s Australian Open in Syney, according to The Australian newspaper.

He has spent recent days criss-crossing the country, playing golf with James Packer, helping out high rollers and catching up with old friend Shane Warne and his new partner, Liz Hurley.

But yesterday it was back to business for Tiger Woods. The world No 58 -- yes, the game's greatest player has fallen that far in the past two years -- stepped up his preparations for this week's Australian Open by playing a casual four holes at The Lakes in Sydney.

It's been a decidedly low-key lead-up for the 14-time major winner. Woods played two invitational events in Perth and Melbourne, where he was a guest of the Burswood and Crown casinos. In Melbourne, he attended the opening of Warne's new bar and renewed acquaintances with the former Australian leg spinner. 

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September 26, 2011

Tweets of the Week: Solheim stamps, Tiger's shoes, Faldo's construction and reactions to Haas's miraculous shot

Posted at 11:12 AM by David Dusek

Special Delivery
Before the start of the Solheim Cup last week, Suzann Pettersen (@suzannpettersen) and Michelle Wie (@themichellewie) showed how they were putting their faces on the event.

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Azinger still believes in Tiger
In an interview with Golf Magazine, Greg Norman said he thinks Tiger Woods will not win another major championship. Paul Azinger (@PaulAzinger) clearly disagrees.

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Woods and Westy banter on footwear
Since he was not playing in the Tour Championship last week at East Lake, Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) had a chance to be filmed wearing his prototype Nike footwear. Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) couldn't resist needling the former top-ranked player ... who surprisingly answered Westwood's wit with some of his own!

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Basking in the glow
Ian Poulter (@ianjamespoulter), another player who didn't qualify for the Tour Championship, took his family on a vacation to the Bahamas last weekend. It didn't appear he was too heartbroken about not being in Atlanta.

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Let him rephrase that
Stewart Cink (@stewartcink) loves his barbecue and last week helped the Women's Club of Sugarloaf prepare for a charity cookoff. Apparently there was an awkward moment during a meeting.

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Faldo's instant course
Nick Faldo (@TheSirNickFaldo) spent most of last week in Vietnam and shared many of the sights with his followers on Twitter, including these before-and-after photos that show the work his golf course design company had done.

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Reactions to Haas's amazing shot
It seems like golfer writers aren't the only ones who watch tournaments and tweet. After Bill Haas pitched his ball from the lake on the 17th hole to within three feet in his playoff against Hunter Mahan, golf tweeters started typing.

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September 12, 2011

Tweets of the Week: Rory's love notes, paragliding clubmakers and Bubba's toothbrush

Posted at 5:12 PM by David Dusek

Faldo's Airport Adventures
So is Nick Faldo (@TheSirNickFaldo) telling his followers that he knows a lot about traveling or a lot about women?

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An experienced Elk
If his golf skills ever abandon him, Steve Elkington (@elkpga) has some experience that could help him in the future.

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Mushy McIlroy
Rory McIlroy (@McIlroyRory) has been spending lots of time with his new girlfriend, tennis star Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki), but while he was busy competing on the European Tour last weekend she was in New York City trying to win the U.S. Open. After she lost to Serena Williams on Sunday night, McIlroy tweeted a message of support to Wozniacki ...

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... of course, Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) wasn't going to let that pass un-noticed.

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Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) may not be dating the top-ranked female tennis player like McIlroy, but it sounds like he still enjoys the game—and needs a little help with his backhand and anger management on the court!

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Local Knowledge
This week's BMW Championship is being played at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, which could give Chicago resident Luke Donald (@LukeDonald) an advantage. But then again, after seeing this page from his yardage book... maybe it doesn't.

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Maximizing Carry Distance
Nike Golf's testing center is in Ft. Worth, Texas, and judging by the video below, Tom Stites, the company's club designer, didn't feel like driving all the way to DFW Airport to catch his next flight.

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Bubba loves the Bieber?
The next time Bubba Watson (@bubbawatson) flashes his pearly-whites on TV, you'll know how his teeth got so clean.

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September 06, 2011

Truth & Rumors: Faldo says Tiger's window has closed

Posted at 12:05 PM by Michael Chwasky

In a recent phone interview with the Montreal Gazette, six-time major champ Sir Nick Faldo said, in no uncertain terms, that Tiger's chance of breaking Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 professional majors has gone by the wayside.

"I do personally believe that, I was one of the few guys that said it right after this all happened and he was trying to get back to the Masters last year.

According to Faldo, El Tigre is still suffering from the mental strain of his well-publicized divorce and sex scandal, as illustrated by both his failure to play well and his inability to regain his physical health. The prevalence of cell phones, texts, and social media, says Faldo, are also making it difficult for Tiger to concentrate the way he once did. 

"Mentally, he's actually a pretty sensitive guy. He's very sensitive to any comments or criticisms that we have. It's just about global communication. Something like that, trying to deal with that, I thought it was going to really affect him. Plus, there's probably a lot going on in his life that we don't know about. It's just having that peace of mind. There's nothing nicer for a golfer to go to the golf course all day long and you do what you want to do, practice-play or play-practice, and then you look at your watch and say, 'I'm going home - it's 6 p.m.' "Now, I know what it's like. The phone's always going; people are texting, emailing. I can't concentrate like that. That's the first thing I thought: 'His concentration will be shattered.' He had this amazing ability to go away from a tournament and then go on and practice as close to tournament-mode as anybody could do or better than anybody else could do. Now, I think that's been shattered. I can't imagine what it's like. The phone is ringing off the hook and there are all sorts of things to talk about.

Though Faldo sympathizes with Tiger's dilemma, as the details of his personal life were often fodder for the London tabloids, his view of the former No. 1's future isn't exactly bright.

The stress injuries to your body are also related to that. When you're under stress, physically you will break down somewhere, whether it's a physical thing or emotional thing. All of this (is) linked. It's now two seasons. It's not like it's been two months. Two seasons of golf have gone by. He hasn't been in a comfortable mode for two years. Even when he comes back for the President's Cup, he won't be comfortable because he'll be under the questions and spotlight - should he be there or shouldn't he be there?"

Tour signs new TV deal with CBS, NBC

With current agreements coming to an end in 2012, the PGA Tour signed nine-year extensions with both CBS and NBC to go along with The Golf Channel's current 15-year agreement. The contracts allow CBS to continue to broadcast 20 events per year, including those occurring on the West Coast Swing. Other notable tournaments for CBS include The WBC-Bridgestone Invitational, the Wyndham Championship, The Barclays, The Masters, and the PGA Championship.

NBC will continue to air 10 events annually, including the Accenture Match Play Championship, Cadillac Championship, and The Players, as well as the final three FedEx Cup playoff events (Deutsche Bank, BMW, and Tour Championship). NBC will also continue to broadcast the President's Cup every other year.

The Tour's new agreements will also significantly expand coverage on digital platforms, including simulcasts on PGATour.com, CBSSports.com, NBCSports.com, and GolfChannel.com. Digital coverage will also extend to mobile devices and tablets.

Bubba comes up short at Deutsche Bank

Anyone who watched the golf on Sunday probably thought Bubba Watson was a strong pick to win, as he dominated the TPC Boston with his signature giant fades, hooks, and bombs off the tee. Unfortunately for Bubba, who entered the final round on Monday with a one-stroke lead, he admittedly didn't have his best stuff for the closing 18 as he made seven bogeys en route to a 74 and tie for 16th

“You know what? It was tough. I didn’t have my best stuff today. I felt good, I felt great, I just didn’t have it. It was one of those things where I had it at the beginning of the week, but I didn’t have it today. I ended on a good note, I made that one on the last hole. It’s golf, It’s a tough game. Four days straight of playing great golf is hard to do. We knew that somebody was going to come out of the pack or some people were going to start off really hot. I birdied the second hole but I just didn’t have anything after that. I just didn’t have it.’’

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April 25, 2011

Truth & Rumors: Trump says Obama shouldn’t be playing golf

Posted at 12:24 PM by Mike Walker

Presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump has been critical of President Obama’s handling of the economy, but he’s got generally positive things to say about Obama’s golf game, according to Golf World’s Tim Rosaforte.

However, Trump, who claims he would be the best presidential golfer if elected, says that Obama shouldn’t be playing golf while the United States is involved in the Libyan conflict.

“It’s a great game, but there’s a time to play and a time not to play,” Trump said. “When the U.S. is invading Libya, [the President] should not be out playing golf.”

Two Gloves Gainey is fan favorite at Hilton Head

Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey has become one of the game’s folk heros, as befits a character who could have stepped out of a Bruce Springsteen song (a few years ago he was working on an assembly line). So it’s no surprise that this Darlington, S.C., guy was the crowd favorite at Hilton Head over the weekend, and Gainey thanked the fans at the end after finishing third. The South Carolina State newspaper has the details:

Gainey ripped his hat from his head and started to slam it to the ground, but he stopped himself and rolled in his par putt.

Then he took off that cap one more time, and bowed to the crowd. He was unable to deliver the ending so many fans craved, but he could not have come so close without them.

“The fans have been unreal, unbelievable,” Gainey said. “I can say all the big words you want to hear, but it’s been awesome to be here this week, and it’s even better to play well in front of them, in front of the home folks for me.

“I just want to tip my cap to them for keeping me in it and keeping me positive. I really appreciate that.”

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April 14, 2011

Nantz, Faldo on how CBS covered "exhilirating" Masters

Posted at 4:25 PM by Alan Bastable

CBS Sports announcer Jim Nantz has yet to watch a replay of Masters Sunday, but when he does get around to it, he’s not sure what to expect.

“We might have a different winner,” Nantz joked in a phone interview Thursday. “We might have a different winner every time.”

Nantz was alluding to the riveting, highly volatile conclusion during which eight different players had at least a share of the lead on the back nine: Tiger Woods, Angel Cabrera, Geoff Ogilvy, Luke Donald, and on and on. Charl Schwartzel eventually prevailed, but not before birdieing the last four holes.

“I still can’t believe, with just 45 minutes left in that broadcast, how many people could have conceivably won it,” Nantz says. “It was so exhilarating because that’s what you want—to have the chance to keep people on the edges of their seats. I can’t tell you how many e-mails I got from people saying, ‘I couldn’t even go to the bathroom. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t want to miss anything.’ ”

The thrill-a-second drama was great for fans, but it also meant that behind the scenes the CBS Sports production crew had its hands—and earpieces—full, madly scrambling to get every shot, putt and snap hook (sorry, Rory) onto the telecast as quickly and seamlessly as possible.

“At one point, we had six guys hitting or putting at the same time with a significant putt or shot that might allow them to take the lead,” said CBS’s Nick Faldo, who was commentating in the 18th hole tower next to Nantz. “It was just like, ‘Wow, where are we going next?’”

CBS couldn’t predict that with any more certainty than couch potatoes watching from home. “Obviously there were shots being played at the same time and you can’t be three places at once,” Nantz says. “That’s why you have tape and digital playback. But our guys had a rhythm and a confidence and a pacing to that show, from A to B to C, and on down the line.

“They didn’t miss a single shot,” Nantz adds. “There was no instance of, ‘How come I didn’t see the birdie putt by Schwartzel over at 15?’ ”

Faldo agrees that it was far less taxing in the tower than in the truck. “We’d rather there be chaos [on the course] as opposed to those days when the leaderboard doesn’t change,” he says. “That can be hard work.”

When the curtain finally dropped on the most spellbinding Masters in recent memory, Faldo, who won three green jackets of his own, says he actually felt a tinge of melancholy.

“As I drove out, I thought, ‘God, what a shame it’s all over. I’m really going to miss that.’”

March 18, 2011

Tweets of the Week: Luke's sunburn, Westwood's awful suit and Armour's advice on wine drinking

Posted at 1:52 PM by David Dusek

A Win is a Win
Tiger Woods appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday to promote the pending release of EA Sports's Tiger Woods PGA Tour '12. Woods, Fallon and Amy Poehler played the par-3 12th at Augusta. Woods won with a bogey.

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Man Crush
Before the start of March Madness, Sir Nick Faldo took in his first Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. The six-time major winner is good friends with Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim, and sat behind the team's bench during its games.

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Beyond the Farmer Tan
Golfer's are know for having interesting tan lines, but Luke Donald's self-inflicted sunburn is especially unique. 

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Suiting up to Play
Instead of watching a parade on St. Patrick's Day, Lee Westwood enjoyed a day at the the races during the Cheltenham Festival. In order to watch the horses in proper style, the world's No. 2 player took some inspiration from Ian Poulter.

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Drink Up
When it comes to quenching their thirsts, we now know what Stewart Cink's wife, Lisa, doesn't drink and what Tommy Armour does ...

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Sweet Ride
Justin Rose took his followers inside the helicopter that shuttled Team Lake Nona to the Tavistock Cup, as Ian Poulter made a bold prediction about what would happend during the day's play.

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February 25, 2011

Tweets of the Week: Poulter the Space Junkie, Westy's Coffee Fix and Zach's Parking Woes

Posted at 1:50 PM by David Dusek

Fuel of Champions
Golf's No. 1 player, Lee Westwood, showed that plenty of elite golfers are just like us when it comes to what they like to eat and drink before heading to the course.

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Rocket Man
While he lost in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship to Stewart Cink, Ian Poulter showed the world just how much he still loves seeing a space shuttle rocket up in the sky.

Double Victory
After Rickie Fowler won his first-round match this week, he went to dinner with a few friends ... and collected his second win of the day!

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Parking Problems
Zach Johnson was a little surprised by what he saw on the pavement in a parking lot in Tucson. I guess we can assume he's not used to seeing these on St. Simon's Island.

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Power Pairing
The Golf Channel heavily promoted Nick Faldo and Johnny Miller both appearing on the network's coverage of the of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Sounds like SI's Gary Van Sickle got a little confused.

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