March 2013 might go down as the longest month in the history of months, but April 2013 should go down as the shortest. I literally blinked and April was almost over. I love this photo of my mom and me. Masters 2013 was a complete success, and an impressive amount of white bread and mayonnaise was consumed. I don’t think I realized how infrequently I eat white bread or mayonnaise, and I think I can say with confidence that there is a reason for that. This year, I was intelligent enough to remember to DVR the weekend Masters television coverage, because I don’t have a good grasp on what the television coverage is like, and I feel like I have been missing this vantage point.
After viewing selected portions of the coverage, I have a few observations. First off, I had NO IDEA there was a grandstand on the 4th green. How have I never been to that grandstand? How do you even get to that grandstand? Has this grandstand always been there? I’m literally shocked by this discovery, mostly because 8 and 5 are two of my favorite holes, and walking by 4 is one of the best ways to get between the two. I had to get out my spectator guide and check it out. I am almost positive you cannot walk down the Berkman road side of the 4 fairway, so that means you would have to walk up from the 5 fairway, or maybe from the six green? I’m really not clear, but I would like to know.
The television coverage also looks sort of fake. The grass really is stupid green and all the colors and the blue sky and everything can be visually overwhelming in real life, but on television, it ends up looking superimposed or something. I took some photos of my television to illustrate this point.
Adam Scott appears to have been digitally superimposed onto a random backdrop of lob lolly pines. Not like I’m complaining, I’m just saying.
This appears to be a screen shot of the Tiger Woods golf video game. Instead of an actual shot of Tiger. That’s weird, right?
I feel like I learned a lot by this DVR exercise, and I hope you have enjoyed it. #eggsaladandbeer #yolo #whitebreadandmayo #emailmeifyouwanttoparty
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Hey Charlsie,
So random but I saw your post through Facebook and I always love your take on the Masters. You’re right you can’t walk down the Berkman rd side of 4 – everyone has to use that crosswalk before they head up the rest of that pretty narrow sidewalk to the 4th green. I usually get distracted by the concessions area right there….. Anyway, I don’t remember when they put that grandstand up but it has been a couple years because that’s what Phil hit last year that sent his ball flying into the woods and he made such a mess out of that hole and what took him out of the hunt. But that’s the way I felt when I saw the one on 14 this year. My dad or brother both swear it was there last year but I have no memory of it.
Hope you’re doing well. Still love reading your blog when you write.