Tom,
I'll never forget where I was watching the 1986 Master's final round. I also watch it every time it is replayed on The Golf Channel. My wife just laughs everytime she sees me watching it. It's become like "Caddyshack", I've gotten to know all the lines of each announcer as Jack makes his march. It's a sickness. ;Dis about as good as most of his course designs...
Well then that is a sickness many of us share... just get shivas or Paul Thomas started on this....
My own 8 year old son does a mean Verne Lundquist
"maybe... yes sir!!!!"
I see we've brought up one of my favorite topics of all time.....
Huck, my daughters are well familiar with "And there's no dout about it [pause]...the Bear...has come out of hibernation...back to 15..."
was Nantz' first Masters, so I musgive him kudos for a job well done there, esp since it was his first and the importance of the event...2 examples:
when Jack's tee ball stopped rolling he said "Tom [Weiskopf], that ball was within 2 inches of rolling into the cup", so he avoided the cliche of saying an inch
and 2. the "out of hibernation" line...after he said it he feared it was a cliche...but later on Brent Musberger, who unfortunately was in the Butler Cabin that week - God, i wonder what Weiskopf, who was sitting with him, thought about some of his remarks
- told him "Kid, that was the line of the show"...Nantz also delivered it perfectly...
Brent,stupidly, described the scene as Jack walked up 18 after his tee shot by saying"you can hear TVs all across the country coming to this dance"
and one more Brent: when Jack had to withdraw from the 1983 Masters due to his back, Brent was interviewing him...he asked Jack "why don't you ask them to delay your starting time", not realizing , of course, that that isn't done in golf