The 2015 Masters kicks off Thursday, a day after an exciting Par 3 Contest and only two days after the world witnessed Tiger Woods dancing.
I know.
It’s a big day for the golfing world, and an especially big day for No. 111-ranked Tiger, who returns after a brief leave of absence to show the world he can do better than an 82 round.
As we await to see if his game really is fixed, here’s a roundup of all the exciting stuff that has happened at Augusta over the last couple of days:
• Tiger dances. Gotta be listening to Drake. Right?
• Augusta doesn’t allow Waffle House on the Champions Dinner menu, so
Tonight's Champions Dinner menu!!
— bubba watson (@bubbawatson)
• Also, his son is already better at golf than you will ever be. Accept it and move on:
. lets his son, Caleb, hit his tee shot on No. 9 during the
— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters)
• Yep:
Prolly why Zayn quit. RT 's Niall Horan is Rory McIlroy's caddie at the Par 3 Contest.
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala)
• There was so much cuteness on the green Wednesday. :
• He put a ring on it … and avoided disaster:
He didn't secure practice round tickets until late Sunday. The rest is history.
— Augusta.com (@AUG_Masters)
• Jack Nicklaus is 75. :
• Awkward:
Steve Stricker helped himself to handful of Tiger Woods' nipple Tuesday. Why? No idea.
— Golf Central (@GolfCentral)
• Phil Mickelson, who was critical of Tom Watson after the Ryder Cup last September, :
Watson: “I said ‘hello.'”
Awkward silence.
Sands: “And?”
Watson: “He said ‘hello’ back.”
Sands: “It was OK.”
Watson: “Yeah.”
• The game is for the kids. Let the kids play.
Tiger Woods has officially been DQ'd from the Par-3 Contest. Nope, didn't take a bad drop. He let his daughter tap in a putt for him.
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelESPN)
• Watch that earned him an eagle on the par-5 13th hole.
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• On this day in 1993, the Rockies notched their first home victory in franchise history, .
• Adrian Gonzalez is on pace to hit .
• Hugh Hefner is 88.
• Eating 5,100 calories a day sounds awesome until you look at . Gross.
• Reporters from ProPublica, Sports Illustrated and The New Orleans Advocate held a Reddit AMA session Thursday about their Darren Sharper investigation. .
• Watched 10 seconds of DeMarcus Ware’s workouts and I’m exhausted now. .
• The Nuggets claimed Shavlik Randolph off waivers Wednesday. Randolph was the top high school prospect out of North Carolina in 2002, and scored 50 points in a game to surpass Pete Maravich’s single-game record at Raleigh’s Broughton High. I found an old clip of him playing against Athens Drive. If you look closely, you’ll see a No. 10 in white (Athens), some kid who may or may not be related to me.
Nicki Jhabvala: njhabvala@denverpost.com or twitter.com/nickijhabvala
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