Masters Tournament Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/masters-tournament Small-Batch Journalism & Comment Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:17:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.halphillips.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-BNyb0KwmkKGrHgoH-C8EjlLlhlGBJrZchZqHQ_35-32x32.jpg Masters Tournament Archives - Hal Phillips https://www.halphillips.net/tag/masters-tournament 32 32 Breaking 120 at Augusta: Could a 16 handicap do it? Experts Weigh In https://www.halphillips.net/breaking-120-at-augusta-could-a-16-handicap-do-it-the-experts-weigh-in?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-120-at-augusta-could-a-16-handicap-do-it-the-experts-weigh-in https://www.halphillips.net/breaking-120-at-augusta-could-a-16-handicap-do-it-the-experts-weigh-in#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:23:20 +0000 https://www.halphillips.net/?p=5171 [Ed. LINKS Magazine published this star-studded piece back in 2006, prior to the Masters Tournament claimed by Phil Mickelson. Breaking 120 at Augusta was a bit simpler back then. He prevailed over a course measuring 7,445 yards; ANGC plays another 120 yards longer today, and green speeds only get faster with the passage of time. […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/breaking-120-at-augusta-could-a-16-handicap-do-it-the-experts-weigh-in/feed 0 The Joys of Disc Golf: Yeah, you heard me right… https://www.halphillips.net/the-joys-of-disc-golf-yeah-you-heard-me-right?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-joys-of-disc-golf-yeah-you-heard-me-right https://www.halphillips.net/the-joys-of-disc-golf-yeah-you-heard-me-right#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:56:02 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=479 Starting this weekend, in honor of The Masters, we’re “Fighting the Pieties that Be” here at halphillips.net by celebrating golf’s non-traditional, even subversive appeal. Friday we featured the internally illuminated, colorfully sequined mannequins I recently came across in a Vietnamese pro shop. Today’s topic: Disc Golf. Nothing rolls the eyes of traditional golfers than a […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/the-joys-of-disc-golf-yeah-you-heard-me-right/feed 1 Masters Week: Fighting The Pieties That Be https://www.halphillips.net/masters-week-fighting-the-pieties-that-be?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=masters-week-fighting-the-pieties-that-be https://www.halphillips.net/masters-week-fighting-the-pieties-that-be#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:21:36 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=470 As close readers of this blog already know, I possess a highly developed aversion to sanctimony. As a result, Masters Week really is something of a trial for me — until Saturday afternoon, when the inherent competitive attractions of the tournament ultimately win out and take precedence over the weeks of bullshit fawning and musing […]

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]]> https://www.halphillips.net/masters-week-fighting-the-pieties-that-be/feed 2 The Curmudgeon: Golf’s Most Bracing Pod https://www.halphillips.net/the-curmudgeon-golf-s-most-bracing-pod?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-curmudgeon-golf-s-most-bracing-pod https://www.halphillips.net/the-curmudgeon-golf-s-most-bracing-pod#respond Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:23:18 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=225   We know how it is. You like your golf. You might even love it, but the game’s fawning media echo chamber leaves you cold, and often woefully ill-informed. Perhaps The Curmudgeon — the golf podcast that dares speak truth to power — is for you. Join host Hal Phillips and a panoply of journalists […]

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