I had the distinct privilege to play Augusta about three weeks before the 92 Masters. Almost 30 years later, I have always kept the name of the member that allowed me to play that day a secret. All I can say is the 12th green looks like a thimble when you're standing from the tee 165 yards away. I tried for ten years to play the course in my effort to play the 100 Greatest in the country and it was well worth all the letters I sent to Hord Hardin who would write me back saying I wasn't entitled to play such a course. How much I wanted to go up to him that day and say I had achieved my quest, but I had too much respect for the member to take such action.
I sent 112 letters to Hord Hardin and in exchange he sent me 112 rejection letters. He used the same terminology on me too. Said I wasn't entitled to play it nor was I even qualified to be able to be permitted to apply for the tickets because of my repeated abuse of the USPS letter carriers. What a schmo.
“They’ve all arrived, and entered the grounds through the clubhouse. Now you’ve arrived for the final round of the Masters”. Nobody does an intro better than Jim Nantz.
What I’ve always loved about the masters is it feels the same every year. The same music, same commentators basically and the same beautiful golf course. It’s the only tournament I get up early(Aussie) to watch per year. Tiger for 2019
This era of golf in the 90s was the perfect blend of golf equipment technology and golf course design. The need to shape shots, avoid hazards, club selection, and getting on a par 5s in 2 was exciting to watch. Nowadays guys just hit driver-wedge into every hole, and the beauty/challenges of the courses is non existing for the current pros.
In my opinion advancements in technology has been for the worse in many sports. Augusta will always be a challange due to the difficult greens however, which can destroy your score no matter how far you hit the ball. The course and the game as a whole suffers though, even though it is no doubt fun to watch them hit +350 yard drives.
Might I say that a gift is something you haven’t worked for. Freddy definitely worked on his swing. For years, he paused at the top during range sessions to add that lazy look and perfect timing.
It was Freddy and this weekend that started my love of golf and this tournament. I was 12 years old and found myself glued to the tv the entire weekend and to this day it’s my favorite weekend of the year
This was the first masters I watched as a teenager and feel in love with golf. Always loved Freddy! Funny seeing Joey on Freddys bag and Steve Williams on Floyd’s
Of course we all love seeing Freddie win but can we not forget the amazing charge from the great Ray Floyd? I totally remember watching this Sunday with my dad - I was all about Freddie but dad was all about Ray. The funny to watch the pre-Tiger years and realize how much he changed the game. Thank you, Augusta, for uploading this coverage. It's a delight to watch.
Really enjoying these trips down memory lane and remembering when and why I fell in love with the game. Also giving me my golf fix while the courses are still closed. I wish I could be as chilled as Freddie when I get back out there!⛳🏌️😎
I really miss watching Fred Couples playing golf. He was so smooth and seemingly carefree. Were he a gifted putter, he would have won two or three more Masters and he had his chances at the Open as well. The best shot he hit on the back nine was his approach to 14. Just listen to the ball as it leaves the club. Wow!
Gorgeous swing. How do you swing that slow and bomb it 300 plus? The guy was so talented. He had a great career, but I think he should have won even more.
But it's the cutting-and-pasting of many solo passes-per-song to create the solos for the album tracks that gave rise to his live solos, for the most part.
But was it not the cutting-and--pasting of many solo passes-per-song to construct the solos for the album cuts that gave rise to his live solos for the most part?
A great bit of golf history made available to the public by always first class Augusta National; promoting the game, as is their stated mission. Well done!
Totally agree. Better announcers, Better live shots, better all around live coverage back then. The coverage in the last few years has become so centered on the player swings, that they forgot to cover the action in the field.
14:20 I like how they used to have commentators introduce themselves and describe the back nine. Why did they stop doing that? Now it’s like they’re not that important, they just showing their faces and no talking.
worst broadcast of these Masters final rounds. They just show Floyd and Baker Finch waiting and waiting when Couples is playing. Where was Freds second shot on 15th? Where was his third shot? Bad.
Floyd was Venturi's playing partner in the final round of the 64 Open at Congressional. This is almost three full decades past that memorable event. Amazing.
Has there ever been a swing with the silky smooth rhythm of Freddie Couples? The only ones that come to mind is Ernie Els and more recently, Louis Oosthuizen. The one thing that amazes me is I thought Freddie was going to be penalised for lifting that other ball out of Rae’s Creek at No 12. I never knew that you were allowed to do that, especially as he had not yet completed play on the hole.
Interesting. It struck my mind too. Definitely testing conditions, golf definitely doesn’t need more stupid penalties, but I’d be surprised if that wasn’t one by the book.
I think broadcasts then felt more like theater. There was a real TV drama element to it. Broadcasts today, with high definition and close-ups, feel meant to make you feel like you're there. The goal is realism, and making you feel like there isn't a TV screen between you and the players. Just my two cents.
I always thought it was hole number 13 or 15 where Freddy's ball got hung up. How many great players have we seen lose the Tournament on 12. Spieth, Molinari, Koepka. Freddy got Super Lucky on number 12 at the Masters on Sunday.
A segment of this upload is missing. I still have this on vhs tape and the live telecast showed Parry's tee shot after Freds, Parry's fairway wood second, & Fred's second with a hooked 7 iron around the trees from 185 yards, with Ben Wright's commentary the icing on the cake.
That is a mystery, for sure. Greg Norman was oozing with talent. He was the best golfer in the world for a long, long time and was always near the top of the leaderboard in most every tournament he played in. An underachiever, for sure, in the majors, but it’s hard to feel too bad for him. Two Open wins is a serious accomplishment!
He would have won had he not had to get up at 6am and play the rest of his third round. That took a lot out of him. Watch him at 9 walking up the to the green, he was already out of gas. His back nine cost him the championship and you could see he barely had anything left in his swing.
That 3 from off the green on 14, is one of the greatest all-time at Augusta. In 76 he had a Nicklaus/Woods- esque win, lapping the field. If I'm not mistaken, those 3 having the biggest margins of victory in the tournament's nearly 90 year history.
What's crazy is how Ray Floyd was Ken Venturi's playing partner during the 1964 US Open at Congressional CC and here he is competing at the highest level decades into the future.
1992 - Along with Fred at years end Larry Mize, Bob Tway, Tom Kite, Nick Price, Mark Calcavecchia, Wayne Grady, & Ian Baker-Finch had won as many majors as Norman.
McCord too...I think this was his last broadcast from Augusta after the bikini wax comment...so much for individuality! I miss McCord and Feherty...Freddy was and is the man...haters bring up his hof induction as a farce, but he deserves it. Just his swing is worthy. Greatest swing. Bar none. EVER. (Imo) If there is a Masters this year, I'm still putting 20 on him.
I was glad they canned McCord from Augusta. The Masters has a rich broadcast history of people like Henry Longhurst and Ben Wright. No room for McCord's smart alec schtick. McCord has his place at regular tour events, not at Augusta.
Why was Fred Couples not penalized and or disgualified for practicing during play and hitting the wrong ball? At 1:31 time of recording, he hit (not his own ball) with a one handed back hand shot into thewater hazard. I believe he broke the rule of hitting the"Wrong Ball" and "Practicing" during play. He could also be cited for "testing" the surface, by him watching the rolling ball that he pulled from the pond. He went on to sign an incorrect score card . ie. Roberto D'Vicenso disgualification. I like Fred C. Abserve his motions right after he did all of this. He looked at the pond with his back to the green. You could almost hear his thoughts "What did I just do? That was really stupid of me." In 1992 when I saw this live on TV, I questioned these actions to myself. I realized the many infractions that he committed. The "rules are the rules", he broke at least two or three of the then rules of golf.
1. He had already played his 2nd shot - so didn't commit any penalty by finding another ball, flipping it onto the bank and tapping it back into the water. 2. There's no such thing as _disgualified_ - it's disQualified. 3. Your time stamp is wrong; you mean 1:31:00
In '92, we all thought this would be the first of many majors for Fred. Alas, his balky back did not allow for him to realize his amazing potential. That and the arrival of Tiger and Phil a few years later probably didn't help either.
1:25:50 Could have been one of the most dramatic moments in tv golf history, but CBS blew it. I guess they thought nobody hits it in the water at 12 on Sunday. You don't see the ball again until over a minute after he hits it.
They just assumed it went in the water and they couldn’t get a camera around fast enough to prove them wrong. But if it had gone in the water, there would have been ripples in the creek.
A great stat at the end. From 1986 to 1991 the Masters was won by no more than one shot. In recent majors 3 out of the last 4 have been won by 5 or 6 shots.
If I recall correctly, Nantz and Couples went to college together (University of Houston) and were very close friends. This was the culmination of a prediction Nantz and several schoolmates had made a decade previous - that one day, Fred Couples would win a green jacket. It was a very emotional time for both of those old friends.
Craig Parry’s set up, backswing, transition, and move through the zone remind me of Peter Jacobsen. Not nearly as tall as Jacobsen, and a bit stockier, but it’s almost a carbon copy otherwise. Check out his second shot on #11 at 1:17:16. For a moment or two I though I was seeing a shrunken Jacobsen.
Noticed back then the caddies would get the ball out of hole sometimes for their golfer. You don't see that at all now, must have been a rule change on this
