Five pointers to next month's Masters at Augusta: Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd' hectic schedule and a 会合 of minds

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Whither Jordan Spieth?

Is the former golden child, with four 最高の，を越す-three finishes in five Masters 外見s and a worst placing of 11th, desperate to get to Augusta to 訂正する his horrific 拒絶する／低下する of one 最高の，を越す 10 in 10 months? Or is Spieth fearful of more 証拠 that the 魔法 has gone? At the very least, let us wish him 井戸／弁護士席 with two warm-up events in his home 明言する／公表する of Texas, beginning next week.

Is Jordan Spieth desperate to get to Augusta to 訂正する his horrific 拒絶する／低下する?

会合 of Minds

It has almost reached the 行う／開催する／段階 where even the myriad 治める／統治するing 団体／死体s in ゴルフ think there are too many 治める／統治するing 団体／死体s. It’s certainly not been helpful as the game tries to bed in the new 支配するs. All of the 長，率いるs gathered last week ― fortunately, it is a 大規模な clubhouse at Sawgrass, so they could all be 融通するd ― where they agreed to keep their disag reements in-house ahead of Augusta.

Tiger’s schedule

に引き続いて his last 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 69 at Sawgrass, Tiger 確認するd that his final event before the Masters will be the WGC-Match Play 選手権 in Texas next week ― a curious 決定／判定勝ち（する）, to say the least. For one, he has not played in the 孤独な 星／主役にする 明言する／公表する since 2005, where he 行方不明になるd the 削減（する） for the first time in 142 events. For another, he would have to play seven 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs in five days, if he made it to the final four.

Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd' will play in the WGC-Match Play 選手権 before the Masters

Stat of the Month

Here is something to make you sit up and take notice with the Masters moving into 見解（をとる） next month. Not one member of the 現在の world 最高の，を越す 10 has won the green jacket. Isn’t that amazing, given their 現在の form and how good they are as a group? Bet on that to end this year.

主要な Americans

A lot of them have been very 静かな over the past fortnight in Florida. Both last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and then at the Players 選手権, it felt for much of the time like a 最高の，を越す-tier European 小旅行する event. Are the Americans keeping their 砕く 乾燥した，日照りの for the Masters? Certainly, only a fool would be 令状ing them off.