Hello Golf Nuts,

Well, it starts tomorrow! The 2009 Masters will tee off at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time with Arnold Palmer hitting the ceremonial first drive! I sure wish I was there. There are enough cool storylines to keep a writer writing for weeks! Three teenagers will tee up as amateurs! Greg Norman, who played himself in to spot with his magnificent play at the Open Championship, will be chasing a title that has haunted him for a career. Padraig Harrington is looking for his own "Paddy Slam." The #1 player in the world, Tiger Woods, is intent on taking home another green jacket! WOW! And there are so many others! How exciting will it be this weekend?

Our Golf Nut 2009 Masters Challenge has been well received and entries keep coming in but I'm tired and I'll post the entire field tomorrow. For now, I am listing the current entrants and I will update the standings at the end of each round.

GOLF NUT: Ron Gerrard (G-Man) – Tiebreaker: +3

                                               Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Padraig Harrington     :

2. Trevor Immelman       :

3. Miguel Angel Jimenez  :

4. Danny Lee:

5. Kenny Perry:                

TEAM SCORE     :              _____                   _____                   _____                   _____               _____

GOLF NUT: Doug Jensen – Tiebreaker: -13

                                      Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods  :

2. Phil Mickelson:

3. Jim Furyk:

4. Chad Campbell:

5. Fred Couples :

GOLF NUT: Brian Eichhorn – Tiebreaker: -3

                                      Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods  :

2. Phil Mickelson:

 3. Mike Weir      :

4. Lee Westwood:

5. Aaron Baddeley:

GOLF NUT: John L. Eichenlaub – Tiebreaker: -12

                                         Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Geoff Ogilvy:

3. Kenny Perry    :

4. Phil Mickelson:

5. Anthony Kim   :

GOLF NUT: Jason Goudie – Tiebreaker: -7

                                               Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Phil Mickelson:

3. Padraig Harrington:

4. Geoff Ogilvy   :

5. ViJay Singh      :

GOLF NUT: Dan Presta  – Tiebreaker: -10

                                                Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Geoff Ogilvy   :

2. Mike Weir       :

3. Tiger Woods   :

4. Rory Mcilroy   :

5. Phil Mickelson  :

GOLF NUT: Jim Stapleton – Tiebreaker: -4

                                                  Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Phil Mickelson:

3. Camillo Villegas:

4. Geoff Ogilvy   :

5. Padraig Harrington:

GOLF NUT: Ben Kosiba – Tiebreaker: -12

                                        Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Mike Weir       :

2. Greg Norman :

3. Kenny Perry    :

4. Anthony Kim   :

5. Stewart Cink   :

GOLF NUT: Tom Tedder – Tiebreaker: -6

                                                 Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Anthony Kim   :

3. Adam Scott:

4. Reteif Goosen:

5. Chad Campbell:

GOLF NUT: Ed Randolph – Tiebreaker: -9

                                            Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Anthony Kim   :

3. Geoff Ogilvy   :

4. Camillo Villegas:

5. Sergio Garcia  :

GOLF NUT: Bill Lorenzen – Tiebreaker: -9

                                            Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Padraig Harrington:

3. Luke Donald   :

4. Phil Mickelson:

5. Nick Watney  :

GOLF NUT: Andy Pratt – Tiebreaker: -12

                                        Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Robert Allenby:

2. Jim Furyk         :

3. Nick Watney  :

4. Pat Perez:

5. Kenny Perry

TEAM SCORE     :              _____                   _____                   _____                   _____               _____

GOLF NUT: Dave “Lefty” Lucas – Tiebreaker: -14

                                             Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Phil Mickelson:

2 Tiger Woods    :

3. Anthony Kim   :

4. Stuart Appleby:

5. Padraig Harrington       :

GOLF NUT: Jack Barnes – Tiebreaker: +1

                                          Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Fred Couples  :

3. Ben Crenshaw :

4. Phil Mickelson :

5. Rocco Mediate :

GOLF NUT: Ron Plett – Tiebreaker: -5

                                             Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. ViJay Singh      :

2. Mike Weir       :

3. Phil Mickelson :

4. Fred Couples :

5. Sergio Garcia :

GOLF NUT: John F. Parker – Tiebreaker: -14

                                             Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Paul Casey      :

3. Geoff Ogilvy:

4. Fred Couples  :

5. Phil Mickelson:

GOLF NUT: Leo Gispanski – Tiebreaker: -9

                                                                           Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Trevor Immelman        :

3. Padraig Harrington       :

4. Phil Mickelson   :

5. Sergio Garcia  :

GOLF NUT: the Head Nut – Tiebreaker: -8

                                             Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Padraig Harrington:

3. K.J. Choi:

4. Retief Goosen:

5. Vaughn Taylor:

GOLF NUT: Aileen Pollock – Tiebreaker -8

                                             Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Retief Goosen:

3. Zack Johnson :

4. Geoff Ogilvy   

5. Sergio Garcia  :

GOLF NUT: Morse Travers - Tiebreaker

                                         Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Phil Mickelson:

3. Camilo Villegas

4. Nick Watney  :

5. Kenny Perry    :

GOLF NUT: Skip Kitchen – Tiebreaker -13

                                           Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Geoff Ogilvy   :

2. Tiger Woods   :

3. Robert Karlsson:

4. Phil Mickelson:

5. Anthony Kim   :

GOLF NUT: Bianca Gilbert – Tiebreaker -5

                                               Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Padraig Harrington:

2. Tiger Woods   :

3. Phil Mickelson:

4. Geoff Ogilvy   :

5. Paul Casey      :

GOLF NUT: Joel Mez – Tiebreaker -7

                                         Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Fred Couples  :

3. Phil Mickelson:

4. Retief Goosen:

5. Adam Scott:

GOLF NUT: John Cupit – Tiebreaker: -6

                                         Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Phil Mickelson:

3. Luke Donald   :

4. Steve Stricker:

5. Rory Mcilroy  :

GOLF NUT: Bert Thibaut – Tiebreaker: -7

                                          Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Lee Westwood:

3. Geoff Ogilvy   :

4. Angel Cabrera:

 5. Anthony Kim   :

TEAM SCORE      :              _____                   _____                   _____                   _____               _____

GOLF NUT: Joe Vieira – Tiebreaker: -11

                                               Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Padraig Harrington:

2. Tiger Woods:

3. Vijay Singh:

4. Geoff Ogilvy  

5. Retief Goosen:

GOLF NUT: Duncan Carmichael – Tiebreaker -7

                                        Rnd 1                    Rnd 2                    Rnd 3                    Rnd 4               FINAL   

1. Tiger Woods   :

2. Geoff Ogilvy   :

3. Justin Rose     :

4. Danny Lee       :

5. Ross Fisher     :

TEAM SCORE      :              _____                   _____                   _____                   _____               _____