The Masters Tournament Watcher’s Guide
Cheat Sheet To Watching, Listening, and Reading about the Masters
When: April 9-12
Location: Augusta National Golf Club | August, GA | Satellite Map | Directions
Defending Champion: Trevor Immelman | Past Champions
Purse: $7,000,000
Landmarks: Listing of course landmarks
Green jackets, Amen Corner, Augusta National Golf Club. The Masters Tournament needs little introduction. Depending on your situation at work, home, or otherwise, we’ve put together a simple guide on watching, reading about, and even listening to the Masters anywhere, anytime, and via every method except your grandpa’s gramophone.
On The Web (At Work): Masters.org & CBS Sports
Visit the official Masters Tournament site for pretty much anything you want to know about The Masters. It leaves no stone unturned and is a perfect gateway for photos, videos, schedules, and even a game where you can putt Amen Corner.
CBS Sports has put together a high quality streaming video player of various tournament footage, specific holes, and other coverage. There are parallels on the video content between CBS Sports and Masters.com, so we’ll leave it up to personal preference on this one. Here’s the rundown: Amen Corner (Live coverage of holes 11, 12 and 13), Holes 15 & 16 (Live coverage of holes 15 and 16), Masters Extra Show (1-hour live daily show that’s streamed online in the hour leading up to daily television coverage, Par 3 Contest Highlights, and Course Flyover Content (Video overview of all 18 holes).
You ESPN’ers have plenty to choose from to at ESPN Golf, with all the same plus a putting game of Amen Corner.
On Television: DIRECTV
You sports fanatics lucky enough to be equipped with DIRECTV will want to tune into Channels 701-705 for the Masters Mix come Tournament time. The Masters Mix is four-channel live network coverage, piped in from ESPN and CBS Sports. Additionally, you’ll find the “Masters In-Depth” channel that combines live updates with highlights and player interviews. Viewers will also be treated to continuous coverage as the field plays through the make-or-break 11th, 12th and 13th holes, and complete coverage of infamous Holes 15 and 16.
Upping the programming ante, each channel will have its own announcers and production crew to keep the content fresh, and those equipped with interactive receivers can view all four simultaneously in the Mix and use their remote to listen to any channel’s audio or tune directly to the full-screen channel. The Mix will also have a real-time leaderboard that will keep you up to par(!) with the latest info. A golf fanboy’s delight.
Men relegated to the TV Bourgeoisie can check the entire Masters Tournament schedule here.
On Twitter:
2009 is officially the year of Twitter. So, of course, Twitter fanatics won’t be left in the dark with the official Masters Twitter feed. With non-stop 140 character tweets at all times of the day, even when you’re not watching, hearing, or reading, you’ll still be tweeting. Learn everything from what time maintenance crews are mowing to what beverage players are drinking. Who knew so much detail could be conveyed in so few words. Follow their feed here.
On XM Radio: The Masters Channel
For our fellow truckers and car-bound readers equipped with XM Radio, you’ll be able to hear the complete coverage of the Masters Tournament by tuning to XM Channel 146.
On Your iPhone: The Masters iPhone App
The Masters App features live, streaming Tournament video including: Amen Corner Live, Hole 15, Hole 16, Masters Extras, the Par 3 contest, and various player interviews. It also includes a live leader board, player information and pairings, course information with flyovers, player tracking, and hole details. This is one comprehensive app and it’s 100% free. More Info | Download App (Launches iTunes)
On Your Mobile Device
Visit m.masters.com for the latest news and scores. The WAP mobile enabled site features news, blogs, real-time updated leader board, video highlights, tee times and pairings for each round, fanbook, directions, and maps. Not as robust as the iPhone app, but a worthy mobile application for you road warriors who want their Masters fix and haven’t signed their lives away to the iPhone world.
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