Just avoiding work here. Waiting for coverage to start and watching the preview show.

Stephen Ames has had a good day. Have to support him since he’s almost as old as me plus he’s lives in the same city as me; Calgary. Tiger has just bogeyed to go one-over and, gasp, he’s nine back and his name was just mentioned in the same sentence as the word “cut”.

Oh, and what’s this, Harry Potter is 3 under after 5 and right in contention. Hold on, it’s actually Justin Rose. I just saw the head shot so it’s a case of mistaken identity. But Justin Rose is certainly the closest thing to Harry Putter in this year’s field.

Coverage has started and it’s gotten underway with a recap of Tiger’s start. I’m going to ignore him from here on today since, eh, eh, just since I feel like it.

Quiet moment here. Just time to recall a story form earlier in the week in which Paul Azinger reportedly called Nick Faldo as “prick.” My thoughts on that? Maybe he used to come across like a bit of one when he was in his heyday but he seems to be a fairly nice chap these days. Azinger on the other hand? Perhaps he gets this week’s “Mr Pot” award.

Watching Ian Poulter right now. Colorful character, and great golfer but I see a chiropractor in his future. Still, wasn’t that a suitably funky hole-in-one he got in the first round?

And I feel I have to say this; Augusta doesn’t look that tough a course! The fairways are huge, hardly any rough, and the greens are massive - plus there’s no kids running on a stealing golf balls (yes, that’s the type of course I learned on). What’s that I hear you say? Well no actually, no I don’t know what I’m talking about.

Ah, here’s my first look at the 12th, and the “wind is just picking up.” Dang, they’ve switched to cover Tiger’s eagle attempt at the 8th.

Cool; Poulter just made a 2 at sixteen - that’s a total of 3 for two days. And Tiger missed that eagle but made birdie.

Another bloody advert! And we’ve just had Augusta’s vice-chairman on telling us about the 56 out of 60 minutes coverage for every hour. I guess we’re spoiled.

Interesting stat: Harry Potter is playing his 4th Masters and he’s led/ co-led after the 1st round in three of them. Remarkable!

Now we’re listening to Gary Player. Never been a big fan of his but playing 51 straight Masters is quite a feat.

What? Here’s another advert. Get me Augusta on the phone right away.

The 10th at Augusta always seems to cause problems. Must be tough. Rarely see anyone close in two and everyone seems happy to get off the green with par.

Here’s something. Michael Thomson, an amateur, right on the cut, just called a penalty on himself for the ball moving as he addressed it on the green. Really distinguishes golf from other pro sports. That said, f**king stupid rule.