A couple of quick things - First, the Hall of Fame. I've been championing the Curtis Strange cause for years so that made me happy. Hubert Green - I'm 100% indifferent about him getting in.

Secondly, Phil Mickelson got a rare reprieve from the golf rules. He did not play in the pro-am this week, which is an automatic DQ, but Lefty got off because his flight was delayed due to weather. I hate this pro-am rule with every fiber of my being, so to see someone stay in a tournament on a technicality makes me giddy.

Finally, Mickelson switching to Butch Harmon is not a bad thing. Mickelson is in a rut and Butch has made some pretty good golfers great.

No one got any points last week and I apologize that this is being posted late. Actually I'm not apologizing for anything.

The Byron Nelson Championship

G - Scott Verplank
KC - Shigeki Maruyama - "solid record here so why not?"
JB - Shigeki Maruyama - "loved Currie's logic on this one."

Gerard Gallagher (1) - Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, George McNeill, Robert Allenby, Troy Matteson, Luke Donald, Mike Weir, Retief Goosen, David Toms, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Edfors, Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Phi Mickelson, Davis Love III, Carlos Franco.

Kevin Currie (12) - David Toms, Davis Love III, Ryan Moore, David Duval, Jeff Quinney, Justin Leonard, Robert Allenby, HENRIK STENSON, Rich Beem, Sergio Garcia, Kenny Perry, Scott Verplank, K.J. Choi, Vijay Singh, Billy Andrade, Sean O'Hair.

Mediocrity (5) - Stuart Appleby, Rory Sabbatini, Scott Verplank, Robert Allenby, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Adam Scott, Padraig Harrington, Carl Pettersson, Charles Howell III, Darren Clarke, David Howell, Jose Maria Olazabal, Tiger Woods, Davis Love III, Joe Durant

Not much going on so let's get to it.

New Orleans this week and that is one of my favorite cities in the country. My uncle lives in Baton Rouge and I only got to visit once before Katrina. Great place, everyone go visit.

No points last week as we are not very good at this.

Gerard Gallagher (1) - Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, George McNeill, Robert Allenby, Troy Matteson, Luke Donald, Mike Weir, Retief Goosen, David Toms, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Edfors, Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Phi Mickelson, Davis Love III.

Kevin Currie (12) - David Toms, Davis Love III, Ryan Moore, David Duval, Jeff Quinney, Justin Leonard, Robert Allenby, HENRIK STENSON, Rich Beem, Sergio Garcia, Kenny Perry, Scott Verplank, K.J. Choi, Vijay Singh, Billy Andrade.

Mediocrity (5) - Stuart Appleby, Rory Sabbatini, Scott Verplank, Robert Allenby, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Adam Scott, Padraig Harrington, Carl Pettersson, Charles Howell III, Darren Clarke, David Howell, Jose Maria Olazabal, Tiger Woods, Davis Love III.

New Orleans

G - Carlos Franco
KC - Sean O'Hair
JB - Joe Durant

First of all, let's discuss the Masters.

1.) If I have to read one more story that in any way refers to Zach Johnson as an unknown, I'm going to punch a wall. The guy played on the United States Ryder Cup team last year. That means you aren't toiling in anonymity.
2.) Johnson played spectacular golf on the back nine. They say that the Masters is won on the back nine Sunday and four birdies through that stretch qualifies. Johnson's chip on 18 showed big ones, as well.
3.) Johnson is a fan of Jesus.
4.) Tiger time. Anyone honestly believe he wasn't going to win after the eagle at 13? We can talk about the shot in the water at 15 (probably should have laid up from the rough near a tree when you look back on it, but I probably shouldn't have gotten that tattoo at Brendan O'Neill's bachelor party also.) The shot that got him was missing the eight-footer for birdie on 16. He never misses those putts. Ever.
5.) masters.org was an amazing tool this week. They had interviews up on the site in real-time, the Amen Corner angle was fun and the Masters extra one hour before helped. The real shock was how quickly you could navigate through it, since you have to assume all golf fans were logged on.

Now, a quick non-golf thing - Don Imus should be fired and any defense is ridiculous. What he said was racist and the idea that he was trying to be funny and missed is the most idiotic reasoning not to punish him.
Nor is the idea that he's being suspended during sweeps and that the ridicule and embarrassment he's sustained is punishment enough. Heard Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN in New York say that when a white person is branded a racist it never goes away. No one has ever called me a racist and you know why? I don't make racist comments.

On to the Editors' Challenge. Learned a valuable lesson this week - when you use Tiger, he better win otherwise it's wasted. I was the only one with any points as Tiger tied for second.

Gerard Gallagher (1) - Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, George McNeill, Robert Allenby, Troy Matteson, Luke Donald, Mike Weir, Retief Goosen, David Toms, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Edfors, Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, Phi Mickelson.

Kevin Currie (12) - David Toms, Davis Love III, Ryan Moore, David Duval, Jeff Quinney, Justin Leonard, Robert Allenby, HENRIK STENSON, Rich Beem, Sergio Garcia, Kenny Perry, Scott Verplank, K.J. Choi, Vijay Singh.

Mediocrity (5) - Stuart Appleby, Rory Sabbatini, Scott Verplank, Robert Allenby, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Adam Scott, Padraig Harrington, Carl Pettersson, Charles Howell III, Darren Clarke, David Howell, Jose Maria Olazabal, Tiger Woods.

This week is the Verizon Heritage and this is one of those events on the schedule that you save for one guy.

G - Davis Love III
KC - Billy Andrade - "Decent record here plus he is fresh since he didn't play at Augusta."
JB - Davis Love III - "Five wins and a runner-up? Yeah, I'll take him."

Nothing from last week, so we'll go right into the Masters.

Gerard Gallagher (1) - Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, George McNeill, Robert Allenby, Troy Matteson, Luke Donald, Mike Weir, Retief Goosen, David Toms, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Edfors, Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover.

Kevin Currie (12) - David Toms, Davis Love III, Ryan Moore, David Duval, Jeff Quinney, Justin Leonard, Robert Allenby, HENRIK STENSON, Rich Beem, Sergio Garcia, Kenny Perry, Scott Verplank, K.J. Choi.

Mediocrity (0) - Stuart Appleby, Rory Sabbatini, Scott Verplank, Robert Allenby, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Adam Scott, Padraig Harrington, Carl Pettersson, Charles Howell III, Darren Clarke, David Howell, Jose Maria Olazabal.

G - Phil Mickelson - "He's been on the course since last Thursday."
KC - Vijay Singh - "I know I'm an idiot for not picking Eldrick, but I just think someone other than he or Phil will win for the first time since Weirsy in '03."
Jimbo - Tiger Woods - "Either him or Phil. If you pick Woods in this competition and he doesn't win, you are screwed in a big way."