The 2007 Masters may go down as one of the most forgettable ever. Not to belittle Zach Johnson's performance, but sitting back and watching the world’s top golfers struggle for four days on a course that is too hard is just not fun.
I spent hours of TiVo recordings and Slingbox time watching this event. So, don’t get me wrong, I don't want to see Major winners scorching round in 20-under-par, eagling every hole.

But seeing them struggle, celebrating solitary birdies and finishing ten, 12, 14-over is not much of a spectacle either.

This year Woods and company were made to look like a bunch of Sunday morning amateurs, ruling out any exciting head-to-head contests, as players fought to hang on to anything they had.

Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal, who finished 16-over, summed the week up perfectly. He said: “It was all about survival. It’s been terrible in that regard this week - pars were good. This has been the toughest Masters I have played.” Dubai-based Henrik Stenson, described the course as “being on the edge of ridiculous, if not ridiculous.”

What has been witnessed over the past four days cannot be good for golf. With strong winds, a lack of water and over-eager green keepers on their lawn mowers, the greens became almost impossible to putt on. That was evident as past-champion Sandy Lyle experienced a personal first with a five-putt on the par-three 16th on Saturday.

Watching the players’ faces you could tell there was no fun in the tournament. Those who did well certainly merit praise for their persistence in the face of adversity, but those who were defeated by an unpredictable course did not deserve to go home feeling humiliated.

It seemed as though the committee, bearing in mind the rains of previous years, had prepared the course to accept a soaking that never came. Instead the conditions were dry, cold and windy. The result was more or less a lottery until the final day, when the committee relented and watered the greens in order to present the paying customers with something resembling top-class golf.

Don't get me wrong, I will always record and watch the Masters, but it's time to back off a little on trying to 'de-Woods" the tournaments and start thinking about the fans and making them more competitive.

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