The Masters Preview Podcast

Less than 1 day 'til the start of the 2009 Masters.  Listen to WCBN get you set for the 75th playing of the year's first major, with a look at the compelling storylines, the Augusta National golf course, 1st round pairings and predictions.

LISTEN HERE!!!

Best Ball Challenge and Streak for the Cash

To all the readers out there,

We hope you guys are enjoying the Master's coverage this week. For those of you who aren't golf fans, I'll be posting a baseball story from this past weekend tomorrow... as well as a Masters Edition of "The Mixer." So be sure to check back in for that.

UPDATE: Rob and I will be doing a podcast to preview the tournament this week, making our picks and hopefully throwing in some fun "off-the-course" stuff along the way. Should be up later this week.

Also, I just created groups for "Streak for the Cash" and "Masters Best Ball Challenge" on ESPN.com. These things have gained quite a bit of popularity among our staff at WCBN, so I figure we'd extend the opportunity to compete with us to our readers. To join, CLICK HERE and then go to either the Streak or BestBall main page. After that, search for our group in the search bar area after filling out a Best Ball roster. Each group is named "WCBN Sports" so it shouldn't be hard to find.

Note: You must have an ESPN account to join. This takes two minutes and is free, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Hope to see everyone in the game!

Countdown to The Masters: 2 Days

We're now less than 48 hours away from the start of The Masters.  Today, a look at the Round 1 Pairings and the long-range weather forecast.

Notable Round 1 Pairings:

8:00am- Woosnam, Reavie, Baird

9:28am- Player, Donald, Ames

9:50am- Langer, Norman, Westwood

10:12am- Rose, Stenson, Cabrera

10:23am- Vijay, Ogilvy, Els

10:34am- Weir, Harrington, Imada

10:45am- Mickelson, Villegas, Furyk

10:56am- Appelby, Wilson, Garcia

12:02pm- Mediate, Couples, Newman

12:35pm- Romero, Weekley, Campbell

12:46pm- Crenshaw, Casey, Stricker

1:41pm- Immelman, Scott, Lee

1:52pm- Tiger, Cink, Jeev Milka Singh

2:03pm- Kim, Mcilory, Ishikawa

Weather (Subject to change):

THURSDAY- 77, Partly Cloudy, 13mph

FRIDAY- 77, Scattered T-Storms, 12mph

SATURDAY- 79, AM Clouds/PM Sun, 11mph

SUNDAY- 73, Partly Cloudy, 8mph

Enjoy the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday. Coverage begins at 3pm on ESPN.

Coundown to The Masters: 3 Days

As you may have noticed, we have switched the background color of our site from blue to green in tribute to Masters Week (and Michigan State tonight???).  While it may not seem like it with a snow storm outside, spring is officially upon us with the start of The Masters later this week. WCBN will continue its tradition of comprehensive coverage of the year's first major. In the days leading up to the start of play on Thursday, I will provide you with some images from Augusta National Golf Club. On today's docket: Amen Corner, Butler Cabin, Magnolia Lane and the Green Jacket.