Watch the complete final round and playoff broadcast of the 1979 Masters. Fuzzy Zoeller wins the first sudden-death playoff in Masters history over Tom Watson and Ed Sneed.
Fuzzy's caddie is my friend, Jeremiah Beard. He is 79 this year (2020). Jerry still shoots in the 70's. We play every week together. Kinda cool knowing a piece of golf history. Just thought I would share. :-)
U better believe it!!I know jack in 86 is hard to beat but I love mize in 87..purely to watch greg drive the ball..man could he smash it..amazing that from 71 to 79 jack never finished worse than 4th!! Incredible
Oh yes. Sneed had a great swing and I am very surprised he did not win more. His putter left him. One of the best years. After this I am watching US Opens.
I am but I have to admit I m bypassing 1996 final round when Greg Norman had a 6 shot lead. I cant watch train wrecks on the course. I felt so bad for him that day, as well as other major s
It is understandable how Nicklaus' 19 second-place finishes in majors are dwelled upon. Yet, here is a fourth-place finish that was closer than many in that list of 19. What a record!
THIS IS AWESOME. I remember the result but have never seen. The first time as a teenager I got into golf. I'm going to enjoy watching. Thanks for the post.
I love how Vin says “there is nothing else to say and remains silent for all to absorb the moment”. Jim Nantz would have talked and talked and talked and talked.
Vin always knew when to talk, and he could talk, and when to shut up (most famously with the Gibson homer). As an LA kid growing up, I spent many a summer night falling asleep to his voice on the little radio above my head.
Maybe, but then you have several one time major winners that never done much else....he was tentative on 3 short putts the final 3 holes and it cost him.
@@eddiebrown687 in so far as life changing it's not a maybe, it's a certainty. The payday for the winner extends to huge sponsorship/endorsement/appearance deals, even back then it was significant in comparison to the prize money, definitely life changing. He would have received nothing other than his runner up prizemoney otherwise, huge difference, particularly for a golfer like Sneed who wasn't a 'superstar' of golf. If you had the chance to talk to Sneed that would be one thing about his collapse that would have played on his mind ever since, the massive difference in the financial rewards between winning and runner up, and it was there for the taking for him.
@@eddiebrown687One thing, too, is that it wasn't just the 6 footers that were the problem. Poor shots forced him into having to can at least one of those putts. There really is no way around it: he choked. Stadler choked just as badly in 82--threw away a 6 shot lead with 7 to play (even 3 jabbed the 18th). Then he got really lucky when Dan Pohl bogied the 10th in the playoff. But a win is a win, and a loss is a loss: style doesn't count in golf.
First Masters i attended. Watched Ed Sneed on 17 on Saturday and a lady standing behind me commented that Sneed had gone out in front too fast after someone else commented that he would be too tough to catch. I was 11 and remember that.
I remember watching this on TV and it was the saddest collapse I can remember. I saw Ed Sneed shortly after at the Western Open and he was a complete gentleman. I wanted him to win so bad.
Fuzzy must've been the most under-the-radar Masters champion of all time. He's a first-time player, paired with Tom Watson (whose last two Masters were 1st-2nd), and meanwhile there's a guy behind him who spent all but the last couple of holes 4 strokes ahead of him. There wasn't much of a reason to even think about him. But next thing you know... there he is. Also, that recovery shot by Jack at #15 was INCREDIBLE. How is THAT not in the Jack highlight reel? ....Oh, right. It's a REALLY big highlight reel.
At the age of 27, Zoeller becomes only the third first-timer to win The Masters (the first two were the first two years of The Masters, 1934 and 1935), and in the first sudden death playoff at Augusta, in the record books, career made, thank you very much. On a side note, there have been eleven sudden death playoffs since it's inception at The Masters, and none have gone past two holes. Four were decided in one hole.
Heart goes out to Ed Sneed. The ball refused to go in the cup for him, over and over and over on the last five holes. How about Fuzzy hugging that caddie over and over at the end. Should have played that clip when he was accused of being a racist in 1997.
Being nice to a black guy one day doesn't really excuse saying something racist the next day, does it? But we should condemn the statement, not the man. None of us is infallible...Marvelous show of composure from Zoeller at 1:42:58 (not to mention the putts on 17 and 18 and his play on 10 and 11 in the playoff).
@@chrismorfas7515 If you had any idea of how many "black" jokes Tiger has told in public, you'd understand Fuzzy taking liberties and throwin' in. FYI Tiger is more Asian than black, he considers Thailand (which last time I checked is in Asia not Africa) his 2nd home.
@@binkyxz3 As racist comments go, Fuzzy's was small-time. But the context was striking, as Tiger had just become the first black to win a major and had done so at the golf club that most symbolized private golf's exclusivity and racism. It was a bad look. Take care.
@@chrismorfas7515 The holier-than-thou media made a big deal of it. I don't recall Tiger saying anything about it. I have a problem people that let the media fight their battles for them. Please explain how the Masters is a racist symbol. The clubhouse was part of a plantation for all of 3 years. Do you propose it be torn down? Please explain how golf is racist, especially the color blind nature of the charities it helps.
The stunning thing to me is that Ed Sneed had to go into Butler Cabin and painstakingly describe how he lost the golf tournament. I don't think you would ever see that happen today.
Agreed. I can't imagine that was a fun time after that gut wrenching loss he suffered. It is kinda strange how the Masters works sometimes. Larry Mize hits a lucky chip and becomes champ. So, we are forced to watch him hack up the Masters course to this very day. Sneed misses 3 putts at the end and is never really heard from again.
Just another Nicklaus observation: he was 4th here, but only one shot out of the playoff. Tiger played at a higher level, but Nicklaus was a factor in the vast majority of majors for 20 years.
Vin's reaction to Ed Sneed at 18 is more emotional than his reaction to Bobby Thomson's home run off of Ralph Branca 28 years earlier. Sadly, Sneed only had himself to blame. Only had to shoot 75 to win the green jacket.
CBS had an interesting schedule on this day. The Final round here was the only event that went out nationally. Before the final round in the Eastern and Central time zones CBS had an NBA playoff game followed by the masters. In the Mountain and Pacific time zones it was the Masters and then the NBA playoff game. And due to the Masters going to a playoff the NBA playoff game was joined in progress
A tough loss for Watson. Yes, he would win here in '81 along with four other Majors. He had just come off a playoff loss in the previous year's PGA at Oakmont, blowing a five shot lead with nine holes to go.
As to Watson, the 9th hole at Oakmont has gotten him twice in major tournaments. He double bogeyed it both times, losing the 78 PGA and the 83 US Open there.
If Ed Sneed is not tortured by the golfing Gods, Fuzzy Zoeller never gets a chance to make the bad joke and basically ruin a great image Just half an inch on the putt at 18, and a lot of things are different for the golfing world.
So many people have whiffed that approach to the right. Kenny Perry. Chad Campbell. Fuzzy here before the playoff. Ed Sneed. That is chokers paradise to the right near those bunkers.
Sympathy for Ed Sneed, 3 consecutive bogeys on the final 3 holes. Just dropping one of them in for par, there would be no legacy or history for Fuzzy in the Masters. Golfing destinies are difficult to comprehend.
I had forgotten what a near-miss this was for Jack. On Sunday he had the only sub-70 round among the eventual leading finishers. After watching his clutch play on 15 and 16, you can see he knows his goose is cooked after he comprehends the result of the shot at 32:36 ... The great Tom Watson with, what, a 10-footer to win the Masters at 1:57:02 ... Then, with Zoeller close to the hole, Watson left one short on the second playoff hole 2:07:24 ... It's not an easy game, even for the very best.
As Jim McKay would say on ABC's Wide World Of Sports: Fuzzy Zoeller "The Thrill Of Victory" Ed Sneed "and The Agony Of Defeat" the first sudden-death playoff in Masters Tournament history (Zoeller/Sneed/Tom Watson): "The human drama of athletic competition"
Frank Urban Zoeller, average golfer, lucky major winner, but a really jealous racist ratbag, how it seeths a usurper like Fuzzball with German ancestry to see a non-white win his privileged jacket. Pity he never had the guts to explain his comments, nor the atrophied black Tiger to properly call him out. Two weak characters entrenched with inferiority complexes despite their luck to be millionaires from a contrived game requiring nothing more than putting a ball in a hole for four days in a row where your actual playing time is about 24minutes.
@@ghristpoherhithchensii2883 Very very ironic...and VERY hypocritical comment coming from a Muslim whose base beliefs are racist and hate-filled toward 'infidels'/non-believers of Islam. I have never met a truly happy Muslim. No such thing as a peaceful Muslim outward...or inward. Unacheivable laws. Rigid...unfair... rules for its followers. NO peace-of-mind. A 'religion' based off of hate on others...when in TRUTHFUL REALITY Muslims hate themselves first...and foremost.
Did Gary Player know he had somebody else's green jacket on right at the end there?? Looked like is was at least three sizes too big and three inches too long in the sleeves 😳
Ed Sneed's life flashes before his eyes a few times here. Really one of the saddest stretches of golf abuse ever endured. He only choked on one shot, which was his approach on 18. Other than that he really hit all the shots. You can tell when Fuzzy shakes his hand that Ed Sneed knows that his life has changed forever.
Yeah. I saw that for the first time tonight. I didn't realize Sneed had 3 stroke lead with only three holes left. Worse, he bogeyed all three of the last holes with make-able par putts on each of the 16, 17, and 18th holes. Considering all of that , it was probably a worse collapse than Norman's famous meltdown in 1996.
But he didn't really self-destruct. He choked on his approach on 18 after a perfect drive, but other than being a little weak on the putts he hit every shot. He was tentative, while Fuzzy rolled the putts with confidence. They all choked, though. Fuzzy totally choked his approach on 18. I don't even think the cameras caught it he played so fast. Tom Watson choked his tee shot on 18. Ed Sneed choked his apprach on 18. They all played the playoff great.
Ed Sneed must’ve been a nightmare to play with, such an extremely slow player. In addition, I’ve never liked Tom Watson, and what made it worse was when he accused Gary Player of cheating! So it was great to see Fuzzy winning the tournament!
Hole-by-hole announcers (1979 Masters) CBS: Vin Scully 10 & 18 Pat Summerall 11 & 12 Ken Venturi 13 Jim Thacker 14 Ben Wright 15 Jack Whitaker 16 Frank Glieber 17
The 14th costly for Watson in 78 and 79. Could have been 3 in a row and 10 majors. Of course Sneed even unluckier. Would have been great if that bunker shot in the playoff went in.
So crazy they bring in Palmer to run the interview at the jacket ceremony. Hord Hardin leads off of course. Arnie to ed at the jacket ceremony...."ed I really sympathize with you.....I know how you feel...would you like to tell us about it?" ruthless. and they just keep piling on. Really feel for Ed. they put him in the middle of a little couch with Watson and Fuzzy on each side of him. Nowhere to go. then they give fuzzy his jacket while Ed sits there. Geez
Yes! 🙄 Both Of These Two CBS-TV 📺 Announcers , Are Horrible! 🙄🤢🤮 I Am So Happy 😁 That Both TV 📺 Announcers , Will Soon Retire, After This 1979 Masters Broadcast! Typed By John Clark Here At 5:36 p.m. , Monday Afternoon 🌁🏙️ , May 22, 2023.
I really get the choking. It took me 4 tries before I finally broke par for 18: choked badly the 3 times before--triples on either 17 or 18. I think it's imposter syndrome. Part of you feels really uncomfortable with this new identity--I don't belong here. And then the subconscious goes to work to put things right. Nicklaus had enormous talent, but I think his biggest advantage was his self-belief. He got beat a lot, but he never choked a major.
Anyone know the rules for this playoff? Did they just continue down the back nine? Would they have gone to 12 if they were still tied? It never made it past 11 so I am not sure
I'm not sorry, but sudden death is the worst way to determine a major championship. The only fair way is to play the full 18 holes. At least the other majors don't make it come down to one hole.
Poor Ed Sneed 😢 😞 ⛳🏌♂️ If Ed Sneed Had Made That 4 Foot Putt, For Par, On The 18th Hole, 43 Years Ago, ( Because I Am Typing This, On Tuesday, February 8, 2022! ), We Would Be Talking 👄 About Ed Sneed, Having A Lifetime Exception, To Play ▶️ The Masters, Not Fuzzy Zoeller!⛳🏌♂️🏆🤠😎🤓☺
Fuzzy and tom Watson both choked on 18 in regulation. Fuzzy whiffed on his approach more than you can possibly whiff, and Tom Watson blew his drive into the trees and got very lucky to be clear. Ed Sneed arguably choked less, just couldn't overrun fate. The universe demanded he lose.
Fuzzy's caddie is my friend, Jeremiah Beard. He is 79 this year (2020). Jerry still shoots in the 70's. We play every week together. Kinda cool knowing a piece of golf history. Just thought I would share. :-)
Thanks for sharing that is an awesome tidbit of history :)
Great to hear, live on Jeremiah.
Who else did Jeremiah caddy for beside Fuzzy?
I remember reading that during the playoff Jeremiah suggested 9 iron but Fuzzy said he could knock down a 8 better than anyone in the world
That’s a great story. Where does Jeremiah play now ?
Is anyone else binge watching these year by year
U better believe it!!I know jack in 86 is hard to beat but I love mize in 87..purely to watch greg drive the ball..man could he smash it..amazing that from 71 to 79 jack never finished worse than 4th!! Incredible
I am I have my own sports page with past final rounds in all golf and other sports
Oh yes. Sneed had a great swing and I am very surprised he did not win more. His putter left him. One of the best years. After this I am watching US Opens.
I am but I have to admit I m bypassing 1996 final round when Greg Norman had a 6 shot lead. I cant watch train wrecks on the course. I felt so bad for him that day, as well as other major s
Yeah, it's like revisiting my youth
Video quality on this is IMPECCABLE
Zoeller is like no other. He has no apprehension and no fear. He just steps up to the ball and hits it.
It is understandable how Nicklaus' 19 second-place finishes in majors are dwelled upon. Yet, here is a fourth-place finish that was closer than many in that list of 19. What a record!
Yeah, for 20 years he was always the one man to beat. Always a threat.
@@sretsam68 He finished top 5 in 15 years worth of majors. Tiger’s major record is not close.
THIS IS AWESOME.
I remember the result but have never seen. The first time as a teenager I got into golf. I'm going to enjoy watching.
Thanks for the post.
I love how Vin says “there is nothing else to say and remains silent for all to absorb the moment”. Jim Nantz would have talked and talked and talked and talked.
Jill Nancy is the worst thing that ever happened to CBS sports and Augusta in particular.
Vin always knew when to talk, and he could talk, and when to shut up (most famously with the Gibson homer). As an LA kid growing up, I spent many a summer night falling asleep to his voice on the little radio above my head.
Winning a Masters would have changed Ed Sneed's life forever. Losing it the way he did put him in a class with others like Jean Van De Velde.
Maybe, but then you have several one time major winners that never done much else....he was tentative on 3 short putts the final 3 holes and it cost him.
@@eddiebrown687 in so far as life changing it's not a maybe, it's a certainty. The payday for the winner extends to huge sponsorship/endorsement/appearance deals, even back then it was significant in comparison to the prize money, definitely life changing. He would have received nothing other than his runner up prizemoney otherwise, huge difference, particularly for a golfer like Sneed who wasn't a 'superstar' of golf. If you had the chance to talk to Sneed that would be one thing about his collapse that would have played on his mind ever since, the massive difference in the financial rewards between winning and runner up, and it was there for the taking for him.
@@eddiebrown687One thing, too, is that it wasn't just the 6 footers that were the problem. Poor shots forced him into having to can at least one of those putts. There really is no way around it: he choked. Stadler choked just as badly in 82--threw away a 6 shot lead with 7 to play (even 3 jabbed the 18th). Then he got really lucky when Dan Pohl bogied the 10th in the playoff. But a win is a win, and a loss is a loss: style doesn't count in golf.
Fuzzy was CRUSHING those drives. Incredible
Unbelievable clubhead speed, yes.
First Masters i attended. Watched Ed Sneed on 17 on Saturday and a lady standing behind me commented that Sneed had gone out in front too fast after someone else commented that he would be too tough to catch. I was 11 and remember that.
I remember watching this on TV and it was the saddest collapse I can remember. I saw Ed Sneed shortly after at the Western Open and he was a complete gentleman. I wanted him to win so bad.
Ed Sneed won the New South Wales Open in 1973. Without looking it up do you now where this event took place?
by the time he had that putt at 18, you knew there was no way that ball was going in. No way at all.
Fuzzy must've been the most under-the-radar Masters champion of all time.
He's a first-time player, paired with Tom Watson (whose last two Masters were 1st-2nd), and meanwhile there's a guy behind him who spent all but the last couple of holes 4 strokes ahead of him. There wasn't much of a reason to even think about him. But next thing you know... there he is.
Also, that recovery shot by Jack at #15 was INCREDIBLE. How is THAT not in the Jack highlight reel?
....Oh, right.
It's a REALLY big highlight reel.
Fuzz had a nice swing as well.
@@erykvonkeith I absolutely agree with you. Beautiful swing.
At the age of 27, Zoeller becomes only the third first-timer to win The Masters (the first two were the first two years of The Masters, 1934 and 1935), and in the first sudden death playoff at Augusta, in the record books, career made, thank you very much.
On a side note, there have been eleven sudden death playoffs since it's inception at The Masters, and none have gone past two holes. Four were decided in one hole.
Ed Sneed looks absolutely heartbroken, even as he's still playing the playoff. Hard to watch.
Just shows how tough it is to bring it home.
Jean Van de Velde felt the exact same way 20 years later at Carnoustie
Heart goes out to Ed Sneed. The ball refused to go in the cup for him, over and over and over on the last five holes. How about Fuzzy hugging that caddie over and over at the end. Should have played that clip when he was accused of being a racist in 1997.
Was thinking the same thing.
Being nice to a black guy one day doesn't really excuse saying something racist the next day, does it? But we should condemn the statement, not the man. None of us is infallible...Marvelous show of composure from Zoeller at 1:42:58 (not to mention the putts on 17 and 18 and his play on 10 and 11 in the playoff).
@@chrismorfas7515 If you had any idea of how many "black" jokes Tiger has told in public, you'd understand Fuzzy taking liberties and throwin' in. FYI Tiger is more Asian than black, he considers Thailand (which last time I checked is in Asia not Africa) his 2nd home.
@@binkyxz3 As racist comments go, Fuzzy's was small-time. But the context was striking, as Tiger had just become the first black to win a major and had done so at the golf club that most symbolized private golf's exclusivity and racism. It was a bad look. Take care.
@@chrismorfas7515 The holier-than-thou media made a big deal of it. I don't recall Tiger saying anything about it. I have a problem people that let the media fight their battles for them.
Please explain how the Masters is a racist symbol. The clubhouse was part of a plantation for all of 3 years. Do you propose it be torn down? Please explain how golf is racist, especially the color blind nature of the charities it helps.
Sneed actually had a decent pro career. 5 wins but only one after the 79 masters.
The stunning thing to me is that Ed Sneed had to go into Butler Cabin and painstakingly describe how he lost the golf tournament. I don't think you would ever see that happen today.
Agreed. I can't imagine that was a fun time after that gut wrenching loss he suffered. It is kinda strange how the Masters works sometimes. Larry Mize hits a lucky chip and becomes champ. So, we are forced to watch him hack up the Masters course to this very day. Sneed misses 3 putts at the end and is never really heard from again.
I was just thinking, "Wow, they're all there right after the playoff talking about it together." Very cool.
The quality of this video is amazing. This was before digital.
This is really classy! Great team of classic announcers and especially seeing the great classic players of that period!
Pat Summerall, Vin Scully, an all star team calling the masters Where was John Madden? Boom Fuzzy's won the masters
IClifeis2B no different from when Danny Willett won; he had limited coverage until he vaulted into the lead.
The quality of the video is excellent. Almost looks like HD.
Classic stuff from a golden era.
Just another Nicklaus observation: he was 4th here, but only one shot out of the playoff. Tiger played at a higher level, but Nicklaus was a factor in the vast majority of majors for 20 years.
Poor Ed in the Butler Cabin and everyone has their Green jackets on, feels like Shooter looking for his jacket and not happening
One of the great Masters tournaments. The level of play in the playoff by these three men considering the pressure they were under was remarkable.
2:05:05 What a bold iron shot by Fuzzy Zoeller at 11 in the playoff. You rarely see anybody go for that flag even today.
Golfers had more guts back in the day!
Fuzzy's swing was amazing, generating power from his legs.
2:03:15 Caddie blowin' smoke for wind direction 😏
Sneed handled it with consummate class. Had to be brutal. And Fuzzy gave us a peek of the future Fuzzy personality.
Amazing how few players wore hats. Hard to believe, in hindsight.
Lovely to see Hogan staff bags,bare heads and no Nike uniforms ...
It was the best looking bag that day for sure
Gotta love golf
Anyone else enjoying the green scene hole introductions?
Poor Ed Sneed , I was 13 and just started playing, this was the stuff of nightmares
I like the 'weatherman' like superimposed hole descriptions.
And that “music”
Vin's reaction to Ed Sneed at 18 is more emotional than his reaction to Bobby Thomson's home run off of Ralph Branca 28 years earlier.
Sadly, Sneed only had himself to blame. Only had to shoot 75 to win the green jacket.
CBS had an interesting schedule on this day. The Final round here was the only event that went out nationally. Before the final round in the Eastern and Central time zones CBS had an NBA playoff game followed by the masters. In the Mountain and Pacific time zones it was the Masters and then the NBA playoff game. And due to the Masters going to a playoff the NBA playoff game was joined in progress
A tough loss for Watson. Yes, he would win here in '81 along with four other Majors. He had just come off a playoff loss in the previous year's PGA at Oakmont, blowing a five shot lead with nine holes to go.
As to Watson, the 9th hole at Oakmont has gotten him twice in major tournaments. He double bogeyed it both times, losing the 78 PGA and the 83 US Open there.
brutal loss for Watson and Snead..
Jack Nicklaus's drive on the 18 Hole was so pure 41:56
Never saw this before. Sneed missed 3 6 footers in a row. Ultimately a monster choke
Loved it when Fuzzy hurled his putter up in the air after he holed it
Way to go Fuzzy! Another great Hoosier golfer.
they interviewed 4 year old tiger woods after this tournament and he said they better not serve bagels and matzo ball soup at next years dinner
😂🤣
If Ed Sneed is not tortured by the golfing Gods, Fuzzy Zoeller never gets a chance to make the bad joke and basically ruin a great image Just half an inch on the putt at 18, and a lot of things are different for the golfing world.
So many people have whiffed that approach to the right. Kenny Perry. Chad Campbell. Fuzzy here before the playoff. Ed Sneed. That is chokers paradise to the right near those bunkers.
Sympathy for Ed Sneed, 3 consecutive bogeys on the final 3 holes. Just dropping one of them in for par, there would be no legacy or history for Fuzzy in the Masters. Golfing destinies are difficult to comprehend.
I had forgotten what a near-miss this was for Jack. On Sunday he had the only sub-70 round among the eventual leading finishers. After watching his clutch play on 15 and 16, you can see he knows his goose is cooked after he comprehends the result of the shot at 32:36 ... The great Tom Watson with, what, a 10-footer to win the Masters at 1:57:02 ... Then, with Zoeller close to the hole, Watson left one short on the second playoff hole 2:07:24 ... It's not an easy game, even for the very best.
Nicklaus up and down for par out of the water on 15 👏💪
Poor Ed Sneed- 3 shot lead with 3 to go. His 1 chance at glory
As Jim McKay would say on ABC's Wide World Of Sports: Fuzzy Zoeller "The Thrill Of Victory" Ed Sneed "and The Agony Of Defeat" the first sudden-death playoff in Masters Tournament history (Zoeller/Sneed/Tom Watson): "The human drama of athletic competition"
Fuzzy Zoeller wins it, with very little coverage of him from CBS.
Frank Urban Zoeller, average golfer, lucky major winner, but a really jealous racist ratbag, how it seeths a usurper like Fuzzball with German ancestry to see a non-white win his privileged jacket. Pity he never had the guts to explain his comments, nor the atrophied black Tiger to properly call him out. Two weak characters entrenched with inferiority complexes despite their luck to be millionaires from a contrived game requiring nothing more than putting a ball in a hole for four days in a row where your actual playing time is about 24minutes.
@@ghristpoherhithchensii2883 Very very ironic...and VERY hypocritical comment coming from a Muslim whose base beliefs are racist and hate-filled toward 'infidels'/non-believers of Islam. I have never met a truly happy Muslim. No such thing as a peaceful Muslim outward...or inward. Unacheivable laws. Rigid...unfair... rules for its followers. NO peace-of-mind. A 'religion' based off of hate on others...when in TRUTHFUL REALITY Muslims hate themselves first...and foremost.
Did Gary Player know he had somebody else's green jacket on right at the end there??
Looked like is was at least three sizes too big and three inches too long in the sleeves 😳
man, going into this one not knowing anything about what'll happen makes this a real ride
Vin Scully's voice what a treat.
Ed Sneed's life flashes before his eyes a few times here. Really one of the saddest stretches of golf abuse ever endured. He only choked on one shot, which was his approach on 18. Other than that he really hit all the shots. You can tell when Fuzzy shakes his hand that Ed Sneed knows that his life has changed forever.
The last hour or so of this was painful to watch. Ed Sneed self-destructed as seems to happen at Augusta sometimes.
Yeah. I saw that for the first time tonight. I didn't realize Sneed had 3 stroke lead with only three holes left. Worse, he bogeyed all three of the last holes with make-able par putts on each of the 16, 17, and 18th holes. Considering all of that , it was probably a worse collapse than Norman's famous meltdown in 1996.
But he didn't really self-destruct. He choked on his approach on 18 after a perfect drive, but other than being a little weak on the putts he hit every shot. He was tentative, while Fuzzy rolled the putts with confidence. They all choked, though. Fuzzy totally choked his approach on 18. I don't even think the cameras caught it he played so fast. Tom Watson choked his tee shot on 18. Ed Sneed choked his apprach on 18. They all played the playoff great.
Ed Sneed must’ve been a nightmare to play with, such an extremely slow player.
In addition, I’ve never liked Tom Watson, and what made it worse was when he accused Gary Player of cheating! So it was great to see Fuzzy winning the tournament!
Called for rulings or measurements a zillion times just in the last few holes...hahaha.
Hole-by-hole announcers (1979 Masters) CBS:
Vin Scully 10 & 18
Pat Summerall 11 & 12
Ken Venturi 13
Jim Thacker 14
Ben Wright 15
Jack Whitaker 16
Frank Glieber 17
Who’s giant jacket was Gary Player wearing? The thing swallowed him.
Almost no one wore a hat at those days! Only Ollie Schniederjans who does not wear a cap nowadays.
The 14th costly for Watson in 78 and 79. Could have been 3 in a row and 10 majors. Of course Sneed even unluckier. Would have been great if that bunker shot in the playoff went in.
Yes had he nailed that one it would have seen Watson eliminated and he and Zoeller off to the next hole to continue. This was a great tournament.
Poor Sneed. The nerves are shattered. He looks in a state of shock watching things get away.
That was a Greg Norman choke from Sneed
Zoellers 2nd major he beat Norman, who choked big time
And no one else ever called him “Tommy” Watson. Or “Tommy” Kite.
How great is Vin Scully?!
Looking through Tom Watson's career he could have had another dozen majors. In the hunt so often.
So crazy they bring in Palmer to run the interview at the jacket ceremony. Hord Hardin leads off of course. Arnie to ed at the jacket ceremony...."ed I really sympathize with you.....I know how you feel...would you like to tell us about it?" ruthless. and they just keep piling on. Really feel for Ed. they put him in the middle of a little couch with Watson and Fuzzy on each side of him. Nowhere to go. then they give fuzzy his jacket while Ed sits there. Geez
What's with "Kenny" Venturi? "Tommy" Watson? "Tommy" Kite? "Eddie" Sneed?
Yes! 🙄
Both Of These Two CBS-TV 📺 Announcers , Are Horrible! 🙄🤢🤮
I Am So Happy 😁 That Both TV 📺 Announcers , Will Soon Retire, After This 1979 Masters Broadcast!
Typed By John Clark Here At 5:36 p.m. , Monday Afternoon 🌁🏙️ , May 22, 2023.
Tom Watson's Bogey, On The 14th Hole, In Consecutive Years, ( 1978-1979 ), Cost Tom Watson, To Slip On, A 2nd Green Jacket!⛳🏌♂️🧥
Watson's level of golf from 77 to 83 was sick!he nearly won 3 masters in a row from 77.
I had no idea Frank Glieber also did golf. I always think of him as an NFL, NBA and college football/college basketball guy.
You can always tell a CBS golf broadcast its crystal clear, ABC always looked a little cloudy and NBC looked a little color saturated. Funny
Man are you ever right! Never occurred to me before
How 1979 was Ken Venturi's chequered jacket? Gotta love it...
Ed Sneed was pretty salty in the clubhouse when they gave Fuzzy the jacket.. I mean SALTY....
I can’t believe the players tolerated having to participate as runner up in butler cabin.
How about the idiots measuring to see who was away. Clown show all around.
Poor Ed.
They didn't wear hats too much back then.
I really get the choking. It took me 4 tries before I finally broke par for 18: choked badly the 3 times before--triples on either 17 or 18. I think it's imposter syndrome. Part of you feels really uncomfortable with this new identity--I don't belong here. And then the subconscious goes to work to put things right. Nicklaus had enormous talent, but I think his biggest advantage was his self-belief. He got beat a lot, but he never choked a major.
Boy, Hord Hardin really had to stick his nose into the playoffs. He had no right being on the 10th and 11th greens during play.
I wonder what goes through Ed Sneed's mind every year when he's not at the Master's dinner, must be horrible.
Like the joke about the bug. The windshield. This is just brutal. Chinese water torture.
It must have been hard for the men of the Masters to accept a champion named Fuzzy
Poor Ed Sneed!🤦♂️⛳🏌♂️
Ed Sneed, 3-Putting The 10th Hole, In Regulation, Cost Him His Best Chance, To Slip On A Green Jacket!🤦♂️🥺😢🏆
Was Jack Whittaker the first broadcaster to use the phrase “Yes Sir”? (Nicklaus putt on 16)
back when you could smoke at golf tournaments
zoeller was Stellar.........
Breezy that day
1:13:28 Hogan Directors
Players back then had their own style and characteristics. Nowadays, they all look like Nike robots.
Anyone know the rules for this playoff? Did they just continue down the back nine? Would they have gone to 12 if they were still tied? It never made it past 11 so I am not sure
Bogey,bogey,bogey,that,s gonna hurt for eternity ed.Somethings are just not meant to be.
Fried chicken
and collard greens?
The beginning of you know
2:08:46
43:18 Champions Swing!
Is that:..vin scully?!?! Also- never knew how bad Snead choked this
1:59:00 those drives though
Where was weiskoph!!
I'm not sorry, but sudden death is the worst way to determine a major championship. The only fair way is to play the full 18 holes. At least the other majors don't make it come down to one hole.
wrong
It's most exciting way for fans
Bill Lane died in 1980, then Hord Hardin took over.
Poor Ed Sneed 😢 😞 ⛳🏌♂️
If Ed Sneed Had Made That 4 Foot Putt, For Par, On The 18th Hole, 43 Years Ago, ( Because I Am Typing This, On Tuesday, February 8, 2022! ), We Would Be Talking 👄 About Ed Sneed, Having A Lifetime Exception, To Play ▶️ The Masters, Not Fuzzy Zoeller!⛳🏌♂️🏆🤠😎🤓☺
Like the automobiles of the time ...... the fashion on display goes down as some of the worst of all-time.
Tom Kite.....ughhhhh. But I'll say Jack, Tom Watson and Ed Sneed all looked understated and sharp at the same time
vince nevers shuts his mouth
Ken Venturi is very annoying adding a y to everyone's name. They used to drink on the job back then. RIP Nervous Fart at 1:45:34
Fuzzy and tom Watson both choked on 18 in regulation. Fuzzy whiffed on his approach more than you can possibly whiff, and Tom Watson blew his drive into the trees and got very lucky to be clear. Ed Sneed arguably choked less, just couldn't overrun fate. The universe demanded he lose.
these announcers are so full of themselves, especially skully