Oh My Goodness! | Verne Lundquist’s 40th And Final Call Of The Masters

Thank you, Verne. #themasters

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[Music] Masters means just about everything professional my gracious one today nothing to it and we have a new leader at the Masters this Masters will Mark Vern’s 40th and Final Call behind the CBS microphone 40 years from 1983 on 25 years of sitting up in that tower on 16 watching the world go by there you have it he’s died for the lead at Augusta with two holes to play I Am compelled to say oh my goodness on a personal level August is a very special place Nancy my wife and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary here she’s sitting right over here to my left smiling as always so many memorable occasions here most noticeably this guy named tiger in 2005 [Applause] he is to be reactive you can’t anticipate you’ve got to react as the fan would react that’s the Genesis of what I said at Tiger ship show in your life have you seen anything like that I think people at home say I’ve never seen that in my life but I’d never seen it I’ve heard that call a couple times that’s what I grew up watching listening to Vern he has just an amazing ability to narrate in a way that is poetic he just draws the audience in he’s accomplished a lot here and he’s had a pretty good impact on my professional career I’ve been lucky enough to have that memory was a burn for the rest of my life you were right Vern we have not seen anything like that I’m Vern list at the par for 17th the seemingly innocent 400 yard Straight Ahead par 4 I worked at 17 and 86 this is for S possession of the lead I said to myself keep it simple and get out of the way maybe yes sir I really am hoping to see Jack and just say thank you very much yes [Applause] sir that is so good oh my God Vern’s a good guy he’s been at the Masters a long time the iconic guest served with me and ‘ 86 was one that uh obviously I’ll never forget Jack and 86 and tiger and5 there are worse things for your career than to be associated with those two [Music] I’ve worked every hole in the second nine now except 10 and 18 in 83 I worked the 13th hole sevy won it looks like it might be a six iron sevie ballos Leader by four he flirted with danger but came out fortunate at one point I did 15 and 16 wonderful touch in 96 oh goodness this guy named Greg Norman had had a six shot lead disappear no a six shot lead with which he began this day an Ever increasingly distant memory I’ve done 11 and 12 I’ll be at the beautiful but treacherous little par 312 on which we find 32-year-old Fred Couples the famous Freddy Couples t-shot that hung up on the bank wow with a miracle of sorts I think of the odds of that ball staying dry how how many times have you seen that stay drive from there never I guarantee you no ball stays on that bank anymore any good how about the reaction found another [Applause] [Music] ball this is such a special place and I’ve had so many great moments here I love everything about this event it’s my favorite Golf Course ever and uh again just a lot of memories and that’s for you Vern what a man what a career