Live from Augusta...Sunday am

Tiger fires shots

April 12, 2015 at 2:27PM

Augusta, Ga.

Good morning from Augusta National, site of my favorite sporting event. It's a little overcast but not threatening this morning. The course should be a little damp but the pin placements are brutal. Will be fascinating to see how players like Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods approach this setup. They'll need to fire at pins, but doing so will bring in great risk.

My favorite quote from Tiger Woods that I didn't use in today's coverage illustrates that he's thinking about winning, even though he's 10 shots back.

``You saw what happened in '96," Woods said. ``You saw what happened with Rory in 2011. You never know around this golf course. Anything can happen."

Woods references Greg Norman's epic choke job and McIlroy's disastrous back nine on Sunday.

Woods is trying to get into Jordan Spieth's head.

We'll find out this afternoon whether mind games make any difference with Spieth.

Remember, playing in the final pairing at The Masters last year, Spieth shot a 72. That wasn't good enough to beat Bubba Watson, but it wasn't a choke.

I'll be doing a live show from The Masters at noon today at SouhanUnfiltered.com. Please tune in, or listen later.

@Souhanstrib

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Jim Souhan is a sports columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune. He has worked at the paper since 1990, previously covering the Twins and Vikings.

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