Mickelson a worthy winner

ALTHOUGH I wanted Lee Westwood to win, I thought Phil Mickelson was a worthy champion at this year’s Masters.

Phil Mickelson had started the final round one shot behind the Englishman, but finished with an overall score of 272 as opposed to Lee Westwood’s 275.

This was Mickelson’s third green jacket as he took the title in 2004 and 2006.

One of the highlights for me was the shot Mickelson hit from the trees at the 13th onto the green.

For Westwood it was another major gone where he had an opportunity. In the last three he has now finished third, third and now second. Surely his time will come soon.

It was good to see Tiger Woods back again playing competitive golf after his five month absence.

Although he looked far from happy with his game, Woods still finished fourth. He could be seen often taking one hand off the club in the follow through and his facial expressions showed he was far from pleased.

His three-putt from six feet on the 14th green was uncharacteristic though.

I thought the event was covered well by the BBC.

Hazel Irvine proved to be a good presenter and Peter Alliss was his usual quirky self.

I am sure that the event finished earlier and I remember in the past that the winning putt used to be sunk well after 12am, compared with this year when the tournament ended at 12am.

Meanwhile, I found the first televised leaders’ debate a bit of a turn-off. There were no real confrontations between the politicians and it would be good to see more audience participation.