On the eve of the season's first major, I can't remember being this excited about the Masters. I've spent way too much time watching preview coverage, and I'm not making any plans this weekend so I can watch all of the broadcast coverage of the final two rounds.

There are so many great storylines, and so many of the top players in the world are in coming in hot. I fully expect a lot of the top 10 players to be in contention on Sunday, and I also have a gut feeling that Tiger is going to win this thing by a few strokes at least. Here's an interesting tidbit, during the past six years, Woods - through all the ups and very downs of his personal life and golf game - has not finished worse than 6th at Augusta. I think he needs to be a B+ putter this week to win. The one thing that could be an issue for him is the short game, which has not been quite as sharp his driving and iron shots - including at Bay Hill - and will be crucial this week.