Flyer Bait: It's Masters time again. Here's an interview with Arnie, focusing on his singular accomplishment this year of playing in 50 consecutive Masters tournaments. A lot of people have noted that Arnie hasn't done anything for the last twenty occasions but hold up traffic. (The last time he made the cut, in 1983, this year's amateur champion, Nick Flanagan, wasn't born yet.)

Does the fact that Arnie's firmly in the pantheon of golf excuse his annual embarrassment? I always thought that was what the Seniors' Tour was for, after all -- a place for old timers to get their kicks without having to cut muster with the current hothands. He'll be 75 this year, and to his credit he's admitted that it's time for him to go. Meanwhile, comparative whippersnapper Jack Nicklaus is playing again this year. He has a better record of making the cut as a senior than Arnold, but he's unlikely to top Arnold's 50 consecutive record. He wisely hung it up in 1998, only to return for embarrassment in 2003. Including this year, he only has 49 more tournaments to go to tie Arnold's record -- at which point Jack will be 174 years old, and Arnie will still be promising "one last year" to say goodbye.