Phil was smiling when he helped Tiger with the green jacket. But was it sincere? Harry How/Getty Images

One last thing about the Masters ... OK, maybe 11 more things:

1. As the media resurrects Tigermania and begins talking Grand Slam, it's pretty easy to forget how Tiger Woods finished the Masters. At the par-3 16th, he missed the green long and left (and made up for it with that unlikely yet historic bank-shot chip-in). At 17, he blocked his drive so far right he nearly found the 15th fairway, botched a chip and had to get up and down to save bogey. At 18, poised to close out the tournament in regulation, he blocked a simple little 8-iron shot into the right greenside bunker, opening the door for Chris DiMarco to force a playoff. So the next time you read that Tiger is back, you might want to take a look at his first 40 wins on Tour and see how many he won like that. As a closer, he used to be Mariano Rivera but this finish looked awfully Milwaukee Brewer-like ... until that winning putt.

2. What that means, by the way, is that Woods is back far enough that he can once again win a major championship without having to play his best golf. At least, he can win a Masters that way. It'll be interesting to see if he can drive it poorly and still contend at a U.S. Open. The easy call? He can't. The early call? He'll hit more fairways at Pinehurst than he did at Augusta.

3. Were the CBS announcers the only ones who didn't get the real reason Woods was playing so deliberately in the final round with DiMarco? It wasn't because he was grinding harder or focusing even more than usual, as they supposed. It's because DiMarco is one of the fastest players on Tour and Woods was trying to disturb his rhythm. Nothing wrong with a little gamesmanship but come on, tell it like it is. You saw how quick DiMarco was. On the 18th green, DiMarco played his crucial chip shot before Woods even had time to mark his ball.

4. Hootie Johnson scores poorly as a diplomat but highly as a visionary. His lengthening of Augusta National and adding rough and planting trees proved he was thinking ahead of the curve. As a result, Augusta National is easily the most difficult great course in the world. Or didn't you notice the scores? Sure, DiMarco and Woods, the two guys who played exceptional golf, tied at 12 under. The next best 72-hole score was five under. And this was after repeated rains softened and slowed the greens, almost no wind on the weekend and on a course where even medium-length hitters had at least two par-5 holes they could go for in two every round. When -- or should I say if -- the Masters gets firm and fast conditions and several days of wind, a score of over par will win the tournament. Yes, the National is that tough.

5. Just once, as an experiment, wouldn't you like to see the greens slowed to about 7 on the Stimpmeter and the pins stuck on the sides of some crazy slopes and knobs like the old days when the club had bermuda greens? That would really mess with the players' minds.

6. The most exciting portion of the tournament got short shrift on television. That was early Sunday morning when the third round was completed and Woods birdied the first four holes on the back nine (extending his consecutive birdie streak to seven) and blew past DiMarco to take the lead. Just another good reason to purchase the Masters highlight video when it comes out on DVD.