It's the end of the month, and so let's take a look back at the big stories that dominated April 2011 here at Devil Ball. Away we go, starting with that little tournament in that backwater Georgia town:

• Friends, your new Masters champion is Charl Schwartzel. Hopefully that won't just be a trivia answer someday.

• Nearly as astonishing as Schwartzel's win was Rory McIlroy's total meltdown on the 10th hole, which is painful to read about even weeks later.

• To start the week, Ian Poulter made an unfortunate prediction about Tiger Woods' final finishing slot.

• Rickie Fowler got a lesson in Masters etiquette at a press conference.

• Adam Scott broke out the long putter, and as goofy as he looked, he nearly won Augusta with it.

• Aaron Baddeley's first shot at Augusta ended up right in a woman's lap. Whoops.

• Tiger Woods fell short, but gave everyone watching something to enjoy.

• Oh, and some security guard at Augusta briefly denied access to a female reporter. The more things change ...

• McIlroy's luck continued to go south, as he lost his clubs en route from Augusta to Malaysia.

• After Augusta, it got weird. Kevin Na came completely apart and carded a 16 on one hole at the Valero Texas Open.

• TaylorMade unveiled a gargantuan driver along the right-field foul pole of the San Diego Padres' stadium.

• Poulter got back in the news by claiming that his Hilton Head house he used during the Heritage was haunted.

• Stacy Lewis' mom was so excited at the thought of her winning the first LPGA major of the year that she broke her leg jumping into Poppie's Pond. Ouch.

• At that same tournament, Yani Tseng mocked the golf gods by lifting the trophy in celebration ... before she'd even teed off. Yeah, she didn't win.


• Cheyenne Woods, who reminds us of someone very familiar, won the ACC individual golf championship.

• Champions Tour legend Jim Thorpe returned to the golf course after a stint in prison for tax evasion. Welcome back, Thorpey.

• Woods swung himself right out of a few tournaments with a bad chip on Saturday at Augusta.

• Donald Trump wouldn't play golf if he were president during wartime. Good to know.

• And finally, John Daly is giving lifestyle advice to future NFL QB Ryan Mallett and marriage advice to Tiger Woods. Sounds about right.

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