Hey, it’s true. Don’t blame me.

The field is the weakest. Just ask Stephen Ames.

“When you compare it to the other major events, it is the weakest field technically,” Ames told the Calgary Herald. “There are only 90 players (at the Masters); the top 50 players in the world are guaranteed. Of those 90, there are 20 old guys still playing, past champions, who shouldn’t be playing golf. So, technically, it’s a field of 70.

“Hey, I’m just quoting facts. The Players Championship is a stronger field than that one.”

Ames won The Players, by the way, but he’s speaking the truth.

The Masters is certainly the most sentimental of the majors – all those old-timers well past their competitive days limping around the fairways, all the azaleas, the history, all those melodramatic pronouncements by giddy announcers.

But, the fact remains it is the weakest. If you win either the U.S. Open or British Opens, you’ve accomplished something greater than winning the Masters.

Don’t argue with me. It’s a fact.

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