Golf Central

One of the newest "traditions" of winning the Masters for the champion is a trip to New York City on the Monday following to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman and read the show's iconic Top 10 list.

So our Trevor Immelman duly obliged and grinned his way through the "Top 10 Ways Trevor Immelman's Life Has Changed Since Winning The Masters" list. Here's the list Letterman's writers gave the 2008 champ:

10. I've been elevated from "unknown" to "obscure" ...
 9. Thanks to the prize money, I no longer have to buy generic root beer
 8. Suddenly I don't look so foolish for trademarking "Immelmania"
 7. I'm BFFs with Lauren and Heidi from "The Hills"
 6. President Bush called me to congratulate me on winning Wimbledon
 5. When my caddy recommends a club, I can say "excuse me, how many Masters have you won?"
 4. Invited to Masters Winners' Week on Jeopardy
 3. I get a lifetime supply of them little pencils
 2. Guess who's playing 36 holes with the Pope this weekend?
 1. Get to put my arm around Tiger Woods and say "Maybe next year"

Some good zingers there, especially the Immelmania and Bush items (In fact we should have trademarked "Immelmania" over the weekend). But we think born-again Christian Zach Johnson got a zippier No. 1 last year: "1. Thanks to global warming, next year I'm playing without pants."

Immelman then had a courtside seat for the New York Knicks-Boston Celtics NBA game at Madison Square Garden and appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, the vanquished Tiger had surgery ... the tables have turned, golf fans, if only for a few weeks ...