Snedeker's good cry earns support with fans

Then Snedeker's opportunity faded and, "I realize why he wanted to cry, was crying like a girl whose prom date didn't show up," he said. "That's what I felt like."

Gill joked to Snedeker it was probably a bad sign for Nashville's country music crowd to pay attention.

"We write these kind of stories all the time," Gill told Snedeker, who's from Nashville. "We're seeing one unfold and we still feel bad."

Snedeker thinks the waterworks are under control.

Still, Snedeker wasn't sure how he'd react to more Masters questions this week and warned organizers, "Make sure there's a big box of Kleenex right here in front of my microphone just to make sure."