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Many a player has said a silent amen when they have safely navigated the stretch that make up the most famous trio of golf holes in Major Golf Championships. The second half of #11, the par-3 #12 and the first half of #13 make up what, noted golf writer Herbert Warren Wind immortalized “Amen Corner”…
One of the many perks of membership at the Augusta National Golf Club is a place to stay for out-of-town members. Located on the grounds of the golf course are ten “Cabins” for members and their guests to stay while they are visiting and playing the Club. Although they are called “Cabins” they are anything…
Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones along with Golf Course Architect, Alister MacKenzie, built the Augusta National Golf Club on a 365 acre former plant nursery. Hoping to market their golf course on a national level, Jones and Roberts lobbied the USGA to host the 1934 United States Open Golf Championship, but were turned down. That…
Thursday’s opening day morning tee times are all on the golf course as the 2019 Masters is under way. 87 Players will start this years tournament, all hoping they will contend for the coveted Green Jacket that goes to the Champion and a return invite to the golf season’s first Major. Regardless of how these…
The 2019 Masters begins tomorrow morning at 8:15 am when Jack Nicklaus and Gary Players will hit the opening shots to start the festivities. The Masters is all about tradition and Honorary Starters have been around since 1963 when Jock Hutchinson and Fred McLeod hit the first shots to begin the tournament. Only nine men…
Dan Jenkins, aka “His Ownself” was, like most famous people, acutely aware of his enormous celebrity.