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10 The traditi There is hot sunshine in the sky pollen in the air and the eyes of the natior are on Augusta, Ga That can mean onh one thing ? ifs time for golfs "traditioi unlike any other," The Masters. ' I made my first trip to August* National yesterday, and I must say th< land Bobby Jones and Clifford Robert developed off 1-20 is one of the mos1 ucauiiiiui piatcs i uavu cvci occu. The practice round at The Master: allowed me to view up close and in persoi some of the greatest players to ever hol( a golf club. When one sees that leade: board and the adjoining first hole for thi first time, their heart seems to skip i beat as if to say, "If I die now, I will di as the happiest man alive." Augusta National is home to somi very unique traditions. The one mos everyone is familiar with is the awarding of the green jacket to each winner of tb Maetpro wViirh sicmifips fhpir immpdiflti induction into the membership at August National. Also, membership is reserved for th elite, and they actually govern all th events surrounding The Masters. Th members invite anyone they want to th tournament ? as long as they alway invite past champions and the winner of the other majors. The founder of Augusta National Clifford Roberts, committed suicide o: the 12th green after suffering from terminal illness in the early 1970s According to his suicide note, he wa afraid he would die some place othe than the golf course. The playing surface is very smoot] and is cut to within one-eighth of an 1 he USu Alumni assc of its 150th Anni Carolini Spring New Mus Friday, April' Stude General Adi Anyone interested in becoming a pa dancers should come to the New Mi Audition dai For more information call D miiiiiinnnm -*mmy /Studer 1925 Monday - Friday, 6ar on begins , inch high. Then ACHIM i a steam roller HUNT i rolls over the MFnrTWCTTW 1 grass to make sure it is not even that tall, i It is not uncommon to see a puttee 5 ball at Augusta get caught in a downhil 3 break and roll off of the green entirely t Even the longest putt at Augusta onl; requires a small tap to get the ball ti 3 the green. i Tfte DacK nine at Augusta is in< 1 section of the course most familiar ti r sports fans because it is the only sid< s CBS is allowed to show during its coveragi i of the tournament. 3 After viewing the front nine today, must say if you thought the back nim b was hard, you haven't seen anything yel t The two par threes are over 200 yard % in length, and six out of the seven distano b holes (par fours and fives) feature som e sort of dog-leg turn in them, a The familiar back nine features Amei corner, which consists of the 11th throug] e the 14th holes. These holes are the fou e toughest holes on the entire golf courst o on/1 thow nunallv lrnnrlr mif a munlp r & UUU W11VJ IAWmuaaj wv?v v e the front-runners by the end of the thin s day. s As far as this year's Masters, this i going to be a pretty wide-open race fo I, the green jacket. Greg Norman is th n top-rated player in the world right nov a and he has to be considered a favorite i. Amateur Tiger Woods is alread s playing in his second Masters at the ag r of 19 and is hitting the ball as far as Fv ever seen any golfer hit a ball. (Yes, tha h includes John Daly and perhaps Happ d Gilmore.) iciation, in Celebration versary, Presents a Alive's >how '96 j ic Building 12 *8:00 P.M. nts: $5 mission: $10 rt of USC's finest group of singers and Lisic Building, Room 210 at 7:30 p.m. te is April 16. r. Richard Conant 777-3125 x ^ _?c*GS 10 Weeiw 4 Months $14 ry?? r r*c tc*c?> r*o K Weight Ca P8 k A t h I e t I c C l/2 Huger Street (803) 256n -10pm Saturday, 10am - 8pm The Gamecock in Augusta On the 17th hole, there is a huge pine tree in the fairway that comes into play I for some of the players who cannot drive that far. This tree was nicknamed Ike's Tree because -former President and 1 member of the club Dwight Eisenhower 1 hit it with his ball every time he played and repeatedly asked the club president f to cut down the tree, which never a happened. Woods' playing partners for the 2 practice round were golf legends Arnold a Palmer and Jack Nicklaus At one point b on the par four, 436-yard 17th hole, the b two golfers could be seen giving the young player a hard time about his power and I accuracy. e After Palmer hit a strong shot through (not over) Ike's Tree, he turned to Woods s nriH sfiiH "Ynn know, when I was vour e age, I could hit the ball well over that e tree." Woods then stepped up to his ball, but Nicklaus stopped him from hitting a by asking an official, "Have you cleared ti the green yet? I am afraid he might kill r someone up there." 5, Turning to other player, I think Fred if Couples is the man to beat this week. i Norman will make a chaige with Nicklaus for the jacket, but Fred is hitting the ball s well for the first time since 1992, when r he won (you guessed it) The Masters, e But to tell you the truth, The Masters r, are as unpredictable as Augusta National ;. is beautiful. And rest assured that as y long as the ghosts of Bobby Jones, Clifford e Roberts and Dwight Eisenhower loom e over this world-class event, it will be it interesting and fun right up until the y last putt. I prrmrma UaUIUUIIm Why drag it al Store it witl ^hiHpnt Dicrmint on S< k-J lUViVliV J^lUVV/V?AJiV V/XA fc-n Hmerican St 1339 Garner L; Columbia, SC 2< (803)731-99: nt " 1 hi . m Do mbing * i fytts o S . utfiines alar area tics JE | I u b 9001 Sunday, 10am-6pm, Thursday, April 11,199 Carolina ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEMSON ? Billy Koch pit seven shutout innings and Mat LeCrpy homered for the third sta game to lead Clemson to an victory over South Carolir Wednesday. It was Clemson's fifth conse< win against the Gamecocks (1 Van Exel ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK ? Nick Van Exe the Los Angeles Lakers v suspended for seven games i fined an NBA-record $25,000 to for shoving a referee during a gz against the Denver Nuggets. The league's action against Exel will cost the Lakers' gu about $187,000 and will keep ] out of the lineup for the rest of regular season. : : J A ] o.oo me uiuueiit uauxicu wiui o.&o in the Lakers' 98-91 loss to Der on Tuesday night. Van Exel1 given a technical by referee ] Garretson after the player questic a call during a time out. In the course of a subsequ argument, Garretson issued1 Exel a second technical ? carr an automatic ejection ? and rnmm 1 home? 1 us. elected Units [orage ane 1210 59 Igggkp^ * JL BH|| *8 - Jff y 8 Wmt ; ' HK- - > fiR jf^^siiiii^uiiuiid^ift^ Jgl^iun^ti! :. IKlPs^in" s Exclusiv ___ 1 16 loses to Cl and the Tigers' sixth shutout of season. ^ LeCroy became the first Tigei . five years to hit home runs in th consecutive games. He now has homers for the season and 25 for ia on career. Will Duffie contributed three 1 9K1S) and Paul Galloway added anot] suspended point guard then shoved Garretson 1 Sill 1 , - onto tne scorer s taDie witn nis 51 Of c forearm. / Si S x , Van Exel, who makes $1.9 million \n this season, will lose about $161,000 y in pay, plus the $25,000 fine and 11116 $1,000 for a game ejection. ^an The incident comes less than a , month after Dennis Rodman of the QT?Q , . Chicago Bulls was suspended for , six games and fined $20,000 for ? Vioo/^-VniH-incr rofimpp Tprf RpmhnrHt je^ shouting obscenities and kicking over a water cooler in a game against lver the New Jersey Nets. Van Exel's suspension is the third , longest in league history for an onm court incident. Kermit Washington was suspended for 26 games in 1977 for punching Rudy Tomjanovich, .an and Vernon Maxwell received a 10game suspension last year for going e into the stands and hitting a fan, managers unideirxLT includes: pager, activation & April service fee (with NC & SC coverage) RECRYSTAL or TRADE FREE with activation 503 Meetine Street V I ' Jr ^1-/,, Tp 1WI m ; # ? IX tarts Friday, April ely at Kent's Capii * emson 11-0 the pair. 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