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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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on Tuesday night. Van Exel1
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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
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11116 $1,000 for a game ejection.
^an The incident comes less than a
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, six games and fined $20,000 for
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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
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for punching Rudy Tomjanovich,
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