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An Ever-Changing Masters Course Changes Again
The golfer Brendon Todd takes comfort in the memories of practice rounds he played at Augusta National Golf Club with José Maria Olazábal, who won the Masters Tournament in 1994 and 1999.
The course was shorter when Olazábal was dominant, and the difference between the longest hitters and everyone else wasn’t that large...
Ben Crenshaw Is Not Done With the Masters
In the history of the Masters, Ben Crenshaw’s name is writ large.
He was the low amateur, meaning the amateur who plays the best that week, in back-to-back years, 1972 and 1973. In 1984, he won the tournament, besting Tom Watson by two strokes. But it’s his 1995 victory at age 43 that’s one for the history books.
Just days after his coach and mentor Harvey Penick died...
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