Golfers should have a chance to enjoy a Masters in life

Golfers should have a chance to enjoy a Masters in life

If you had one chance to archive something to teach future generations, civilizations or alien life forms about golf, you’d package footage of the final round of this year’s Masters in a vault. Sunday’s final round was as gripping a sporting event I’ve Review of Ping G15 Series watched in several years. The last event I can think of that compelled me like Sunday’s finish was the 2008 Wimbledon between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. No sporting event in the world is like the Masters. If God came down from the heavens to play golf, he’d roll his chariot up

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, grab a pimento cheese sandwich and head off to Tea Olive for five hours of bliss. The course has Amen Corner, for heavens sake. It’s the most beautiful place in the state of Georgia. And we haven’t even talked about playing it.

Tradition is a large part of what makes Augusta so special. But when it’s all set aside, playing Augusta is a challenge that never fails to gobble up the best players in the world. The greens are so tight — so hilly and fast that perhaps the best way to prepare for them is playing a worn-out Pirate’s Cove putt-putt course. The Masters is also the only major played on the same course. For that reason, old guys like Fred Couples always seem to have a chance. Experience matters.Most of the time, you don’t play to miss greens. At Augusta, it’s a critical part of the game. When you see a final round like we saw Sunday, when eight players had a share of the lead at one point, and it took a four-birdie streak to win at golf’s greatest venues, it burns in your mind forever. The Masters is the one event that combines tradition, competition and beauty like nothing else known to man. It's the pinnacle of sports.