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We are committed to delivering compassionate, patient-centered care in a state-of-the-art environment, ensuring that residents of Eatonton and the surrounding communities receive prompt and eective treatment when it matters most. In an emergency, trust Putnam General Hospital to provide expert care, close to home. Sure-handed Scheffler wins second Green Jacket Bill Fields masters.com As Scottie Scheffler walked toward the green of the par-3 16th hole at Augusta National early Sunday evening, the pond on his left and supportive patrons on both sides, he couldn’t miss a leader board straight beyond his destination. Scheffler’s cushion at that moment in the 88th Masters Tournament was three strokes, and his ball was at rest just nine feet from the cup, a birdie-to-be for the fatherto-be. Amid the warmth of the day and the gallery, the best player around the globe had put his second Masters victory on ice. With a final-round 68 during which he displayed the talent that has taken him to world No. 1, Scheffler, 27, kept the throttle down – making six birdies in a nine-hole stretch – and avoided the mistakes that sabotaged the scorecards of three contenders who had shared the lead with him in the middle of the round. “It's hard to put into words how special this is,” Scheffler said. “It's been a long week, a grind of a week. It was a battle. The golf course was so challenging, and to be sitting here wearing this jacket again and getting to take it home is extremely special.” In winning the 2022 Masters, Scheffler came to the 72nd tee leading by five. On Sunday, he arrived there in front by four. That is breathing room. That is dominance. That is why Scheffler has two Green Jackets in five starts, fewer attempts to snag a second one than all but Horton Smith, who won the first and third Masters, in 1934 and ’36. Both of Scheffler's Masters victories have come when he was world No. 1. Tiger Woods is the only other player to have won two Green Jackets while holding the top ranking. Scheffler finished at 11-under 277, four strokes ahead of Ludvig Åberg of Sweden, who put forth a valiant effort in his Masters debut. Max Homa, Collin Morikawa and Tommy Fleetwood tied for third at 4-under. The margins between Scheffler and those who came up short belied how tight things were until they weren’t. “Great work,” Homa told Scheffler as he approached the scoring room in the Clubhouse. “Congrats. Enjoy the baby.” Whether Scheffler’s wife, Meredith, who was back home in Dallas, has a boy or a girl in the weeks to come, a green blanket would be appropriate. “I’m coming home,” Scheffler said after winning his third event of 2024. “I’ll be home as quick as I can. It’s a very special time for both of us. I can’t put into words what it means to win this tournament. I really can’t put into words what it’s going to be like to become a father for the first time.” Scheffler’s 2022 victory hinged on what happened at the third hole of the final round, when he pitched in for birdie and Cameron Smith, in the final pairing with him, made bogey. This time, the turning points came a bit later, after Homa had birdied No. 8, putting him in a tie for the lead at 6-under with Scheffler, Aberg and Morikawa, who was in the final pairing with Scheffler. That’s when his chief competition stumbled, Scheffler got hot, and a tight battle quickly loosened. Morikawa had the first lapse, making a double bogey on the ninth after an errant drive into the right trees. And he would make another 6 on the 11th, hooking his 5-iron approach into the water. “I got greedy,” said Morikawa, a two-time major champion who has been searching for that kind of form over the last two years. “Watching Scotty today, I know it’s doable for me, I just have to put the pieces together.” His costly splashdown followed that of Åberg in the next-to-last pairing. The young Swede had made the same blunder, negating his 36-foot downhill birdie putt on the ninth that had briefly given him the solo lead at 7-under. Homa’s critical mistake occurred on the par-3 12th, a subtle genius of a hole that seems to always bare sharp teeth in tense final rounds. Homa’s tee shot from 159 yards landed on the green but cruelly one-hopped beyond into vegetation. He had to take an unplayable lie and made a 5. “It’s bittersweet, I guess, because I feel accomplished something, but feel like it doesn’t really mean anything in the grand scheme of things,” said Homa, who had his best major finish despite the hiccup. “But I feel like I learned. I feel like I took a big leap. The rhetoric on me, and this is from myself as well, is I have not performed in these things, and I performed for all four days. I didn’t throw a 65 in there and sneak my way in. I had to sleep on this every single day, this feeling and kind of this monkey on my back.” Åberg rallied with birdies at the 13th and 14th to stay within sight of Scheffler and maintain some hope and becoming the first Masters newcomer to win since Fuzzy Zoeller 45 years ago. “Just to be in this situation and feel the nerves and feel the pressure walking down the last couple holes is what you dream of,” said Åberg. “This is what I have been wanting to do for such a long time, and it’s quite surreal to actually have the opportunity to experience it.” But the leader wasn’t waffling. “He was just focused on doing Scotty Scheffler things,” summed up his caddie, Ted Scott, who was alongside Bubba Watson for Masters victories in 2012 and 2014 and has been with Scheffler for nine wins in the last 26 months. Forty years after Texan Ben Crenshaw birdied the eighth, ninth and 10th holes of the final round on the way to winning his first Green Jacket, Scheffler, who has lived in the Lone Star State since he was 6 years old, did the same. On the eighth, Scheffler holed a tricky 10-footer, what he called the “biggest momentum-turner I had.” From 102 yards on No. 9, he nearly spun a wedge into the cup and had a tap-in birdie. At the 10th, where Crenshaw, a legendary putter, sank a 60-footer in 1984, Scheffler’s 3 on the tilted green with the dappled shadows came from nine feet to give him a two-stroke lead. Less-than-superb putting has at times left him unable to capitalize on his consummate ballstriking in recent months, but work with instructor Phil Kenyon to augment his longtime coach Randy Smith has paid off. This week, particularly on Sunday, Scheffler made the ones that counted. He has had a savvy short game for a long time, dating to his youth in Texas. “I spent a lot of time around the short game area at Royal Oaks when I was a kid, and there was a lot of pros out there I used to watch and tried to chip and putt with them,” Scheffler recalled this week. “I couldn’t compete with them on the golf course yet, but I felt like could I compete with them on and around the greens. That was always fun for me to get around some of the pros out there when I was a young kid and challenge them to a short game contest. I think I learned from a young age how to chip and chip under pressure.” Scheffler made a benign bogey on the arduous 11th that had derailed Åberg and Morikawa then negotiated the 12th in safety-first style, avoiding peril with a 9-iron to the left side of the green and two-putting from 49 feet. “I knew there was birdies out there on the back nine,” Scheffler said. “I had a lot of really talented players trying to chase me down, and I knew pars weren’t going to get it done.” It was mission accomplished when he two-putted for a birdie-4 at the 13th and hit his approach to two feet for another birdie at 14 before making his fourth birdie of the incoming nine on the 16th after an 8-iron tee shot. Two years ago, the outcome secure with one hole to play, Scheffler let his concentration lapse, four-putting the final green. Sunday, he chipped close and saved par. “I’m glad I brought down my putting average on 18,” he joked, again having the last laugh. “My priorities will change very soon,” he said, looking ahead to being a dad. “My son or daughter will now be the main priority, along with my wife, so golf will now be probably fourth in line. But I still love competing. I don’t plan on taking my eye off the ball anytime soon, that’s for sure.” That is not welcome news for those trying to beat him. MASTERS.COM Masters champion Scottie Scheffler celebrates on the No. 18 green during the final round of the 2024 Masters Tournament April 14, 2024.
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The only golfer considered one of the true icons of the Golden Age of Sports, Bobby Jones stood alongside Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Jack Dempsey and Bill Tilden as giants in the public eye. Jones’ road to success was not as quick, or easy, as his precocious abilities might have made it appear. It took several years, a few nearmisses, and evolving maturity before Bobby broke through. Although winning the amateur championships brought enough glory and achievement to earn him a place in golf’s pantheon, Bobby took his fame a major step further by regularly beating the top professionals of the day. He won three British and four U.S. Opens against strong fields that included such legends as Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen—the only two U.S. golfers of that period whose triumphs earned them a mention alongside Jones. Beating professionals at their own game elevated Jones beyond golf and made him one of the most popular sports stars in the United States. Such was the public affection for Bobby Jones that he remains the only individual athlete to be honored with two New York City ticker-tape parades. The second ticker-tape parade, in 1930, celebrated Jones’ unprecedented Grand Slam. By winning both the Open and Amateur Championships of Great Britain and the United States, and thus triumphing both at home and overseas against fields made up of the finest players in the world, Bobby’s accomplishment was unparalleled. After his Grand Slam, Jones was eager to escape the pressures of both celebrity and championship-caliber golf. For a one-dimensional athlete, retirement from his or her chosen sport can be a challenge greater than any faced on the fields of competition. Jones, however, was a well-educated, intelligent soul interested in much more than the game of golf. Not only had he earned undergraduate degrees from Georgia Tech (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) and Harvard College (B.A., English Literature), but after just one year of law school at Emory he passed the Georgia bar exam. Jones looked forward to embracing the rewards of a well-rounded life. Determined to remain part of the golf world, Jones sought to establish a club with members from across the nation. It was to be situated in a climate warm enough for winter play. Members were to be successful men who took their golf seriously and had the financial standing necessary to form the type of club that Bobby envisioned. On July 15, 1931, The Augusta Chronicle devoted most of its front page to coverage of the announcement that Jones and his associates were founding the Augusta National Golf Club. Nearly six of its eight columns were necessary to display four articles on Jones and his new club. Even with Jones’ involvement, building a new golf course in the early years of the Great Depression was no small challenge. Few private clubs would open during the 1930s, and many established clubs closed, falling victim to the tough economic times. Not until the Works Progress Administration began building public courses later in the ‘30s would course construction resume with any regularity. By encouraging a national membership, Jones and his backers had access to enough capital to make this confident statement: The Masters, world famous as one of golf’s major championships, has been played since 1934. Conceived by Jones, the annual event was intended to bring the top professional and amateur players together in the spring when the Augusta National course would be at its best. Originally called the “Augusta National Invitational Tournament,” the hometown Chronicle began referring to it as the “Masters’ Invitation Tournament.” By 1939 this was shortened to the Masters, a name known today by even the most casual sports fans. At first the Masters’ primary draw was less the prospect of seeing out-oftown competitors than watching the great Bobby Jones in action once again. Jones had entered no important tournaments since his postGrand Slam retirement in 1930, but was still in the public eye thanks to a series of instructional films made in Hollywood as well as golf equipment endorsements which he had accepted after retiring from amateur competition. While Jones intended the tournament to be a gathering of old friends and top-level players, his other aspirations were publicity and recognition for his new club and the resulting prestige that would come from hosting such an event. Though he was firmly retired there was much speculation about how Bobby would do in his dual roles of host and competitive golfer. Speaking to reporters on the eve of play, Bobby said, “I hope to step four fast rounds,” but sportswriters knew that his putting was not thought to be tournament-ready. The first Masters was a rudimentary affair compared to today’s professional production with its worldwide live media coverage and sold-out crowds proudly holding one of the toughest tickets in all sports. Prize money in the heart of the Depression was far more modest than today’s seven-figure purses and first-place checks. The first playing featured a total purse of $5,000, $1,500 of which went to winner Horton Smith. The following year would see changes to the course, something that would become a regular occurrence at the Augusta National through the decades. Although the course remains basically the same as the original design by Jones and MacKenzie, it has continued to evolve. In 1935 the tournament drew extra attention when winner Gene Sarazen holed his second shot at the par-five 15th for a headline-making doubleeagle during his triumphant final round. Bobby Jones would remain an integral part of both Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters tournament through the remaining years of his life. Even today he is still listed as the Club’s President-in-Perpetuity. Forty years after Jones’ death, the Masters retains its unique position in championship golf—the first men’s major of the year. For many northern golfers the Masters is proof that spring is on its way. It remains the only major championship played at the same course each year, a course that thanks to extensive television coverage is as well known to many golfers as their own home course, despite the club’s exclusive nature during the other 51 weeks of the year. Today, the lasting popularity of Augusta National Golf Club, and the continued success of the Masters, is a fitting legacy for Bobby Jones, a legendary champion and stellar sportsman. The articles and blackand-white images in this article are found in America’s Historical Newspapers. – Larry Petrillo THE MASTERS HOW IT STARTED
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The appetizer offering for the Tuesday, April 8, gathering of past champions is a unique combination of french fries placed on top of a burger, a favorite for the 28-year-old reigning champion. “It’s as simple as cheeseburgers is my favorite food; I don’t eat them now as often as I did when I was a kid,” Scheffler said during his pre-Tournament video conference. “I’ve got to watch a little bit more what I eat now. But ‘Scottie-Style,’ I always put the fries on my burger, and that’s what ‘Scottie-Style’ is.” The “Scottie-Style” reference, a duplicate from his 2023 menu, could also depict a special place for the successful on and off course demeanor of the world’s top-ranked golfer. In nearly one year’s time as the Masters champion, there’s no doubt that Scheffler has displayed a consistent golf skillset greater than his professional golf-playing brethren. But it also has been a sense of mind over matter, both in competition and off the course, that has set the Dallas resident apart. The easiest ways to explain how Scheffler has won two of the last three Masters and focused on golf for just the right amount of time is probably better explained via his recent timeline and heard from his competitors who have been chasing the bar he keeps raising. Since winning the Masters nearly a year ago, on April 14, 2024, Scheffler has been in the news for his excellent play – a second Masters victory, seven PGA Tour wins in 2024 and nine worldwide, including a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and the PGA Tour Player of the Year honor. But off-course highs and lows also made the headlines. That included the birth of his first child, son Bennett, on May 8 in Dallas, just three weeks and three days after the Masters victory and a Christmas Day accident where he cut his right palm while making homemade ravioli completed the unusual calendar year. “I try to compartmentalize things,” Scheffler said. “So, I feel like I have my work life and personal life. When we’re traveling and playing golf tournaments, I’m very focused on my job, especially at the golf course. Very focused on the things I need to do to go out and play well. And when I get home for the day, I try to leave those things at the golf course. “Whether or not I have a good or bad day on the golf course, my son definitely didn’t care. My wife is aware of whether or not I have a bad day, but she also doesn’t care too much. Just try and keep the two things separated and kind of go from there.” Surgery on his right hand delayed the start of his 2025 season for approximately one month, with the first event at Pebble Beach in late January. Early season success has been the fuel for Scheffler’s Masters success. There were three wins prior to his 2022 Masters victory and two wins in advance of the 2024 win. Of Scheffler’s 13 career PGA Tour wins, seven have occurred before the first full week in April. As of this week, Scheffler has made five starts on the 2025 PGA Tour with a best finish of a tie for fifth in San Diego in mid-February and at least one start still to go before he returns the Green Jacket for the April 9-13 Masters. This week also marks an achievement only reached via long-term success. With a 96th consecutive week as the No. 1 golfer in the world, according to the Official World Golf Ranking, Scheffler equaled Greg Norman for second place all time for consecutive weeks at No. 1, trailing only Tiger Woods’ 281 and 264 consecutive weeks on top. Scheffler will retain that pedestal entering the Masters. “I don’t necessarily feel like a famous person,” Scheffler said. “When I go out in public, I’m not walking into a room being, like, ‘Oohh, I wonder who is going to recognize me here; am I going to have to do this or do that.’ I’m just going out to eat dinner with my wife.” Scheffler’s work ethic and mindset have been the attribute most often mentioned by his peers. “He’s not like hitting it 50 yards past anyone,” Xander Schauffele said. “He’s just hitting the extra fairway more than someone. He’s hitting it closer than everyone, and he’s chipping it closer than everyone. ... seems like clockwork to me now.” “I think there’s a lot happening inside with Scottie that’s hard to see, but now he’s been in this position and playing this well for a long time, it must be happening,” said Adam Scott, the 2013 Masters champion. “There’s something really driving him inside, because he doesn’t give much away on the outside.” “I don’t think Scottie cares about fame at all,” said Rory McIlroy, ranked a solid No. 2 in the world after his Players victory last week. “I’ve talked about trying to separate the two parts of yourself and trying to be the sort of a normal person, but also do what we do. I’ve struggled at times where I shoot a bad score and I feel like I’m a bad person, and I shoot a good score and I feel like I’m a good person. “I think more than any other sport, it’s very hard to separate the two sides of it. But as I said, I think Scottie does a really good job with that. He gets to the golf course, he’s fully committed to doing what he does, then he seems to have a really good ability to forget about it once he leaves.” “Scottie is the closest thing to Tiger I think any of us have seen,” Wyndham Clark said. All of which indicates than even though Scheffler hasn’t won yet this year, an Augusta National record of just two over-par rounds and a 70.40 scoring average in 20 career rounds points toward a last-minute ascent. Regardless, Augusta National will be a place to celebrate and reflect. His menu also includes “nostalgia stuff” – a chili inspired by longtime golf instructor Randy Smith and a childhood favorite dish of meatballs first prepared by his father, Scott, who is called “Papa Scheff” by family members. Additionally, he can remember a high school visit to the 2012 Masters where classmates suggested hanging at the 10th green for the playoff and they all witnessed Bubba Watson’s curving wedge from the trees that won his first Green Jacket. Finally, a perk for Masters champions to bring a guest on the Sunday before Masters week is once again in the works, this time with his mother, Diane, scheduled to play. “I think when you pull in the [Augusta National Golf Club] gates, I think that’s the most special thing for me,” Scheffler said. “I really feel like you’re just kind of turning into this whole other world. It’s like a different place than the world just outside the gates. And you pull in, and everything else just kind of melts away.” Sounds like a ScottieStyle kind of place. How ‘Scottie-Style’ propelled Scheffler to new heights A “Scottie-Style” cheeseburger slider from the 2023 Champions Dinner. (masters.com)
10 | APRIL 3-4, 2025 2025 VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR CURRENT HOURS 1000 PARKSIDE MAIN, SUITE 101 • GREENSBORO, GEORGIA 30642 TELEPHONE: 706-453-2980 • WWW.FILETSTEAKANDSEAFOOD.COM VOTED BEST STEAK ON THE LAKE • FULL MENU ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR TAKE OUT! • Make us your 19th HOLE! THE MASTERS WHICH GOLFERS ARE LIKELY TO PLAY? 2025 Masters unofficial field list, qualifiers 1. Past Masters champions • Angel Cabrera (1) • Fred Couples (1) • Sergio Garcia (1) • Dustin Johnson (1) • Zach Johnson (1) • Bernhard Langer (1) • Hideki Matsuyama (1, 17, 18, 19) • Jose Maria Olazabal (1) • Phil Mickelson (1, 4) • Jon Rahm (1, 2, 19) • Patrick Reed (1, 13) • Scottie Scheffler (1, 5, 6, 13, 17, 18, 19) • Charl Schwartzel (1) • Adam Scott (1, 19) • Vijay Singh (1) • Jordan Spieth (1) • Bubba Watson (1) • Mike Weir (1) • Danny Willett (1) 2. U.S. Open champions 2020-24 (Honorary, non-competing after five years) • Bryson DeChambeau (2, 13, 16, 19) • Wyndham Clark (2, 18, 19) • Matt Fitzpatrick (2, 19) 3. British Open champions 2020-24 (Honorary, non-competing after five years) • Xander Schauffele (3, 4, 13, 18, 19) • Brian Harman (3, 19) • Cam Smith (3, 13) • Collin Morikawa (3, 4, 13, 16, 18, 19) 4. PGA champions 2020-24 (Honorary, non-competing after five years) • Brooks Koepka (4) • Justin Thomas (4, 18, 19) 7. 2024 U.S. Amateur Champion (7-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year) and the runner-up (7-B) to the 2024 U.S. Amateur champion • Jose Luis Ballester (7-A) • Noah Kent (7-B) 8. 2024 British Amateur Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year) • Jacob Skov Olesen (8) *note: turned professional, ineligible to use this exemption 9. 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion • Wenyi Ding (9) *note: turned professional, ineligible to use this exemption 10. 2025 Latin America Amateur champion • Justin Hastings (10) 11. 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion • Evan Beck (11) 12. Current NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Champion (One year) • Hiroshi Tai (12) 13. The first 12 players, including ties, in the 2024 Masters Tournament • Ludvig Åberg (13, 17, 18, 19) • Max Homa (13, 19) • Tommy Fleetwood (13, 18, 19) • Will Zalatoris (13) • Tyrrell Hatton (13, 19) • Cameron Young (13, 19) • Cameron Davis (13, 17) • Adam Schenk (13) • Matthieu Pavon (13, 14, 18, 19) 14. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2024 U.S. Open • Rory McIlroy (14, 17, 18, 19) • Patrick Cantlay (14, 18, 19) 15. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2024 British Open • Justin Rose (15, 19) • Billy Horschel (15, 18, 19) • Thriston Lawrence (15, 19) 16. The first 4 players, including ties, in the 2024 PGA Championship • Viktor Hovland (16, 17, 18, 19) • Thomas Detry (16, 17) 17. Individual winners of PGA Tour events that award a fullpoint allocation for the seasonending Tour Championship, from the 2024 Masters to the 2025 Masters (including fall 2024) • Taylor Pendrith (17, 18, 19) • Davis Riley (17) • Robert MacIntyre (17, 18, 19) • Davis Thompson (17, 19) • Jhonattan Vegas (17) • Aaron Rai (17, 18, 19) • Keegan Bradley (17, 18, 19) • Patton Kizzire (17) • Kevin Yu (17) • Matt McCarty (17, 19) • J.T. Poston (17, 19) • Nico Echavarria (17) • Austin Eckroat (17, 19) • Rafael Campos (17) • Maverick McNealy (17, 19) • Nick Taylor (17) • Sepp Straka (17, 18, 19) • Harris English (17) • Brian Campbell (17) • Joe Highsmith (17) • Russell Henley (17, 18, 19) 18. Those qualifying for the 2024 Tour Championship • Sahith Theegala (18, 19) • Adam Scott (18, 19) • Sungjae Im (18, 19) • Shane Lowry (18, 19) • Sam Burns (18, 19) • Byeong Hun An (18, 19) • Tony Finau (18, 19) • Akshay Bhatia (18, 19) • Chris Kirk (18) • Tom Hoge (18) • Christiaan Bezuidenhout (18) 19. The 50 leaders on the final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year • Tom Kim (19) • Nick Dunlap (19) • Jason Day (19) • Max Greyserman (19) • Rasmus Højgaard (19) • Corey Conners (19) • Denny McCarthy (19) • Min Woo Lee (19) 20. The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament • TBD Special invitees • Nicolai Højgaard • Joaquin Niemann Past champions not expected to play • Tommy Aaron • Charles Coody • Ben Crenshaw • Nick Faldo • Raymond Floyd • Trevor Immelman • Sandy Lyle • Larry Mize • Jack Nicklaus • Mark O’Meara • Gary Player • Craig Stadler • Tom Watson • Tiger Woods • Ian Woosnam • Fuzzy Zoeller Loran Smith knows the Masters Back in the 1970s, University of Georgia legend Loran Smith received a unique opportunity to tell the stories of the great golfers who walked the annealed fairways of historic Augusta National to play perhaps the most famous golf tournament of modern history, The Masters. Before it was said and done, Smith, a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, wrote four books and a yearbook on the tournament. “A friend of mine made a deal with me to write those books and I got the assignment but it didn’t last but four years,” said Smith, still hard at work for the University of Georgia Athletic Association. “Time Magazine bought us out and they had many editors to write it so they went in a different direction. We had fun. It was great to fly and visit with Fuzzy Zoeller in Indiana right after he won The Masters.” Smith said after going to The Masters since 1960, it was fun being associated with all the great names and great events. “Fuzzy was a great guy that walked on the light side,” Smith said. “He always had fun and loved to hunt and fish like I do so we had a lot in common.” Jack Nicklaus was one player Smith interviewed and said the two forged a lasting friendship but when he came along in the 60’s, Smith said Arnold Palmer was the guy setting the bar pretty high. “I loved being around Arnold and everyone loved his exciting style of play,” Smith recalled. “His way on the golf course was the kind people could identify with.” It was the par 5, 15th hole with pine trees in the front at Augusta National that Smith remembered as one of Palmer’s classic moments. The question was, do you go for it or not? “Arnold walked up to his second shot after hitting a good drive and he had to decide whether to hit a 3-wood over the pond or layup. Most golfers would lie up. But Arnold always wanted to excite the crowd so he would go for it.” Even with the presence of COVID-19 so adversely affecting The Masters, Smith, like so many others, are just glad the tournament is going to happen in November. “I’m just so happy they found a way to play the tournament,” he said. “I’m hoping it will be business as usual by next spring. We need to get back to a normal way of life. I’m looking forward to The Masters nonetheless. It will still be the greatest golf tournament for my money even though there won’t be any spectators there.” Of all the time Smith has spent at Augusta National and all the celebrities he has encountered while there, there is one simple theme in Smith’s mind that distinguishes The Maters from all other sporting events in the world. “I just think it is the classiest sporting event there is. Just absolute royalty sporting royalty,” he explained. “The closest thing to it is the Kentucky Derby. That is a classy event. The Masters, however, is by far the classiest of all sporting events.” – Reprinted from 2020 DAWGNATION University of Georgia legendary sports personality Loran Smith (center) served UGA faithfully while working the Bulldog sideline for many years in his career at Georgia.
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14 | APRIL 3-4, 2025 2025 History of Flowering Peach Historical Average: 4.08 Low Year: 3.885 (2011) • High Year: 4.267 (1989) Naming the hole: Prunus persica is native to China. The flowering varieties are cultivars developed for their showy blossoms and not their fruit. The flowers may come in white, pink, red or variegated colors; they usually bloom from mid- to late March. History of Flowering Crab Apple Historical Average: 3.28 Low Year: 3.089 (2020) • High Year: 3.497 (1956) Naming the hole: These flowering crab apples, Malus hybrida, are Far Eastern varieties that have a more prolific flowering habit than native forms. The trees bloom in late March and early April, with light-pink to deep-rose flowers followed in the fall by colorful tiny apples, a popular food for wild birds. History of Magnolia Historical Average: 4.26 Low Year: 4.061 (2001) • High Year: 4.475 (1956) Naming the hole: The magnolia is one of the most prominent native trees at Augusta National. The botanical name Magnolia grandiflora is descriptive of the massive evergreen tree with large, fragrant white flowers that bloom in May and June. Deciduous imported varieties are also present. History of Juniper Historical Average: 3.14 Low Year: 2.984 (1974) • High Year: 3.269 (1946) Naming the hole: The magnolia is one of the most prominent native trees at Augusta National. The botanical name Magnolia grandiflora is descriptive of the massive evergreen tree with large, fragrant white flowers that bloom in May and June. Deciduous imported varieties are also present. 3 | Flowering Peach The big decision here comes on the tee: Go big or play for position? At only 350 yards, the big hitters can make a go at the green -- or at least get pretty close. That leaves a tricky pitch to a narrow, severely sloped green. A more conservative tee shot leaves a full shot and the chance to control the spin. Decisions, decisions. Par 4 | 350 Yards 4 | Flowering Crab Apple Short par 4 gives way to big, big par 3. Sure, it’s a little downhill, but it’ll take a long iron and serious accuracy to fly the two front traps and have the ball hold the green that is narrow at its entry point in the front and sloped away from the player as it heads to the back. Par is good. Bogeys can happen pretty easily and, well, the dreaded “others” are in play too. Par 3 | 240 Yards 5 | Magnolia The green jackets were hard at work here between the end of the 2018 Masters and the start of he 2019 edition. Already a long par 4, this one was bulked up by 40 yards, stretching out as the second-longest par 4 on the course. (No. 11 is the longest, at 505 yards. But at least that one goes downhill on the second shot.) Par 4 | 495 Yards 6 | Juniper Perhaps not as known as the other par 3s on the course – especially in comparison to the two on the second nine – this one is a hidden gem. Why? 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