In all likelihood, as you read this, I’m about to enter Augusta National Golf Club for a day on the grounds as the place (and players) readies itself for The Masters which begin tomorrow.
It will be Event No. 51 of the Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project and I really don’t care that I won’t see any competitive golf (aside from some Par 3 Tournament action, possibly).
It’s Augusta Frigging National!!!
I’d entered the lottery for 13 straight years and, finally – mercifully! – I did not receive a “We’re sorry” letter this time.
So the kid who grew up in a mobile home in Adams County Indiana and his octogenarian father (along with another father-son pair) will walk into this place I’m told is even more magificent in person than today’s High Definition screens show.
Cell phones are strictly forbidden for us patrons so you won’t see the usual updates from an event on my social channels. Instead, you’ll just have to wait until I figure out how to get the photos off my son’s digital camera onto my computer.
Suffice to say, however, my feelings for the past hour as we drove in from South Carolina are best summed up by Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding from “Shawshank Redemption“ as he prepared to see his friend Andy Dufresne.
