April 6th thru the 12th is the Masters Tournament in Augusta, GA. Amatuer golfer, Bobby Jones dominated the game in the 1920's and 30's. He made the game of golf exciting and fun to watch. One of my favorite movies is "The Legend of Bagger Vance." It also starred Matt Damon and Joel Gretsch as Bobby Jones.
The famous "Green Jacket" is presented to the winners and historically it was worn to identify past winners so that Club Members could easily spot them if they had questions. Tiger Woods won his first jacket in 1997 @ age, 21. But, on August 12, 2009, he is going for his fifth jacket win. Tiger Woods is a powerhouse and after that invigorating win at Bay Hill on March 29, 2009, I wait in much anticipation for the Masters Tournament.
Everyone is not happy about Tiger having a great swing at golf, in 2005, when he took the Masters title, fellow golfer Fuzzy Zoeller made some pretty racist remarks about Tiger. Although, Tiger didn't address these remarks, his caddy Steve Williams was called under fire recently about remarks he made about Phil Mikelson's "man boobs." Williams evidently doesn't like some of the attitude that is shown to Tiger and he lashed out.
Golf appears to be a very boring game, and it is at times, since he covers four days of tv time. But, things can get pretty intence too. I love the game and can't wait to sit back with some beef stew, cornbread and some ice cold lemonade.
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