This will be a two part post...This is The Masters in Augusta, Georgia!

Can you just imagine my surprise when my friend called and asked if Scott and I would like to have two tickets to a practice round of the Masters in Augusta, Georgia?  I did NOT even have to think a second...but of course thought I should ask DH.  And I wasn't thinking how great to go to the Masters...no I was thinking, WOW, if I am in Augusta Georgia, then I have to go to Savannah and then of course I have to go to Charleston too!  Savanah has been on my bucket list...I was wondering if I would ever get there.  Now thanks to my friend Liz, I can scratch that one off...although I would love to go back and explore more and see more of the coast..like Hilton Head etc...!!

And if Scott had a "bucket list" I know the Masters would be on it for sure!  So let me take you there...Warning...picture heavy!


just because I thought it was a cool tree, and it has resurrection ferns growing on the limbs!

We learned about resurrection ferns on our tour of a plantation later in the week. They are called that because when the fronds "dry", they curl with their bottom sides upwards.  In this way, they can rehydrate the quickest when rain comes, as most of the water is absorbed on the underside of the leaf blades...thus:  resurrected!!

15th Green with the Grandstand behind it.The pond at 16 is just to the left of it.

15th Green



Looking at the 16th pond from the 15th green

 



Sergio Garcia on the 7th Tee

 

"Amen Corner"...the second shot at the 11th, all of the 12th, and the first two shots at the 13th hole!

It came about because one person wanted a catchy phrase like baseball's "hot corner" or football's "coffin-corner" to explain where some of the most exciting golf had taken place (the Palmer-Venturi rules issue at 12 in particular)

14th fairway

16th tee, after the golfers hit their balls, the crowds cheer them on to go up and "skip balls" across the pond...they all oblige (at least on the practice rounds!)

I had to get in one picture of Phil...sadly he did not make the cut!

 

 

The grass is cut so finely and so perfect (can you imagine not ONE dandelion!) when Liz stepped on it she was sure it was "artificial grass"!!

 

Since Scott has been watching the Masters on TV for years, his goal was to see the coarse and get a perspective on each hole.  Seeing something on TV is so different than in real life.

Now when he watches it (YES he came home and watched the whole thing on recorded time) he knew how hard the greens actually are because he saw first hand all the dips and run offs etc...I don't claim to know all the correct verbiage, but I do know that he achieved what he came to see at the Masters!

Thank you so much Bob and Liz for giving us this once in a lifetime opportunity!!

Now stay tuned for Part II of this story as I will share pictures of Savannah, Charleston and Mt. Pleasant!