Bridge and, of course, Rae’s Creek that swallows so many pro shots. I remember years ago hearing
Fuzzy Zoeller say that he used to practice putting before the Masters on the cement of his garage floor because the greens were so fast. We stood watching some of the pros literally touch the ball and 20 feet later it would come to rest. We decided to get something
to eat. The amazing thing is, once you are on the grounds, prices for food and drink are crazy-low. An egg salad sandwich, diet coke and a bag of chips sets you back just four bucks. A beer is only $2 and comes in a Masters plastic cup. (People literally check garbage cans to grab one of those plastic cups.) At about 10:30 a.m., a siren
sounded and an announcement was made that the practice round would be suspended due to electrical storms rapidly moving in with rain to accompany it. We were asked to leave the premises. Now you have to realize
there were about 30,000 people at the course and when we were all asked to leave, there was a mass exodus. We took our time, and as we walked around, we noticed that there were green covers in areas on the grass that were blowing in the wind. There were actually huge underground machines under almost every green and some fairways that literally suck the rain water out of the top of the ground and move it off the course to ponds .They can have Augusta ready for play 15 minutes after a torrential downpour. There is literally a city under the ground. And there is not one wire on top of the ground to feed the many cameras for television coverage. They, too, are all underground.
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