From Milton to the Masters
Heath Slocum, Bubba Watson and Boo Weekley, all from Milton, Florida, are making their Masters debut this week.
2008 Masters News
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Florida town beats odds with three in tournament
MILTON, Fla. --- Under the dock outside Ed and Abbie Jean Weekley's home, the appropriately named Blackwater River flows serenely by on its way to East Bay.
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Trio's success boosts sport in hometown
MILTON, Fla. --- Like most areas, the economy's not great in this Florida panhandle city.
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Super Bowl champion kicker hails from same small town
MILTON, Fla. --- PGA Tour golfers Boo Weekley, Heath Slocum and Bubba Watson aren't the only professional athletes to have done this city proud in 2008.
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Bubba Watson, of Bagdad, Fla., continues the tradition of trying to skip a ball across the water at No. 16 during a practice round at Augusta National. (1:15)
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Pins and needles
The biggest course change to Augusta National Golf Club probably won't be noticed by many until the 72nd Masters Tournament starts.
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Masters first-timer plays round in Woods' shadow
When reporters came rushing up after Richard Green finished a practice round with Tiger Woods, who blew by the media without stopping, Green knew the questions wouldn't be about the state of his game.
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The place to be
Each day at work, Randy Phillips gazes at his poster of Augusta National Golf Club's 12th hole.
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They came, they saw, they concurred
One of the most popular holes at Augusta National Golf Club was left untouched during the most recent round of changes to the course, but the spectator area surrounding it did change.
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Bobby Jones hired Alister Mackenzie to design Augusta National Golf Club as a course with teeth.
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Michaux: Wagner comes out of Shell with joy for Masters
The greatest change the Masters Tournament has made in many years was on display Sunday -- in Houston, of all places.
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2-time winner returns thanks
If he'd had no other experiences in his life but the ones in Augusta, Ben Crenshaw told throngs of fans gathered at the Augusta Botanical Gardens, he would have lived a full, rich life.
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Amateur plays for massacre victims
Drew Weaver did not really know Ryan Clark, but in a way, the Virginia Tech golfer will be playing this week for the former Augusta-area resident as much as he will for himself.
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Golfer gives lessons to wounded soldiers
Rodney Massey isn't much of a golfer, but he was hoping two-time PGA Tour winner Jerry Kelly could fix that.
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Weekley: Acclimation starts with caveman golf
I got here Sunday. It's great. It's nice. It was cool to see them old (magnolia) trees. I just hit a few balls and chipped and putted. Took me about an hour to work my navigation system to get me to where I'm staying.
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Officials say changes in parking and traffic routes caused few unexpected problems for patrons on the first day of Masters Week.
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Tim Clark grew up watching the Masters Tournament from his home in South Africa. What he saw on television was the beauty and spaciousness of Augusta National Golf Club.
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In the field
Zach Johnson , the reigning Masters Tournament champion, returned to Augusta National on Sunday evening for the first time since slipping on the green jacket last April.
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John Blum alternated between taking bites of his egg salad sandwich and chewing on the tip of his unlit cigar as he and friend Bruce Earthman picnicked Monday on a grassy spot near the ninth fairway at Augusta National.
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Today's practice round is the best chance to see the most players. All of the players should have arrived by today, and former winners who are on hand for the Champions Dinner might even tee it up.
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No tickets are sold at the gate. Tournament or "series" badges have been sold to those people on the patron list, which is fully subscribed.
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