AUGUSTA, Ga. — With all due respect to the old line about the back nine on Sunday, the Masters truly begins about a half-hour after sunrise on Thursday morning. At a time of day when fog still shrouds Augusta National, when there's no one but the greenskeepers and the dew out on the course, patrons gather around the first tee to get one more glimpse of history up close.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 06: Tom Watson of The United States plays his tee shot in the Honorary Starters ceremony watched by Gary Player of South Africa and Jack Nicklaus of The United States during the first round of the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 06, 2023 in Augusta, Georgia. AUGUSTA, Ga. — With all due respect to the old line about the back nine on Sunday, the Masters truly begins about a half-hour after sunrise on Thursday morning.
The clubhouse, the course, the players … it all seems like a moment frozen in time, the way the Masters always does. But look closer. The ceremonial tee shot is ever-changing, just like the rest of Augusta National. Since Arnold Palmer restarted the ceremonial starter tradition in 2007, no single grouping of legends has lasted longer than five years. Nicklaus , Player and Watson have joined the ceremony; Palmer and Lee Elder have passed away. The memories remain, but the faces move on.
“Change is the price of survival,” Player said a few minutes after stroking his tee shot, and it’s the most truthful line said at Augusta in decades. Augusta National doesn’t just survive, it thrives, because of its constant desire, its constant need, to change.that landed just before Masters week charts out projected and prospective developments at Augusta National that, if implemented, will make the recent round of changes look like quick makeup touch-ups.
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