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The amazing true history of the roots of fabled Augusta National Golf Club and the creation of America's most exclusive golf event, the Masters.Contested the second weekend in April every year since 1934, the Masters is the world's most exclusive golf event and most-watched event on television. Tickets are in such demand that even the holding out list is closed down, and players value the subject most importantly others. TO MAKE the Masters, award-winning golf copy writer David Barrett concentrates his attention how the Masters was conceived, how it got off the ground in 1934, and exactly how it fully proven itself in 1935.The main element figure in the tournament's creation and success was Bobby Jones, who was simply a living story after winning the Grand Slam in 1930 and immediately retiring at the age of twenty-eight. He continued to found Augusta National and desired a high-profile event for his new course. But almost as important was Clifford Roberts, a banker good friend of Jones who not only embraced Jones's vision but became his right-hand man in attempting to bring that vision to actuality.Barrett explores how Jones and Roberts built the Masters from scratch, making a golf institution embellished by the often amazing details of what that entailed as they were trying to establish a golf club and golf event in tough economic times. In addition, it vividly chronicles the events of the 1934 and 1935 Masters, with Gene Sarazen's magnificent victory in 1935 providing the climax. Established against the setting of golfing, and America, in the 1930s, the e book provides an useful and interesting read for admirers of the Masters and students of golfing history.
