The great thing about The Masters golf tournament is that you really don’t have to like golf to really enjoy watching it. This historic piece of eastern Georgia real estate contains an element of class and prestige that permeates the atmosphere at the Augusta National Golf Club. That feeling begins as soon as you tune into the broadcast, or when you park your car and start walking toward the club. The Masters is truly in a class by itself when compared to caddies, patrons, media, Augusta National’s membership, official sponsors, AT&T, IBM, and Mercedes Benz, plus the CBS/ESPN broadcast crews pay extra special attention. Perhaps, that’s because more than one television announcer has been banned from any future Masters telecasts, for saying the wrong thing. Receiving an invitation to play at Augusta National, or in The Masters is one of the most coveted invites in sports. Here are a number of facts about The Masters, which help make this event stand out from other events, not just in golf, but in all of sports. 1) Dinner Reservations. Winners of The Masters each year have a standing dinner reservation on Sunday night with the members of the club inside the Augusta National Golf Club. The meal starts soon after the awarding of The Masters Tournament: Truly Second-To-None other high-profile special events like, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Olympic Games, a World Cup final, the Academy Awards, or a presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. Those events are ‘bucketlist’ items to attend for millions of people, The Masters is perched on a different level. Simply put, it’s second-to-none, ‘a cut above the rest’ and as CBS’ Jim Nantz states, ‘it is a tradition unlike any other.’ Everyone knows that The Masters is different, the players, By Mike May American Golf Journal
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