The MASTERS 2006!!

 

2005 Masters Champion....Tiger Woods!

"OOOOOOOOOHHHHH WOWWWWWW!!!!!"

"In your LIFE!!....Have you seen anything like that!!!?"

 

 

Monday, April 3, 2006 Practice Round Pictures.....

We race out of Atlanta at 6:30am--at 85-90 mph--as severe thunderstorms accompanied with reports of 1.75" size hail stones are approaching....Atlanta is under a Tornado Watch at that hour!

To the East, we see clear skies and the sun rising above the horizon!

Off to Augusta!

 

Augusta National...

"Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course...the space between your ears"

...Bobby Jones

We make it in with our "scalped" tickets...$150.00 bucks a piece...OUCH! Time to go Masters SHOPPING! We get our shopping done, check our goods in for free, then head out to the course!

You know you're in when you see this! And again, of course...this...

The 9th fairway A look back up the hill to the clubhouse

 

New Monument at Augusta in 2006...

"If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me" ....Bobby Jones

A new monument at Augusta in 2006 Tournament Course Records A Historical Marker for generations to come and see!

 

Amen Corner...


"As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round"

...Ben Hogan

Looking up at the tee at No. 11. Amen Corner

Refreshment Tent behind the stands at Amen Corner....Notice how they don't gouge you at Augusta...It's all about honor there..not making money

Looking up towards the tee at No. 13. The Green at No. 13. Closer shot of the green at No. 13

 

No. 16 Hole

"It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course." ...Hank Aaron

The Crowd Roars, "Skip It!....Skip It!"..and the pro's attempt to skip the ball across the water and up on to the green. All water here A look across the water fairway of No. 16 to No. 15.

"In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold
up a one iron.  Not even God can hit a one iron."
...Lee Trevino

Out of the blue, Mammatus Clouds float overhead on No. 16 at Augusta National No Thunder...No Rain...Just two sets of Mammatus Clouds...The gallery was amazed by this.

 

No. 8 Hole

"Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again."
Alan Shepard, Apollo 14 Commander, Amateur-Golfer, preparing to take another swing during his famous moon walk in 1971.

Tiger walking on the Moon! The Crater bunkers at No. 8

 

"Sometimes the game of golf is just too difficult to endure with a golf club in your hands"

....Bobby Jones

Hole No. 9 A whole lotta people at Augusta National Tiger coming up hole no. 9 Tiger on the no. 9 green

The Golf Channel's on-air anchor/reporter, Rich Lerner. Tiger Woods Woods on the practice putting green

 

 

"Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character"

....Arnold Palmer

Larry Mize Larry Mize signs autographs for some fans.

Clubhouse

Davis Love III meeting some of his fans. Charles Howell III Miguel Angel Jimenez

The Butler's Cabin Masters 2006 Trophy Wednesday's Hole-in-One contest trophy Tiger Woods score card from the 2005 Masters.

 

"Papa, trust your swing."
Note written by ten year old Qass Singh pinned to Vijay Singh's golf bag during the 2000 US Masters (which Singh won).

Vijah Singh

 

"Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying"...Bobby Jones

A beautiful sunset over the Georgia horizon at the end of a wonderful day at Augusta.

 

Home Video from Augusta!

 

 

2006 Masters Champion.....Phil Mickelson!

2006 Masters Champion.....Phil Mickelson!