Augusta National, Masters Week, a celebration of spring in the South. Over the course of the last 89 years, the tournament has evolved into one of the greatest sporting events in the world.
The Masters Tournament was conceptualized and created by the forever cool Atlantan, the incomparable Bobby Jones. Mr. Jones died in 1971, but never seems far away, his footsteps are everywhere around here, those who knew the celebrated attorney with Georgia Tech, Emory roots are still with us.
The Tour Championship rolls through Atlanta in late August, with a new look and an old course—-but not as old as Charlie Harrison’s 1856 home, known as Meadow Nook. Now it serves as a visual backdrop to a local life as great as the Harrison golf swing.
Bobby Jones' footprints can be found all over his native Atlanta, Druid Hills, East Lake, Emory University, Georgia Tech and Buckhead.
Stories of the co-founder of Augusta National and the Masters' remarkable life in Georgia are the stuff of legend. All of us who love our state, Atlanta, golf and history know chapters. But here is a story I'll bet you’ve never heard.
The GPB Sports team spent the week in Macon, Georgia for the 93rd Georgia Amateur Golf Championship conducted by the Georgia State Golf Association. It was a great week of eagles and birdies, highs and lows, triumph and heartbreak.
