I wouldn’t mind losing my ball here: Why you don’t have to like golf to love the Masters

I wouldn’t mind losing my ball here: Why you don’t have to like golf to love the Masters

Jack Nicklaus says that he gets chills when he drives up Magnolia Lane at the Augusta National Golf Club, and I know exactly how he feels about the hallowed grounds where The Masters is played every April. Like most of the visitors to Augusta, I’m here for the golf, but the tightly manicured landscape, bursting with vibrant colors resembling a Vincent Van Gogh palette, always take my breath away.