Masters 2013: Imagining the Greatest Augusta Foursome of All Time

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Published: April 9, 2013

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It's an amateur golfers' dream to play Augusta National Golf Club. I have never been fortunate enough to play Augusta, but I do know a few members of the media who won the annual lottery to play a round the Monday after the tournament. Their memories of the course, the history, and the feeble attempts at recreating some of the great shots in Masters lore have been my own personal lifeline to every inch of the course. 

Well, that and video games.

My game is not up to par, if you pardon the pun, to actually play a course like Augusta, but I sure as hell would like to slap on a pair of white coveralls and lug a bag around for 18 holes. Yeah, caddying a round at Augusta would be pretty darn cool.

The question becomes, of course, for whom would I most want to caddy? Play along; whose bag would you most like to carry? And to make the game even more fun, let's expand the hypothetical to not just one golfer, but a foursome. 

If you could caddy a round at Augusta, what four players would you want in that group?

 



THE FOURSOMES

I've narrowed the choices down to seven different categories: the best players in history, the best players at Augusta, the best living players, the best active players, the heartbreak group, the best lefties and, last, the best potential foursome in terms of overall enjoyment and interest.

 



THE BEST PLAYERS

This list is a little harder than one might think. Well, the first three are easy. There's Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer. The fourth member of the group is a lot harder to choose.

There's Bobby Jones, who is widely recognized as one of the three or four best players of all time. Jones was part of the team that designed Augusta National, but never got to play the Masters in his prime, struggling in the tournament as his health declined, never placing better than 1...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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