For the record, I was referring to the first U.S. PGA major golf tournament each and every year, The Masters, which is held in Augusta, Georgia in April. It's arguably the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, one Tiger has won now four times, first at the age of 21 in 1997, then again in 2001, 2002, and 2005.
Augusta National Golf Club, where the tournament is played every year, was founded by golfer Bobby Jones, the legendary amateur champion, and Clifford Roberts, an astute investment banker in New York.
Jones helped design the golf course, working alongside the esteemed British architect Dr. Alister Mackenzie. Jones's popularity within the game helped attract golf's biggest stars to the Masters, beginning with the inaugural event in 1934.
Roberts oversaw innumerable details of the Tournament. He tirelessly sought to refine the Masters experience for the patrons and competitors and the wider world of golf.
And also for the record, IBM has been a longtime technology partner for the tournament, helping provide the scoring system and underlying Web (and, now, mobile and video) technology that brings the action to millions of fans in real-time around the world.
I was saying the same thing until the 2008 Masters when I actually sat down to understand the game golf. It's really quite interesting and I don't regret the time I spent understanding it. I have not played it though but it's certainly something I will like to do in the near future.
I don't know how you described 'Master'. The guy has nnot won a Major in like 5 years. If you say Master in terms of the main attraction on a golf course, then you are probably right. I don't think we can see again the same dominance he had on the golf course 5 or 6 years ago. He is still though a major force to reckon with in the gold ecosystem
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