In Augusta, Masters Begins And, For Some, So Does Golf Season

Tiger Woods hits out of the bunker on the second hole during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament Wednesday in Augusta. Amid the dogwoods and Georgia pines, the Masters officially begins Thursday.

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The author David Owen explained in his opening line of “Making of the Masters” why so much anticipation filters through dogwoods and Georgia pines at Augusta National the first full week of April.

“The modern golf season never ends,” he wrote, “but it does begin.”

There could be some debate on when the 83rd Masters begins.