I never was much of an autograph hound. But, they were playing together in a Master's practice round I was attending. Watson was standing right by me on the 7th green as Nelson was finishing. He signed my book. I followed them for 3 more hole just too get Nelson to sign it.
No other names... just those two, on the same page.
I used to go to practice rounds of the Masters...12 of us from work would go play at Persimmon Hill in South Carolina the weekend before the Masters...On Monday and Tuesday, we’d drive over to Augusta a few miles away...Back then, we could get in for 10 bucks on Monday and 15 on Tuesday...
I watched Bernhard Langer on the practice green give away a dozen balls to kids. He putt toward the hole, then putt it close a kid...The kid would start to throw it back and he’d say “No, just keep it...It won’t go in the hole...”
he has been a hero of mine since that...
The undulations of the greens can’t really be seen on TV...
The 14th and 16th greens are unbelievable...