One Week in April: The Masters e-bog

Forget the birds, the flowers, and April showers: in golf, you know spring has sprung when the Masters rolls around. Held on the hallowed grounds of the Augusta National Golf Club, and widely broadcast on TV, its one of the worlds most-watched sporting events each year. This collection celebrates that famed tournament, as some of Americas best known sportswriterssuch as Grantland Rice and Jim Murraypraise the events illustrious history and traditions. The Masters has provided the stage for golfs most prominent names, and theyre all represented on these pages, from Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan to Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods. Fans (many of whom dream of playing it themselves) will take a ride down memory and Magnolia Lane, as they recall great moments in golf, and find out about some of the quirkier, behind-the scene moments, both touching and humorous. MASTERS FACTS AND FIGURES: 43 million Americans watched Tiger Woods win his first of four green jackets. Its the number one televised golf tournament in the world. You cannot apply for membership; you must be invited. The tradition of wearing green jackets began in 1937. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only president to have been a club member.