Monday, April 8:
7:00 pm to last call at 10:00 pm
Estero Ballroom
Join your friends and golf buddies for a fun evening at our own
“Pitch and Putt” night to kick off the week of the Masters Tournament in
Augusta.
Wear your best “Masters” gear or your
wildest golf outfit (no frogs on pants!)
Dress casual for a night of fun games to test your skills – good food to replenish your energy after a day on the golf course with drinks to drown your 3 putts!! And swingin music to entertain you.
Golf
prizes will be given from the NAPIM Tournament
History of the masters
Looking
to provide a service to the game, Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts decided to
host an annual tournament at Augusta National, the Club they co-founded in
1933. Roberts proposed that the event be called the Masters Tournament, but
Jones objected, considering it presumptuous. The name Augusta National
Invitation Tournament was adopted, and the title was used for five years until
1939 when Jones relented and the name was officially changed to the
Masters. The first Masters began on
March 22, 1934, and was won by Horton Smith. The most famous shot ever made at
the Masters happened in 1935 when Gene Sarazen holed a four-wood approach from
235 yards out for a double eagle on the par-five 15th hole. Sarazen went on to tie Craig Wood and force a
36-hole playoff the following day, which Sarazen won by five strokes. The Masters was not played during WWII. To
assist the war effort, cattle and turkeys were raised on the Augusta National
grounds. The 1950s brought the first of four for Arnold Palmer. Palmer’s 1958 win began the tradition of the
Amen Corner. In 1960, the Par 3 Contest
was begun, and in 1966 Jack Nicklaus became the first Masters champion to
defend his title successfully. In 1986,
at age 46, Nicklaus surged to his record sixth Green Jacket. And in 1997, Tiger Woods broke the
Tournament’s four-day scoring record, which had stood for 32 years. In 2005, Woods became the third person to win
at least four Masters.
