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...sport is the link it provides to previous generations. But because the Masters is the only major golf tournament to return to the same course every year, the notion of following in the footsteps of one's forebears is literal: at Augusta, golfers walk over the Hogan, Sarazen and Nelson bridges, and the tournament is opened each year by "honorary starters" - past champions too infirm to play 18 holes but fit enough to drive off the ceremonial first tee shot...
DIED. GENE SARAZEN, 97, golfer and inventor of the sand wedge; in Naples, Fla. Nicknamed the "Squire" for his diminutive size and enormous panache, Sarazen won two major championships before turning 21. At the 1935 Masters, where he became the first player to win all four majors, Sarazen struck the "shot heard round the world," a 235-yarder, for a double eagle on the 15th hole. Four decades later, still sporting his trademark knickers, he punctuated his last tournament with a hole...
Asked what he thought about Tiger Woods winning the Masters at age 21, Sarazen quipped, "I won two majors when...
...game has lost one of its great heroes," PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said. "Gene Sarazen dedicated his life to golf and became one of the game's legendary figures...
Since 1981, Sarazen has joined Nelson and Sam Snead in hitting a ceremonial tee shot to officially start the Masters. He hit his drive this year about 140 yards down the left side of the fairway...