...my stay in the Crow's Nest
Web posted
Sunday, April 3, 2005
Amateur years: 1998, '99
Finish those years: T-21, '98; T-50, '99
It was a real thrill. I remember when I was playing for Georgia Tech we went down every year and got a chance to play Augusta National. A couple of us my first year went exploring. We found the Champions Locker Room and then rounded a corner and saw a stairway that went up and it ended up being to the Crow's Nest. We sat up there and talked how cool it would be to stay up there. When I stayed there, it was everything I could have imagined. I remember mornings coming down those stairs and you kind of come down out of a phone booth into the dinning area. And people think, 'where in the world did that guy just come from?' You seem to appear out of nowhere.
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Ryan Moore (2003)
It was fun. Everybody told me before I stayed there that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I'm staying there again this year so I guess it's a twice-in-a-life opportunity. Obviously, it's very convenient to the grounds; you never miss your tee time. I stayed there the whole time and it was comfortable. My family had a house, and I spent a lot of time there, but it was nice to get away to the Crow's Nest.
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Billy Andrade (1987)
It was more dormitory than lavish. I remember the first day walking down some stairs from the Crow's Nest and I got a doughnut. There were doughnuts out and this little man chastised me for being in this room. He said, 'you know, this is the Champions Locker Room and you're not supposed to be in here.' He asked me who I was, what was I doing in that room and why was I taking a doughnut. He said you need to come down the steps from now on and take a right, not a left. I didn't know who he was to be honest with you. When I was walking out and I asked the guard who was standing there, 'who is that little guy over there? He was not happy with me.' The guard said, 'that was Gene Sarazen, sir.' So Gene Sarazen let me know. You know, I needed that because I was on hallowed ground there. I didn't know. Hell, the doughnuts looked great. When I came down those stairs the rest of the week I didn't take a left. That's where the Champions Locker Room is and that's a no-no.
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Ricky Barnes (2003)
Oh yeah, I stayed there. You can't miss that. It was awesome. There are no real signs to it. The lady at the front desk kind of leads up you to it. It's real special because you know who's stayed there. Obviously, it's no five-star hotel, but while you're there the blood's flowing and you're pumped up and it feels like probably a six-star hotel.
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Amateur year: 2003
Finish that year: T-28
You stay there for a couple of nights, then you leave. Not everybody stays there all together. But it is a magical place for sure. You really get a sense of feeling that a lot of great players have been through there. It makes you feel real good about what you've done to get to that point, at the greatest tournament in the world. It's really something special.
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D.J. Trahan (2001)
It was great. I really enjoyed it. It's undiscribable. There's a ton of history there. They've got some really great photos up there with some messages people have written on them. Everybody holds the Masters the most prestiguious tournament in golf. It was great just to be up there and a part of that.
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Hunter Haas (2000)
I stayed there one night, the night before the first round. I wish I wouldn't have. I wish I'd stayed earlier instead. I didn't really get a good night's sleep. Switched bedrooms. I should have stayed up there Sunday or Monday night and gone back to the house I was staying. It's just odd up there. The beds are small. It's just a different place. I was with (fellow amateur) David Gossett, but it was errie up there.
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John Cook (1979)
I stayed there the first night I was in town. I was by myself; my family weren't coming into later in the week. I think it was the Saturday night before the tournament. I just took it all in. I had never been there or seen anything. I felt like I was part of it through my association with (Ken) Venturi and Byron (Nelson) and (Tom) Weiskopf. It was amazing. It was errie, but that was fine with me. I was taking everything in, standing out there out on that patio and looking down on it. It was something else. I had the grandest time. I could have stayed the whole week by myself; I was fine.
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James Driscoll (2001)
It was cool. I think all the amateurs stayed there that year except Jeff Quinney moved out after one night. It was a great opportunity to be able to stay 50 yards from the first tee, basically. I could leave the grounds if I wanted to. My family rented a house so I could get away if I wanted to. It was nice to be that close. It's unreal up there. You hear about Augusta and the Crow's Nest all your life. It be up there finally is like a dream come true.
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Billy Mayfair (1988)
I didn't stay there during the tournament, but I went to the course about a month before the tournament and stayed there. I just sat there and watched tapes of the all the Masters. I just sat there and really enjoyed myself.
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