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A BREATH OF FRESH AIR: A grassy knoll nestled between the 10th and 15th holes ended up being the perfect resting spot for Brooke Watson and her roommate Matt Stevens, of Savannah, Ga. The two sat in the shade and rested after walking the course all morning.
"We're going to keep walking back toward 18, where we have a chair," Watson said. "One chair, two people." Despite the tight squeeze awaiting them, they were in good spirits. It was the first time Watson, whose family has had tickets to the Masters Tournament for 41 years, has been able to attend on a Sunday. She saw Jack Nicklaus play his last time in one of her earlier visits. The great memories might have been one of the reasons she invited Stevens, who had never been to the tournament.
"I told him there was no describing it, you have to see it for yourself," she said.
"It's unbelievable," Stevens said.
ON THE RIGHT PATH: When Mark Calcavecchia hit his ball into a line of chairs at No. 13, he caused quite a stir. It also might be the beginning of a friendship, or at least a memorable story.
Sara Corrigan, of Nashua, N.H., had known David Dashner, of New Orleans, and Jim Parsons, who once lived in Augusta, for only about four hours. Then the errant ball nearly hit Corrigan and Dashner.
"You're going to tell the story of people bonded by the trajectory a golf ball," Dashner said jokingly.
"Yes," chimed in Corrigan, who was with her husband, Joe. "We're creating bonds and friendships."
It was Dashner's first golf tournament: "And I came to the best one in the world."
FAMILY AFFAIR: Lonnie Bellamy of Woodbridge, Va., was at the Masters with his six brothers. While walking to the No. 7 hole with his sister-in-law Earlene, of Orlando, Fla., the two were trying to catch up with their family in order to see Tiger Woods.
"We love golf," Lonnie Bellamy said. "We love the history of the golf course, the toughness of the course." "And the beauty of it," Earlene Bellamy added.
"We love everything but the wind," her brother-in-law countered.
After watching the action from Amen Corner, Lonnie Bellamy said the group planned to call it a day.
"We've got a big Easter dinner waiting," he said.
