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Boo's clinic: Two-time PGA Tour winner and Ryder Cup hero Boo Weekley will conduct a private clinic this morning at Fort Gordon Golf Course.
Weekley, who is playing in his second Masters Tournament , will give the clinic to about 200 soldiers, according to Fort Gordon Golf Course club manager Bill Fumai.
Weekley won the Tour event at Hilton Head Island, S.C., the past two years.
Mayor's Reception: 1979 Masters champion Fuzzy Zoeller will be the honored guest at today's Mayor's Masters Reception. The event begins at 5 p.m. at Augusta Common, located on Broad Street between Eighth and Ninth streets. The event features samples of food from area restaurants. Admission costs $1.
Adaptive Golf: Zoeller also will be at the fifth annual Walton Foundation Adaptive Golf Challenge at The First Tee of Augusta at 8:30 a.m. today. Mayor Deke Copenhaver will proclaim it Fuzzy Zoeller Day in Augusta at 8:45.
The tournament will follow at Augusta Municipal Golf Course at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call (706) 823-8584.
Book signings: Several books about golf and the Masters have been released, and authors will be in town to discuss them and sign copies.
- Hank Haney, Hank Haney's Essentials of the Swing: Tuesday, 5 p.m., Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Augusta Mall, 3450 Wrightsboro Road.
- Robert Tuchman, 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live: Thursday, 5 p.m., Borders Books, Music & Movies , 257 Robert C. Daniel Jr. Parkway.
- James Dodson, A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons: Friday, 4 p.m., Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Augusta Mall, 3450 Wrightsboro Road.
Prayer Breakfast: Former CBS golf announcer Pat Summerall will be the guest speaker at the annual Masters Prayer Breakfast.
The free event will be at 7 a.m. Tuesday at Warren Baptist Church, 3203 Washington Road.
Tickets can be picked up in the church office or they can be printed from the Web site, www.warrenbaptist.org.
Boundaries for badge sales set
Authorities from the sheriff's office will be enforcing a 2,700 foot barrier around the Augusta National on the sale of Masters badges. The boundary begins at Calhound Expressway to the east, Sherwood Drive to the west and Ingleside drive to the south.
Click here to see a detailed map of the boundaries.
