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Article: Masters message: Leave Augusta National alone
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- April 14, 1998
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RON SIRAK AP Golf Writer
AP Online
04-14-1998
Well now, this should put to rest talk about Augusta National Golf Club becoming obsolete or the Masters being the exclusive property of Tiger Woods for the next two decades.
If there was any one message from this year's tournament it was this: Leave it alone. Let the uniqueness of the course and the tournament remain untouched.
Put the cookie cutter away. There is no need to make Augusta National play like every other golf course. There is no need to make the Masters like every other tournament.
Cut out this talk about letting the rough grow. Bulldoze the notion of knocking down hills so tee shots won't roll as far. Short-circuit ...