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Article: IT'S AN AUGUST SOCIETY AT AUGUSTA, BLUE (BLOOD) MEANS MORE THAN GREEN

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April 8, 1988
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AUGUSTA, Ga. - I had been hesitant about it for years. Almost tentative. I wanted to do it so much, but I wasn't sure if I should. I was in love, but I didn't want her to say no . . . there would always be hope as long as I didn't hear the "no."

Yesterday I finally screwed up all my gumption and all my courage and gave it a go. I tried to join Augusta National Golf Club.

Lord knows I had prepared for this moment. I had enrolled for the last three years in a correspondence school course, "Advanced Horticulture: Know Your Flora From Your Fauna," and indeed I now knew the difference between an azalea and a magnolia and a Carolina cherry tree.

I had read and then read again every word ...

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