2009 Masters Tournament Guide

Near the bottom right of this photo, you’ll see a ball skipping across the pond that fronts Augusta’s 16th green. The ball-skipping is a Masters practice tradition. (Photo: Jerry Trainer/Flickr)TOO EARLY FOR MASTERS MANIA? I think not. In fact, I’ve been thinking about the year’s first major for quite a while and have put together a free 44-page guide to the 2009 Masters Tournament. (Sign up at above right under the brown box.)Last year I went to Augusta for the first time, so part of the guide includes my first-hand observations about the Masters experience. You’ll also find need-to-know information, history, humor, interviews and more.I’ll introduce you to the only living player who teed it up in the first Masters in 1934, as well as the first Augusta native to play for the Green Jacket. I’ve talked to both men, a real treat.Here’s the table of contents:THE MASTERS EXPERIENCEMy Road to the MastersOne Patron’s Guide to Augusta National Golf ClubMasters’ Food: A Tradition Like No Ot...