Blind Shot THE UNSEEN GAME
What, Me Worry? PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE COLORADO GOLF ASSOCIATION
THIS FINE FAMILY, out for a stroll at the par-3 11th at Colorado Golf Club, is probably thinking they need to hurry back home in time to catch the rarest of game—for the first time ever, The Masters, that tribute to Spring, with its blooming azaleas and the greenest greens found outside Ireland, the Emerald Isle, will be played in November. The last major championship of a season turned topsy-turvy because of, well, you know, there’s more than a little anticipation for what is simply known as “The Tournament” down in Georgia. For one thing, there’s Bryson DeChambeau, who, given what he did in September at Winged Foot and the U.S. Open, may be threatening to render Augusta National into a pitch and putt—that hasn’t happened since Tiger Woods came on the scene in 1997 and obliterated the course, leading tournament organizers and course designers around the world to add a new entry to golf’s vernacular—“Tiger-proofing.” We shudder to think of the resultant sobriquets that would accompany a win by DeChambeau… As it turns out, Woods will be the defending champion in November, having won his fifth green jacket in the spring of 2019. Is it possible that he’ll salvage a pretty humdrum season by repeating? If not, who will be the title holder when the 2021 edition rolls around? We don’t know—but the hope is that this brood will be around to see it. —ANTHONY COTTON
COLORADO AVIDGOLFER | Fall 2020
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