1. Masters weekend let’s you know that summer is just around the corner
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AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images
The winter is dead and gone for a few more months, the clocks have sprung forward and there’s a new brightness to the day. Though, by Sunday, you’re not sure if you’re enjoying the actual weather or that sweet, sweet climate in the southern states weather.
2. Just press play and let the music guide you round the green jewel of Georgia
The music, the greenery. It’d lull you off to sleep if the golf wasn’t so damn intense..
6. There’s no bedding in period for viewers, in-depth knowledge of every hole comes flooding right back to you
7. Ah, lads. The Bridge!
Ben Hogan makes a damn fine bridge,
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AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images
8. Everything is just so pristine and manicured: From Magnolia Lane to the obsession with azaleas, right down to the caddies in Ghostbuster costumes
Matt Slocum
Matt Slocum
9. There’s always some wily old-timer who goes on a hot-streak and becomes an unlikely contender
… until the pressure takes its toll and the inevitable collapse sets in.
Tom Watson with his son and caddy Michael in 2010, when the then 60-year-old AP / Press Association Images
AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images
It’ll happen. Just you wait.
10. Nobody walks the course with players and caddies. And it makes competitors look so alone so when things unravel
11. The rules are seriously antiquated and over-formalised, but sure we’ll have ‘Mashed Potatoes’ and ‘Get in the Hole’ in every other tournament over the summer
There’s no fans or supporters here, remember, only ‘patrons’ and their never-to-stray guests.
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AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images
12. Staying up late to watch the finish is grand, because you know everyone will be in the same boat Monday morning
13. Of all the soothing shades of green you see over four days, the jacket is actually the most beautiful
Matt Slocum
Matt Slocum
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13 incredibly soothing, simple pleasures of watching The Masters
BREATHE IT DEEP.
1. Masters weekend let’s you know that summer is just around the corner
The winter is dead and gone for a few more months, the clocks have sprung forward and there’s a new brightness to the day. Though, by Sunday, you’re not sure if you’re enjoying the actual weather or that sweet, sweet climate in the southern states weather.
2. Just press play and let the music guide you round the green jewel of Georgia
The music, the greenery. It’d lull you off to sleep if the golf wasn’t so damn intense..
3. There’s a reassuring familiarity right from the first tee. Not in a confusing deja vu way, it’s a big security blanket of a tournament
4. Those adorable old dudes rocked up for another reunion
Great bunch of lads – and how about that young Gary Player lad. He’s got a bright future.
5. You know you’re only ever a few hours away from re-watching this jaw-dropping beauty
6. There’s no bedding in period for viewers, in-depth knowledge of every hole comes flooding right back to you
7. Ah, lads. The Bridge!
Ben Hogan makes a damn fine bridge,
8. Everything is just so pristine and manicured: From Magnolia Lane to the obsession with azaleas, right down to the caddies in Ghostbuster costumes
9. There’s always some wily old-timer who goes on a hot-streak and becomes an unlikely contender
… until the pressure takes its toll and the inevitable collapse sets in.
It’ll happen. Just you wait.
10. Nobody walks the course with players and caddies. And it makes competitors look so alone so when things unravel
11. The rules are seriously antiquated and over-formalised, but sure we’ll have ‘Mashed Potatoes’ and ‘Get in the Hole’ in every other tournament over the summer
There’s no fans or supporters here, remember, only ‘patrons’ and their never-to-stray guests.
12. Staying up late to watch the finish is grand, because you know everyone will be in the same boat Monday morning
13. Of all the soothing shades of green you see over four days, the jacket is actually the most beautiful
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