One Sunday night we were given the chance to cross a major item off of Jeff's bucket list. Our friend, Taxi, called about 9:00 to tell Jeff he had two free tickets for us to Tuesday's practice round of the Masters. We just had to figure out how to get there! Thankfully we were able to make it work. Jeff called his Mom to see if she could keep the girls and I got online to see if there was any hotel room available in the area. Then we realized we wouldn't be able to leave Monday night until after Morgan's soccer game! But we were totally in!
It's so funny how it all worked out. Bobby was able to buy tickets for Tuesday's round and so they gave one of them to Dad for Christmas. So they were going to be there too! They had their trip planned for months and we took minutes. But it was so cool to experience this together.
Jeff and I got to our hotel room outside of Atlanta in the wee hours of the morning. We literally just took a nap and then got up to drive the rest of the way into Augusta. We met Taxi's dad to get the tickets and we were in!
I can't even put into words how amazing this day was. Yes, this was an item on Jeff's list, but by the end of the day I didn't even realize that it should have been on mine too all along! When I talk about this trip I find myself gushing. The course was beautiful perfection. I swear they cut the grass with a pair of scissors! Since there were no cell phones allowed (and this was a very strict rule- we saw people get kicked out for it!) we made a plan to meet up with Carrie, Bobby, Dad and Jordan. Jeff and I walked some of the course before our time to meet them and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We found them and spent the rest of the day together!
A few things I will always remember:
1. The beauty- The green grass, the colors of the azaleas, and the perfection of the weather.
2. The manners- This astounded me! You could bring in your special golf chair and put it someplace on the course. You could then walk away and nobody would take your seat. Seriously. Nobody! The honor system was amazing!
3. The prices- The food prices were crazy cheap. And the food was crazy good too!
4.The faces- Not from the famous golfers (although that was cool), but the ones from Dad and Jeff. They were like kids on Christmas morning!
We then got in the car and drove all the way back on Tuesday night. A long, long time in the car with a short amount of sleep. And I would do it again tomorrow!
Watching the sun and the moon rise at the same time on our way into Augusta
Our tickets!
Jordan, Bobby, Carrie, me, Jeff and Dad standing in front of the leader board
Me and Jeff at hole 16
Me, Dad and Carrie at the 18th fairway
Carrie took this picture of the 18th hole when they put their seats down first thing in the morning. It could be a postcard!
Beauty
Where Phil famously hit his shot between these two trees a few years ago
Putting green
Some of our favorites
The food!
My sweet Daddy- so happy
One of my favorite memories was watching the players try to skip balls over the water on the 16th. The practice round was so laid back and the guys all had fun.
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