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| | Amazon.com: The Masters : Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia: Books: Curt Sampson (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Ultimately, the book tells the story of a singular sporting experience--and the marvelous drama it has provided--that manages to succeed spectacularly despite the arrogance, dourness, and manipulations of the homogenous bastion that deigns to let the rest of the world intrude upon its exclusiveness for one week every April. |
 | | This portrait of the Masters, appropriately subtitled "gold, money, and power in Augusta," traces the tournament's history since 1933, revealing both the dramatic moments and the controversial secrets, most notably racismAcertainly a book to raise eyebrows at the Augusta National Golf Club. |
 | | He explains how that when Tiger Woods won the Masters in 1997, Augusta and the Masters had come full swing from what it once was. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679457534?v=glance (1660 words) |
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