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Old-man winter an unwelcome patron

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Thursday, April 10, 2003

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- I saw something Thursday morning at Augusta National Golf Club that I've never seen in 14 trips to The Masters -- a North Face jacket. I saw my breath. I saw the lawn where the patrons enter the course turn into a gelatinous sea of sole-sucking mud. It is cold. It is cold and wet. That's fine if you're a dog's nose, or crouched in a duck blind, but The Masters is supposed to be America's welcome to spring. One reason the tournament has performed so well for CBS for nearly five d ...

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