Augusta Audiobook (Free)

TheAugusta National Golf Club, founded in 1933 and house to the prestigious MastersTournament, is an American icon shrouded in intrigue. Co-designed by legends Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie, Augusta boastsgorgeous fairways and properly manicured greens, set against a breathtakingbackdrop of azaleas and pines. Behind the wondrous moments and memorabletournament play resides a secretive and exclusive clan, proclaimed with scandal andinvested with the social capacity to make or break a man’s rise to about Augusta glory.

Journalist and novelist Steve Eubanks offers used all of hisinvestigative and storytelling skills to access the heart of Augusta’sturbulent history, including its 44-calendar year rule beneath the iron fist of Cliff Robertsand his suicide within the club’s grounds; the Experts’ impetuous however long-standingrelationship with CBS; allegations of racism; as well as the club’s countless, rigidrules.

With45 inspiring photographs, Eubanks’s balanced account also captures the historicmoments that evoke deep affection for Augusta, from Dwight Eisenhower teeingoff in the times before the Masters was televised to Jack Nicklaus’s emotionalvictory at age 46, 23 years after he won his first green jacket. Having a newchapter on Tiger Woods’s 1997 triumph and released just with time for the 1998Masters, Augusta is essential readingfor anyone who wants the complete story of American golf’s most hallowed floor.