Sometimes even a great putt can end in a splash. At the 1982 Players Championship, Jerry Pate’s did just that. In fact, it resulted in three of them. After sinking his tournament-winning putt, he marked his victory by sinking PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman and course architect Pete Dye into the water near the 18th green before jumping in himself. It is one of golf’s most iconic celebrations.

"I was kind of in awe of everything, after seeing it [The Masters] on TV and having always heard about it. Everyone says ‘we can’t explain to you, you just have to go look at it’. You walk in and are just in a daze, surprised that you are there.” As the dawn broke in Augusta at The Masters on Sunday, Chris Osmun of Davenport, Iowa arrived at Magnolia Lane with his longtime friend, Mike. Back in February, Chris had seen his buddy ‘like’ the LostGolfBalls.com Masters Sweepstakes and figured “why not?”. He clicked the ‘like’ button, filled out the form. A month later he was selected as our winner. Before one enters golf’s most serene and magnificent place, they first must encounter numerous security checks. “Of course, no cell phones or cameras allowed. It’s like going to the airport. Dogs out front, then you go through the line to empty out your pockets and all that gets run through the x-ray machine as you proceed to get wanded.” Once through, you are officially a patron of The Masters! By 7:30am, Chris was inside the merchandise tent with surprisingly no line. Not knowing if he would ever be able to make it back, he grabbed a hat, a towel, a Flag Pin, a couple of Masters Caddy Teddy Bears for his kids, and a Masters Chair, which comes in handy after a long day on the course. He was told the night before, by a couple he met, that he should purchase chairs first and then head straight to where he wanted to end up and set the chairs there. Everyone writes their name on the back of their chair, leaves it there with all of their stuff and nobody messes with it. It’s like that throughout the course. If you see empty chairs, they are available until the seat holders come back and ask to sit. After the chair was in place, walking the front nine commenced. “The front nine is way hillier than I thought it would be! It’s Wednesday and my calves are still burning.” After making it through the outward 9 he rested around Amen Corner to let the history and grandeur sink in. “Twelve was my favorite hole to watch the groups tee off and then walk over the Hogan Bridge.” He watched a couple groups come through and then proceeded to finish walking the rest of the inward 9.

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There has always been an attraction for golfers towards the hallowed grounds of Augusta National, and while few get the opportunity to play the famous course many never get the opportunity to even walk those grounds, or smell the freshly fallen pine needles. But our interest never falters, and every April we turn on our TV's to watch the greenest golf course play host the greatest tournament of it's kind. To commemorate such a great place I have collected some interesting and fun facts about Augusta National that you can share with your friends.

Well it sure isn’t easy! Since the tournaments inception in 1934 then known as "The Augusta National Invitational”, players and sports fans from around the world have been itching to see the Alister McKenzie designed course in person.