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Augusta National Golf Club was based off of segregation from the start. The Fruitland Nursery that it was built on was originally a plantation. The plantation mindset still sticks around today. The racial discrimination has soften over the last 30 years beginning with Lee Elder becoming the first black man to play in the Masters in 1975 and the two designers Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, 1971 and 1977 respectively. But it has mostly lessened with Tiger Woods’ domination of the Masters since 1997.

I have talked to two black people one is from Augusta and now lives in Baltimore and the other is from Baltimore and has just moved to Augusta. They told me that Augusta was not a racist town. The Augusta native said “Naw it’s cool”. But when asked about The Masters he said “If you ain’t white, you ain’t getting in. And what color are we?” He was serious about it. He also said “And don’t buy tickets from anyone outside because they’re fake.” So it appears there still is some racial discrimination at Augusta National. And I’m not even getting into the Hootie Johnson/ Martha Burk face-off at the 2003 Masters for their men only policy…Next up Tiger leaves the field hanging.