Lee Elder acknowledges applause as he joins Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus as honorary starters on the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. In 1975, Elder turned the primary African American to ever play within the Masters.
Matt Slocum/AP
Updated 7:54 PM ET, Thu April 8, 2021
Lee Elder acknowledges applause as he joins Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus as honorary starters on the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. In 1975, Elder turned the primary African American to ever play within the Masters.
Matt Slocum/AP
The Masters tournament is again — and so are the followers and the long-lasting azaleas.
Golf’s first major started Thursday in its conventional spot on the calendar, a yr after it was pushed all the best way to November due to the coronavirus pandemic.
No spectators have been on the course final yr, however this yr a restricted variety of persons are permitted to attend.
Things aren’t fully again to regular but; the face masks are proof that we nonetheless have a protracted solution to go along with Covid-19. But the course is as beautiful as ever.
