A new mural tells the story of Augusta National’s Black caddies

In Augusta’s Sand Hills neighborhood, a 25-foot-long, 1,200-pound golf tee sculpture is the latest piece of Masters history.

Along the tee, you’ll find faces of legendary Black caddies like Willie Peterson Jr., Edwin B. McCoy Jr., and Willie “Pappy” Stokes, the “Godfather of Caddies.”

There to remember their counterparts were a handful of living caddies — people such as Otis “Buck” Moore, who drove a truck for work each week, looking forward to the weekend when he could caddy…

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