Mar. 20—AUGUSTA — An opening ceremony with golfers hitting tee shots is a tradition for a certain big event each April.
But three weeks before the 90th Masters gets underway, another special event was held March 19 to celebrate the reopening of The Patch and usher in a new era of public golf for the Augusta area.
Instead of Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson, it was Clois Herndon, Ike Choice, James Dent, Joshua Dent and Jim Douglas doing the honors…