Road to Masters far from idyllic for ticket holders

“It's not what you see on television.”

By Steve Keating

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Augusta National Golf Course has been described as a little piece of golfing heaven on Earth but to get to golf's promised land, ticket holders must travel through a stretch of urban hell.

The road to the home of the U.S. Masters is not lined with majestic Georgia pines, rather a four-lane gauntlet of fast-food joints, gas stations, ticket touts and budget hotels all offering five-star prices during the week of the season's first major.

Those making the pilgrimage to one of golf's most sacred places are often caught off guard when the dreamy images of blooming Azaleas and manicured grounds they have seen on television clash with the reality of Washington Road. Read more

[bluntmom]

Oh, give me a break!! When have you ever been any famous place that doesn't have all kinds of fast food places, etc around it? That's free enterprise!! The important thing is what is INSIDE the Augusta National!1 Beauty , peace, history, and legends... so don't act like some alien, ok? ecer been to DisneyLand, Disney world, etc?? I rest my case!! IDIOT!!

[JAYLOCSTA]

THAT'S RITE BLUNTMOM.TELL 'EM TO STAY HOME "IN THE WOODS OR WILDERNESS" AND CATCH IT ON THE TUBE(IF THEY HAVE ONE).EVERY ATTRACTION THAT I HAVE "EVER"BEEN TO IN A "CITY"HAD A STRIP WITH BUSINESSES.TRY GOING TO ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY...CRAWLING DOWN TARA BLVD.BUT WHEN THE RACE IS ON AND OVER.WHO CARES ABOUT THE "OUTSIDE"SCENERY.AT LEAST THEY DIDNT HAVE TO COME THROUGH "EAST AUGUSTA"TO GET TO "GOLF HEAVEN".MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE, TO SEE HOW AUGUSTA"REALLY"LOOKS FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE TO SEE SOME OF THIS CRAP EVERYDAY.LUCKILLY THEY WERENT HERE LONG ENOUGH TO RUN ACROSS THE MILLIONS OF POT HOLES,DELAPIDATED BUILDINGS AND MAKESHIFT HOMES,AND DRUG INFESTED AREAS.
SO STOP COMPLAINING AND WATCH IT ON T.V. FOR THE SCENERY!!!!!!!!!!