No Masters this April; just memories of defining moments

AP photo by Dave Martin / Masters champion Tiger Woods receives his green jacket from Nick Faldo, the previous year's champion, after winning the 1997 tournament at Augusta National Golf Club for his first of what is now five Masters titles and 15 major championships. AP photo by Dave Martin / Masters champion Tiger Woods receives his green jacket from Nick Faldo, the previous year's champion, after winning the 1997 tournament at Augusta National Golf Club for his first of what is now five Masters titles and 15 major championships.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press April 10, 2020 7 min read

Gene Sarazen hit the shot that put the Masters on the map.

Jack Nicklaus made the ground shake with a charge that gave meaning to the idea that the year’s first major championship doesn’t really start until the back nine on Sunday.

Arnold Palmer had his army. Sam Snead slipped on the first green jacket.

There is no Masters this week because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time there is no golf at Augusta National the first full week in April since the end of World War II in 1945.

Yet there is no shortage of memories, the moments that define this major unlike any other.