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Back to the future: Shutterbugs out in force at the Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – There are so many cameras at the Masters this week that practice rounds are beginning to resemble kids’ birthday parties back in the day.

Barred from bringing their cell phones on the course, fans adapted by going back to the future, dusting off pocket-sized digital cameras or their old 35mm bodies and lenses and re-learning how to use them.

But a quick refresher course is all they’re allowed. When play begins Thursday, fans will have to put them back on the shelves.

“Actually, the last time I had this out was Easter,” Wayne Watson said about the large black Nikon hanging around his neck.

And the time before that?