Eight times he finished in the top five. Billy Joe Patton decided to go for the green. Ask him about what this place means to him, and his eyes moisten, and his voice chokes. He is a man in desperate love. Crenshaw looks so sad.
Golf is a cruel game.
The Masters is always great theater. It will be again this year. Jose Maria Olazabal makes putts, and the weekend figures to be fascinating. But, every year, there's another story. We watch the greatest golfers of our time grow old.