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Augusta National behind Asian Amateur tourney

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The Asian Amateur Championship got underway Thursday morning with a ceremony made famous by Augusta National Golf Club, one of the organizing bodies behind this tournament. Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne, R&A captain Colin Brown and Asia Pacific Golf Confederation president Kwang-soo Hur hit ceremonial tee shots into the morning fog shortly before the first group. Play commenced at 7 a.m. Thursday on Mission Hills Golf Club's World Cup Course. The opening of play was treated as a ceremonious occasion. About two dozen female caddies in red jumpsuits lined both sides of the cart path near the first tee, applauding everyone who walked to the tee (even journalists). Several Augusta National members stood near the first tee in their green jackets, a sight that immediately adds to the credibility of any event.

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October 30, 2009  07:57 AM ET
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Wot da Fox! AND, catered by the Colonel...

November 1, 2009  08:30 AM ET
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Our country is lowering our standards at every turn because of the need for money.

 
November 1, 2009  03:24 PM ET
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This all very, very weird.

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