When the Golden Bear roared one more time
Born, raised and still living in South Carolina, his professional life has been defined by the goings-on just across that historic river, where the great state of Georgia begins to sprawl westwards.
Hidden deep in his sub-conscious, he admits, is the wide-eyed wonder he felt in 1974 when, as an eight-year-old, he was brought over the freshwater border to his first US Masters. If you grow up smelling those azaleas and dogwoods, it must be hard to relate to the rest of us who can only admire the magnolia trees through a TV screen.
