Golf’s baby boomers burning up Augusta

THERE is a shared passion for a green jacket, yet for more than four hours in yesterday’s first round of the 75th Masters, playing competitors Ross Fisher and Sean O’Hair could have filled their time talking diapers and other matters around family affairs.

Golf may be their livelihood, but this year’s trip to Augusta National has not offered so much major championship pressure that they can escape the truisms that envelope them. That is, they are trying to balance golf with the truly important things in their lives.

The trick for Fisher is to stay focused while his wife, Joanne, is in England, about to deliver their second child.