Flowers nearly steal the show during practice for Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Monday was a picture-perfect day at Augusta National Golf Club, with sunshine and warm temperatures.
Tiger Woods was there with all the other big names.
But the azaleas nearly stole the show.
It’s been years since their colors have been as brilliant as they were today.
And no matter what your favorite golfer might be doing, the course beckons you to stop and smell the flowers.
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“The hairs on the back of my neck stood up when I first walked in, and when we walked onto the course, it did it again,” said Steve Cole from Amherst, Ohio.
Azalea blooms only last about 3 weeks -- so timing is everything.
The beauty is only temporary.
“I’m taking home pinecones and needles,” Richard Herbert said.
“It’s going to go in a little shadow box.”
One almost as beautiful as the game of golf itself.
“It’s the greatest sport in the world, right?” Herbert said. “To be able to call penalties on yourself, teach about life lessons the whole thing.”
Perhaps Monday’s life lesson is to just be present and enoy the presents all around you because they quickly will become the past.
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