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Posted: Mar 23 2009
No one respects Augusta National and reveres the Masters more than this reviewer. While reading this book, one thought came to mind again and again: "Augusta National and the Masters deserve better...." Respect, admiration, appreciation, even awe and reverence are one thing, but fawning and gushing is another and this book fawns and gushes like a teenager dreaming about his first girlfriend. It may even bit embarrassing to the good folk who run Augusta National and the Masters. This book fawns and gushes to the point that it demeans the Club and the tournament it seeks to honor. It's that bad. The writer appears to be trying to ingratiate himself to club members, perhaps in hopes of gettng another "invitation" to play the course. His first "invitation" reads like it wasn't an invitation at all, but the annual opportunity for members of the media to play the course Monday after the final round of the Masters. And if all of this isn't enough, the book is very poorly edited. On page 25, the same sentence is repeated twice: "Roberts countered this decision by NBC, by encouraging August to broadcast the Masters." followed by "Roberts counterted this decision by NBC, by encouraging Augusta to sign an agreement with CBS..." I wish I could be more positive. I'm sure Mr. Andrisani is a nice person, a good writer and meant well, but, frankly, Augusta National and the Masters deserve a better tribute than this. Much better. There's too much author and too much "cuteness" in this one.
