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A Daughter's Memories of the Masters

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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 07: A general view of the leaderboard next to the first fairway and entrance during a practice round prior to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 07, 2021 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 07: A general view of the leaderboard next to the first fairway and entrance during a practice round prior to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 07, 2021 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

By Elizabeth Short

GROWING UP IN THE SAGEBIEL HOUSEHOLD, if it was a Sunday, dad reserved the TV exclusively for golf.

I remember spending a lot of afternoons stretched out on the couch in front of the TV (not a flatscreen like all the other families had, by the way) half-heartedly watching Ernie Els or Bubba Watson or whoever it was putt their way toward victory.