Special Masters Moment

I went to the Masters on Monday and took my 8-year old son and 11-year old daughter with me for the first time. They both like golf and I thought it would be neat for them to experience being at Augusta National. Little did I know we would end up with a pretty special memory.

After walking some of the front 9 we went to hole #16, the par-3 over the pond. It's a practice round tradition for the pros to try skipping the ball across the pond onto the green. There is usually a pretty good gallery because the fans like to see the pros have some fun and joke around. We got a spot right behind the tee next to the ropes. We watched a couple of groups come through when the twosome of Fuzzy Zoeller and Kenny Perry arrived. Of course Fuzzy was playing to the crowd and cracking jokes. Then he came over to the back of the tee where we were standing and asked my son Stone to come out onto the tee. He asked Stone his name and where he was from. He then asked if he played golf. When Stone told him he did, Fuzzy asked him if he wanted to hit a shot! When Stone said he would, Fuzzy announced to the gallery, "Now on the tee...from Charlotte,NC...Stone Fossum". Stone took a practice swing with Fuzzy's hybrid and stepped up and smacked the ball about 100 yards right at the flag, into the middle of the pond! The crowd loved it and gave him a nice round of applause. Stone is now a huge Fuzzy Zoeller fan!

Here are a couple of pictures and a link to the video on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXdHO9_YQCQ