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‘Terribly sad’ treatment of three-time Aces winner Gary Player at Augusta National
By Simon Brunsdon – 10 months back
Privileged starters Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player teed off to induce the Aces underway.
Experts legend Gary Player has made the “pitiful” disclosure he doesn’t feel welcome at Augusta National and battles to urge a amusement there.
Player, 87, won the prestigious occasion three times – in 1961, 1974, and 1978 – amid one of the foremost fulfilled careers in hitting the fairway history.
Yet he isn’t a full-fledged part of Augusta – one of the sport’s most eminent courses, in Georgia – and his privileged enrollment does not permit him to utilize the offices at his recreation.
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He claims the ultra-exclusive course won’t indeed permit him to play a hone circular without the company of a club part, in spite of having wore the celebrated green coat thrice.
Lee Senior with Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus at the opening ceremony for the Experts Competition.
Gary Player (center) with Lee Senior and Jack Nicklaus at the opening ceremony for the Experts Competition. (Getty)
“After all I’ve contributed to the competition and been an envoy for them, I can’t go and have a hone circular there with my three grandchildren without having to ask a part to play with us, and there’s continuously a few pardon,” Player told The Times.
“It’s terribly, awfully pitiful.
“I’ve played my part, I’ve won it three times, I was within the top-10 15 times, I made the foremost number of cuts in a push ever. However here we are battling to induce a circular.
“That’s why I rate the (British) Open No.1 (of the four majors). On the off chance that it wasn’t for the players, (Augusta) would fair be another golf course in Georgia.
“It’s fair pitiful – and I put awesome accentuation on the word pitiful – that Augusta (doesn’t) make you are feeling welcome in that respect since I made a difference make this competition what it is.”
Player, a South African legend, has not continuously had a comfortable relationship with Augusta National.
Gary Player plays his opening tee shot amid the opening ceremony of the 2021 Masters. (Getty)
His child, Wayne, has been prohibited from the course for life for guerrilla promoting amid the 2021 Experts.
And for the final two a long time Player has worn Golf Saudi branding on the primary tee in his part as an privileged starter – a disputable move given the sportswashing stench connected to Saudi showcasing, and the severe continuous LIV war.
He pulled in feedback final week when he was inquired to rank golf’s four majors, and put The Aces last.
Nevertheless, Player is planned to be an privileged starter once more on Thursday night (AEDT) nearby Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson when the Aces starts.
There are a few who have called for Player to be axed from the part, counting Golf.com writer Claire Rogers, whereas noticeable Golf Channel moderator Eamon Lynch composed for Golfweek that, “Gary Player is presently making a fool of himself”.
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