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Day one at Masters a wash
APTOPIX Masters Golf Heal WEB
Spectators walk off the course after play was suspended because of severe weather during the first day of practice for the Masters golf tournament on Monday in Augusta. - photo by Associated Press
AUGUSTA — The first full day at the Masters turned out to be a short one Monday. Augusta National was open for only two hours because of storms, still enough time for a few players to see some of the changes to the golf course — even though this was supposed to be a year with really no change at all. The ice storm in February that led to the demise of the famous Eisenhower Tree also cost the club countless other trees, giving Augusta a slightly different look.