What happens when two men who are each forces of nature, in their own way, clash at the most prestigious championship in American golf? When one is rich and handsome and headstrong, but the other is the lord of Augusta National? When Cliff Roberts, the chairman of Augusta, and Frank Stranahan, the playboy son of a millionaire, collided at the Masters in 1948, it was inevitable that something wild would happen. And something did—a controversy that shed a light on two of the strangest American lives in golf history, and gave a glimpse at the paranoia and exclusivity that dominated old Augusta.
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Full Swing Thoughts Ep. 6: Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa, and the dreaded contrast
Full Swing Thoughts Ep. 5: The ballad of Fitzy and DJ
Full Swing Thoughts Ep. 4: Joel Dahmen shines in the best episode yet
Full Swing Thoughts Ep. 3: The Ian Poulter conundrum
Full Swing Thoughts Ep. 2: The spring of Scottie, the fall of Brooks
Full Swing Thoughts Ep. 1: Jordan, Justin, and the curse of friendship
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