Beer bets, hoop dreams and one dart: The Masters hasn't seen anyone like him
Meet Brandon Holtz, a family man, a former college basketball player, an ex-mini-tour pro and a Masters patron - and now, a Masters player.
Fore please, now driving will be Brandon Holtz, a most unlikely Masters participant. GOLF photo illustration BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — One dollar changes hands.
One ball is closer. They run it back. From a spot around Augusta National’s 6th green, Brandon Holtz picks his golfer, and the man Brandon had just become best friends with chooses his.
The two rubberneck as a pair of shots make their way down to the par-3’s putting surface. At the Masters , you can usually find Holtz at the 6th. Earlier, he had negotiated himself all the way up to the rope line at the tee box, the position he said is his favorite, because it’s a front-row laboratory seat.
Wind gauging. Club selecting. Some decisions work.
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