AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A year ago, Devon Bling stood at the practice range at Augusta National Golf Club watching PGA players like Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth preparing to play in the Masters Tournament.
Bling and his UCLA teammates had just finished playing in a collegiate tournament at Augusta University, and they stuck around for a practice round on Monday.
"I told myself, 'I hope I'll be able to do that someday,'" Bling recalled. "I didn't know it would happen so soon."
On Monday, Bling will be back on the practice range at Augusta National Golf Club, this time as one of six amateurs competing against the best players in the world at perhaps the most famous golf course in the world.