AUGUSTA, Ga. – Internally it’s called “inside the bamboo,” which is shorthand for the sprawling property that includes Augusta National’s iconic course and clubhouse, where time seems to stand still.
Scoreboards at the Masters are still manually operated and egg-salad sandwiches will set you back $1.50. "Inside the bamboo" is a window back to simpler times. Outside of the bamboo. nothing feels right - not in 2020 - but within the manicured walls of the outsized hedges that ring the property, there is order.
Not complete, unquestioned order, that’s not happening at a November Masters. But there are bedrocks that neither a pandemic nor politics can shake.