When the 2022 Masters gets underway tomorrow at famed Augusta National Golf Club, 21-year-old Tar Heel Austin Greaser will live the dream of every young golfer in the world by teeing off with and against some of golf's all-time greats.
Greaser, a junior on Carolina's top-10 ranked golf team, earned an invitation to play in both the Masters and the U.S. Open in June by advancing to the finals of the 2021 United States Amateur, which was contested last August at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. Greaser defeated four higher-seeded opponents to reach the final, where he lost 2&1 in a nationally-televised match to Michigan State's James Piot.