AUGUSTA — Bob Goalby was missing from Tuesday night’s Champion’s Dinner, an annual tradition at Augusta National Golf Club to which he gave the highest regard.
In years past, you could spot him standing on the porch of the main clubhouse, early in the week, looking down toward Amen Corner. He loved that view, he loved being at Augusta and he appreciated what it meant to be a Master’s champion. The championship lost one of its most devoted loyalists when he died earlier this year at 92.
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