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Masters revelers take a 51-week break
Posted: Sunday April 13
By Amy Allyn Swann
The Augusta Chronicle
The party's over.
Exhausted waitresses and bartenders and sunburned deputies can relax for 51 weeks before the madness of the Masters Week party scene returns.
How did the week go? Let's go to the highlights.
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Beau Dobbs, of Bozeman, Mont., looks at items up for bids in the 2003 Celebrity Gala & Auction at the Marion Hatcher Center. KEVIN MARTIN/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE |
MONDAY: Rainy, course closes, fans fill Washington and Berckmans roads restaurants and bars to drown their sorrows over useless practice-round tickets.
TUESDAY: Rainy, cold, but the Par-3 parties are one day away.
WEDNESDAY: Rainy, cold. Outdoor Par-3 parties are moved inside, and raucousness ensues.
THURSDAY: Rain closes course. Fans grumble. Jim Belushi rocks the 2003 Masters Gala.
FRIDAY: Sun reappears. Locals shag to beach music at the 2003 Ballpark Bash.
SATURDAY: Sunny, hot. People line up outside taverns and nightclubs to celebrate the last night of the tournament.
SUNDAY: Sunny, hot. The hung-over masses pack it up for another year.
Come back soon. We'll keep the beer cold for you.
ALSO: The Marion Hatcher Center was a sports memorabilia collector's toy store Saturday night at the 2003 Celebrity Gala & Auction, held to benefit Athletes Helping Kids.
At the silent auction, bids for a Brett Favre autographed football started at $200, and Favre fans were signing up to buy.
For those with a couple thousand to spare, there were framed photo collages of athletes, including one featuring Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Bids for that item started at $1,750.
The organizers had hoped to bring in some celebrities, professional golfers and other pro athletes, but those attending were mostly locals or folks visiting for the tournament.
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