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MASTERS ANNIVERSARIES
by Rick Lipsey The 1996 Masters is destined for greatness. How can we be sure? Because history has told us so. Although the Masters celebrates its 60th anniversary next week, the major championship we know didn't really begin until the first postwar playing 50 years ago. From then on, something special has occurred every fifth year.
photograph by UPI/Bettmann Ben Hogan choked. It sounds blasphemous, but it's true. After three rounds he was five shots behind Herman Keiser, an unheralded pro from Springfield, Mo. But Hogan made a charge and came to the 72nd green on the brink of victory. He had a downhill 12-footer for birdie and 281. Keiser was in at 282. Hogan's first putt never came close, and after he left the three-foot comebacker on the lip, it was hail Keiser, one of the unlikeliest Masters champions of all.
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