One Sunday afternoon every April, the 18th green at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, becomes the stage on which golf’s greatest players celebrate one of the game’s greatest achievements — winning The Masters.
This upcoming Sunday morning, Taytum Oswald of Beloit will be competing on that hallowed ground in the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals.
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