A panel of 15 golf writers was asked to vote on the best Masters. Stories about those tournaments are being republished this week because the Masters has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 1996 Masters was voted No. 5. The following story was published on April 14, 1996. ___ By RON SIRAK AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Greg Norman simply found history too heavy to carry over the rolling hills and treacherous greens of Augusta National Golf Club.
For the sixth time, Norman took a lead into the final round of one of the Grand Slam events only to lose. But none was as shocking nor as complete as the unraveling that began on the ninth hole at the Masters and ended in the water in front of the 12th green.