I lived in Augusta for a number of years. The Augusta National takes itself very very seriously, indeed.
The club and tournament logos are copyrighted and they prosecute every possible infringement.
This guy is lucky he didn't get any sand and that he only got disorderly conduct. If he'd got the sand and, say, tried to sell it on eBay or something he'd probably be in real trouble.
I never actually set foot on the course nor ever attended even the practice rounds. My late in-laws lacked the foresight to get on the ticket list back in the day when it was possible to do so and I kept putting off going to the practice rounds till you couldn't easily do that, either.
Now I live far away and don't miss it a bit, though I'd love to see the course (it was built on the site of a plant nursery). I came to loathe the tournament because it totally disrupts life; smart locals take the week off and go somewhere else.
Downtown Agusta hasn`t improved much since I was at
Gordon `69 I gather
Two cousins of mine who were there this week end
said they wouldn`t want to be there after dark
Awesomely beautiful course
Always wondered how many people it takes to maintain it
How do do actually prove that any sand you stole was actually from Augusta? Just like people who would try to sell a piece of the Colosseum? There's no way to prove it unless Rome officials authorized sale of pieces and marked them as such. That idea is inherently ridiculous. Anybody who would buy junk like that deserves to be locked up for terminal stupidity.