Sports Cards Ate My Brain

My dad taught me how to golf while I was in elementary school and he and I would play occasionally at local courses around Athens, Georgia. We also watch a lot of golf coverage on TV. The big three were all around when I was young but Jack Nicklaus quickly became my favorite player and I would imitate him in the yard with wiffle golf balls. Over the years I've purchased golf cards as they've come out, starting in the early 90's with the Pro Set releases. I really enjoyed the Upper Deck releases and bought a few of the more expensive packs when I could. When I pulled this card out of a pack I almost fell out of my chair. Having a card with three of the all-time greats represented tops my memorabilia card list.

One of my favorite annual viewing pleasures starts tomorrow: The Masters.  My entire weekend plan will revolve around it.  After a day of storms today the weather for the weekend should allow the tournament to play out over the four days.  I have many golf cards but here are three that represent 21 victories and 13 runner-up finishes:   13 wins from these 3 greats.  This is simply my best memorabilia card from any sport. 4 Wins.  After buying many gold boxes I finally got a Tiger swatch out of this catch-all set.  4 more wins from Faldo and Couples.  Duval finished second twice. It will be bittersweet with no Arnie teeing off tomorrow but I hope it will be a great tournament. I'll set my Tigers Woods golf to the tournament settings and see how I score.  I'll let you know if I win.