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Nov. 10 in Masters history
2008: Herbert Warren Wind, the writer who famously described a three-hole stretch at Augusta National Golf Club as "Amen Corner," is inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
It was Wind, then the golf writer for Sports Illustrated, who came up with the phrase to describe the action at the 11th, 12th and 13th holes at Augusta National.
Wind had covered golf for several years going into the 1958 Masters, but his account of the action on those holes in the final round that year cemented his connection with Masters lore as Arnold Palmer sought his first major victory.
Wind combined his love of music and golf, saying he was inspired by a jazz song, “Shoutin’ in that Amen Corner.”
After Wind’s death, Jack Nicklaus said, “You look back on how golf has been written over the years and there have been three or four guys who really stood above the rest. He was certainly one of them.”
2009: A gold coin thought to be the runner-up medal given to Lloyd Mangrum at the 1940 Masters Tournament is put up for auction.
The medal was found in the bottom of a used golf bag purchased by a New Mexico man named Larry Brooks. He said he paid $5 for the golf bag at a thrift store.
"It is, granted, a second-place medal, but one of the very early medals," said Kip Ingle, of the auction company in Atlanta.
2003: The CSRA Business Monthly named Augusta National Golf Club recipient of its inaugural Thanks For Giving Award.
The publication selected the Augusta National for its continued support of the nonprofit CSRA Community Foundation, which included a donation of $1.25 million that year, and has continued donations through the years.