Bob Harig was 23 when he got the phone call, Gary Van Sickle was 26. Their bosses needed them to report to Augusta National Golf Club. In the sportswriting business, there aren’t many better calls.
Come April 9, both will be walking the fairways during Round 1 of the Masters, continuing four decades of covering the most famous golf tournament in the world. They have chronicled Nicklaus on the prowl, Tiger raising the roars and men who fell agonizingly short of a green jacket. Their stories appeared in newspapers, Sports Illustrated and national sports websites—and sometimes how those stories even saw the light of day were stories in themselves.
