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Nick Bonfield

The Story Of President Reagan, A Crazed Gunman And A Hostage Stand-Off At Augusta National

Ronald Reagan attempts to get a golf cart started.

When you think of Augusta National, you picture a place where everything runs smoothly and not a single blade of grass is out of place. That's almost always the case, especially at The Masters, but in October 1983, the club played host to a rather unsavoury incident.

A gunman taking hostages at Augusta is one of the lesser publicised aspects of the club’s history, but it happened when President Ronald Reagan came to stay and play almost 23 years ago.

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