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The article covers issues related to sports as of March 3, 1969. Former Masters champions are encouraged to invite African American golfer Charlie Sifford to participate in the 1969 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. The college basketball games between Arizona and Utah reportedly demonstrate the home-court advantage in the Western Atlantic Conference. The Irish Tourist Board invited prospective visitors to attend a tour of the national graves and monuments in Glasnevin in a calendar of 1969 events.

This article discusses sports in the town of Augusta, Georgia. For one week a year, in mid-April, Augusta is the center of the sporting universe. There's no school in Augusta during Masters week, and good luck getting into the T-Bonz steak house, just down Washington Road from the Augusta National entrance, unless you're Fuzzy Zoeller or some other golfing notable. But then the tournament ends, and school resumes, and the old Southern city-slash-endless strip mall returns to its off-season ways. Now when wrestling comes to town, it's held at the charmless Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center, but that doesn't mean everybody plays nice. It's where the occasional boxing match is held, where the Harlem Globetrotters play annually, where the monster truck competitions take place and where the Augusta Lynx, a minor league hockey team, play about three dozen home dates a year.

The article features golfer Jimmy Dent who is known in professional golf circles as the Rocket Man. He has surpassed Jack Nicklaus in driving a golf ball. It talks about the accomplishments of Dent in the pro golf circuit such as finishing second in the 1972 Disney World Open, placing fifth at the Tallahassee tournament, and making around 60,000 U.S. dollars in two years. It also provides an overview of his career including his childhood in Augusta, Georgia, and his stint as a caddie at the Augusta National Golf Club.