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The article focuses on the significance of the golf sport in Georgia. Golf is driving a building boom on the shores of Lake Oconee. Golf is one thing, but golf on courses designed by master course architects is something else. A lot of people are coming up from Florida, and they're coming in from the Midwest as Georgia becomes better known for golf. The other prominent course on the lake is at Cuscowilla. "Golfweek," called it the best residential golf course in the U.S. in 2004. A golfer can be lulled by Cuscowilla's inviting fairways.

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.

The article discusses various issues related to sports in the U.S. in October 1977. Augusta National Golf Club president Clifford Roberts shot himself after being ill for several months in Georgia. The U.S. administration has decided not to grant a presidential pardon to Emprise Corp., which was convicted of interstate transportation to aid racketeering and conspiracy in 1972. The trustees of the estate of the late former Major League Baseball executive Tom Yawkey has decided to sell the Boston Red Sox team to a group led by Haywood Sullivan.