Austin Greaser Reflects On Masters Appearance As the runner-up to James Piot in the U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills last summer, Austin Greaser, from Vandalia, was invited to compete in the Masters Tournament at Augusta National in April. “I realized that I’m now standing on the first tee at Augusta, playing in The Masters. This is what The Masters nerves feel like, this is what The Masters first tee feels like with all the people, and this is what the atmosphere feels like.” Although a member of the University of North Carolina golf team and a former Ohio Amateur Champion, walking the rolling hills of Augusta National still gave him chills. “That was the number one highlight, taking a deep breath there and walking down and trying to soak it in before getting into the competitive mindset and understanding all the late nights and early mornings and extra work made it all worth it. That was a highlight, to fulfill one of my highest goals of being a golfer.” For a college student it was a humbling experience. “It was a lot to swallow leading up The Masters. Being twenty-one and trying to juggle college,
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