then they have come the you have come the air of jack nicholas and the fan base nationwide and worldwide just began to grow with the type of situation. i spent my entire career here and during my stay at the moment in the history of the golf course. i covered the masters for the first time and then the following year. i ended up in my career and after i got out of the tv business. it's how augusta came to be because when i came here, folks asked me first on the course how did this town become the golf capital of the world. with private collectors i pieced together a story that had up to that

the likes of chicago's own chic evans, the great bob jones, arnold palmer, jack nicholas and tiger woods. america's first national championship, the u.s. amateur, remains a pinnacle of amateur golf. this is a special site that has served as an excellent host of that historic championship. [applause] bryson, i'm honored to present two distinguished awards. first, a u.s. amateur championship gold medal presented to every united states amateur champion since 1895. [applause] second and certainly more identifiable, i present to you the havemeyer trophy. the time-honored emblem of our united states amateur championship. congratulations. [applause] >> please welcome from fox sports, holly sonders. >> amazing week. you started out the final 18 from the trees. you ended up on top as you always do. what is it like to hold that trophy? >> it's an incredible honor. i never thought in my wildest dreams i would win this championship. with all of the dedication and hard work that i've put in to making this possible, it's finally realized. i'm so excited and honored to be everybody's champion, the us a

my first year was 1986 and jack nicholas one and the following year larry weizmann and i was smitten and golf history and the presidents and i ended up in a guest and after i got out at the tv business just thought it would make a fascinating story of how augustine came to be because that's when they came here folks asked me first time on the course was how augustine in this town became the golf capital of the world and it raised a lot of questions of my own end over the years i befriended a lot of friends here at the augustine national from augustine country club in palmetto and make in and the private areas and they piece together a story -- that just have been the highlight of my career now. >> we continue our visit to augustine georgia with lee ann caldwell who discusses the city and its role in the civil war. >> the book we are talking about today is transfixed. a book i will put the augustine museum of history. no better place to talk about the book and what we learned in here in this award-winning local museum and we are in an exhibit entitled a gusto story so it tells us how

the likes of chicago's own chic evans, the great bob jones, arnold palmer, jack nicholas and tiger woodserica's first national championship, the u.s. amateur, remains a pinnacle of amateur golf. this is a special site that has served as an excellent host of that historic championship. [applause] bryson, i'm honored to present two distinguished awards. first, a u.s. amateur championship gold medal presented to every united states amateur champion since 1895. [applause] second and certainly more identifiable, i present to you the havemeyer trophy. the time-honored emblem of our united states amateur championship. congratulations. [applause] >> please welcome from fox sports, holly sonders. >> amazing week. you started out the final 18 from the trees. you ended up on top as you always do. what is it like to hold that trophy? >> it's an incredible honor. i never thought in my wildest dreams i would win this championship. with all of the dedication and hard work that i've put in to making this possible, it's finally realized. i'm so excited and honored to be everybody's champion, the us amate