AUGUSTA, Ga. — Shortly before midnight, Sam Bennett was lying in bed scrolling on his phone, reading direct messages, replying here and there, pretty much like any other college student in America right now.
Here’s the difference: Sam Bennett was scrolling in Augusta, Georgia, coming off one brilliant round of 68 in the Masters and just hours away from shooting the same score again.
Bennett, a languid Texan with a touch of manicured stubble and boundless acres of confidence, is about to step into the brightest spotlight in golf: a late tee time on the weekend at Augusta. He thinks he's ready for this moment. He might even actuallyready for it. But as he readies for the most important rounds of his life, his heart and soul are on the line, too.
Imagine if you had to relive the most painful moments of your life, again and again. Imagine if strangers asked you, over and over, to tear open old scars, to reduce your agony to a quick bit of social media content. Anyone who could keep from swinging on someone deserves respect; Bennett deserves much more than that.
To his immense credit, Bennett has handled the new rounds of the same questions with grace. He’s told, once again, the story behind the tattoo. He’s answered the questions of whether his father would be proud of him, or what his father would say to him, as well as he possibly can, given the spiritual, emotional and theological leaps he has to make to do so.
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