Quando ho programmato il viaggio, definendo quei cinque o sei luoghi-culto da non mancare lungo il percorso, quello più a sud era (ed è) il campo da golf di Augusta, Georgia. L’Augusta National non è un campo da golf come gli altri, è IL campo da golf; qui si gioca da decenni il Masters, il torneo dei campioni, il suo circolo è considerato il più esclusivo del mondo e il suo campo forse il più bello.
Del circolo fanno parte ex U.S. presidents, captains of industry and finance like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet and top brass of various kinds. The route runs along what was a nursery 80 years ago, with trees, plants and flowers of great beauty that uniquely characterize each of the 18 holes. Bob Mathis said in Washington that even the club members are not allowed to camp for several months a year for maintenance work needed to keep it at this level.
The exclusivity of Augusta is legendary, it is virtually impossible to attend the Masters, there are tickets booked for years, perhaps for generations, and there are stories of separation between spouses where the judge has to consider the issue of who gets the tickets. Next year, however, here will play an Italian boy of 16 years, Matthew Manassero, the great white hope, a phenomenon seen not only at national level, which was invited because he has won everything there is to win at this level.
With this in mind, I do not have many chances to put his nose in, but I want to try the same, or with the history of the Pilgrim-cyclist came there to see the Temple, or hoping for a guard of Italian descent to close one eye. The important thing is that dogs do not just see me mollino horizon. Meanwhile
bends towards the south, in Georgia, there is in terms of temperatures, much higher than on the Appalachians. I spent the night in a State Park, beautiful lake view with a pitch, but the humidity was unbearable even at midnight.
Del circolo fanno parte ex U.S. presidents, captains of industry and finance like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet and top brass of various kinds. The route runs along what was a nursery 80 years ago, with trees, plants and flowers of great beauty that uniquely characterize each of the 18 holes. Bob Mathis said in Washington that even the club members are not allowed to camp for several months a year for maintenance work needed to keep it at this level.
The exclusivity of Augusta is legendary, it is virtually impossible to attend the Masters, there are tickets booked for years, perhaps for generations, and there are stories of separation between spouses where the judge has to consider the issue of who gets the tickets. Next year, however, here will play an Italian boy of 16 years, Matthew Manassero, the great white hope, a phenomenon seen not only at national level, which was invited because he has won everything there is to win at this level.
With this in mind, I do not have many chances to put his nose in, but I want to try the same, or with the history of the Pilgrim-cyclist came there to see the Temple, or hoping for a guard of Italian descent to close one eye. The important thing is that dogs do not just see me mollino horizon. Meanwhile
bends towards the south, in Georgia, there is in terms of temperatures, much higher than on the Appalachians. I spent the night in a State Park, beautiful lake view with a pitch, but the humidity was unbearable even at midnight.
For the first time yesterday I had some problems to find a WiFi line with the public library closed and the center's premises which were not related. I made an attempt at a place in Italy would be the last to be searched: the gas station. Result: two stations fully operational. Here all the gas stations have the adjoining shop, which in addition to selling the usual brushes, road maps and cleaning agents is also a grocery store and more. A few weeks ago, in withdrawal symptoms from milk was looking for a pack of half liter, because of course there are those in supermarkets da uno o mezzo gallone. Ma il benzinaio ce l’aveva, insieme al cappuccino ghiacciato e al pane, migliore di quello degli alimentari.
Perché funziona così? Forse anche qui la cultura dell’automobile gioca un ruolo importante o forse è l’ossessione degli americani per il non perdere tempo e fare tutto in fretta. Anche gli sportelli bancari qui sono tutti come i drive through di MacDonald, non si entra in banca ma si va con l’auto ad uno sportello apposito e si fanno tutte le operazioni senza scendere, collegati con l’impiegato all’interno se serve, se no si dialoga con la macchina. Chissà se sarà questo anche il nostro futuro.
Perché funziona così? Forse anche qui la cultura dell’automobile gioca un ruolo importante o forse è l’ossessione degli americani per il non perdere tempo e fare tutto in fretta. Anche gli sportelli bancari qui sono tutti come i drive through di MacDonald, non si entra in banca ma si va con l’auto ad uno sportello apposito e si fanno tutte le operazioni senza scendere, collegati con l’impiegato all’interno se serve, se no si dialoga con la macchina. Chissà se sarà questo anche il nostro futuro.
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