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【时讯】
【角度PERSPECTIVES】
【视野】
An Overview of the 2010 Masters Tournament
Text/Zuo Baolin Photograph/Pine Valley Resort
Augusta风云录
【导语】
The dust of the 2010 Masters Tournament has long settled and the results have already been inscribed in the stone, only leaving the masterpiece of Augusta course standing silently there and relating a legend of nearly-a-century and countless extraordinary golf rounds.
2010年美国名人赛早已经硝烟散尽，赛事结果也已经水落石出，奥古斯塔，高尔夫球场的经典之作，依然是静静的伫在那里，讲述着近一个世纪的传奇与赛事精彩。
【正文】
An Unthinkable Legend
Back in 1934 when Bobby Jones, the founder of Augusta National Golf Club, stood before the newly completed course in a quiet valley on the outskirts of Augusta, Georgia USA, never did he expect that one day the course would become a temple of golf with a reputation no less than Old Course in St Andrews, or could he imagine that the tournament, which he started to celebrate the completion of the course, would survive and even become one of the four major championships in professional golf – Masters Tournament.
无心插柳 琼斯造梦成传奇
1934年，美国佐治亚州奥古斯塔市边境一僻静山谷内，奥古斯塔高尔夫俱乐部创始人鲍比·琼斯站在刚落成的高尔夫球场前面，他怎么也不会想到这儿多年之后成了如老圣安德鲁斯球场一般享有盛誉的高球圣殿，他更不会想到他之初为庆祝球场建成而举办的一场赛事得以延续时至今日成为高球届最为顶级的四大赛事之一——美国名人赛。
In 1930, 28-year-old Bobby Jones snatched four victories in British Open, British Amateur, U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in the same year, making him the first person to win the Grand Slam of golf. However, still in his prime and thousands of good swings left, Jones suddenly retired from competitive golf.
1930年，刚28岁的鲍比·琼斯一气拿了英国公开赛、英国业余赛、美国公开赛、美国业余赛四个大满贯，创下了高球史上一项足以傲视群雄的记录，不成想正处于职业生涯巅峰期的他这时却突然宣布封杆隐退，令人唏嘘。
After retiring from competitive golf, he led a careless and leisurely life, but soon he found that he was constantly upset by his long-cherished dream of constructing a golf course like Old Course in St Andrews. Although Jones had a vision for what Augusta National could become, he enlisted the expertise of one of the game’s greatest golf architects, Dr. Alister Mackenzie, to build his own Old Course. After four years of unremitting efforts, Augusta National Golf Club was finally completed, yet sadly Alister died just before the course opening. The later success and reputation of Augusta National could be a comfort for the old man in heaven, which might be counted as a different kind of fulfilment.
归隐后的生活倒也悠闲自在，可没过多久一直萦绕他心头的圣安德鲁斯情节又一次让他寝食难安，他找到当时世界上最好的球场设计师阿里斯特·麦肯兹准备打造专属于自己的圣安德鲁斯球场，经过四年的不懈努力，奥古斯塔终于建成，令人遗憾的是阿里斯特·麦肯兹却于球场开放前夕辞世，幸好奥古斯塔后来的强盛足以告慰这位老人的在天英灵，也算是另一种圆满。
Nice Names for Holes
At noon, the sun shines too brightly on the Washington Road, so at this hour you might as well find shelter in a coffee shop along the street and have a cup of coffee and a paper. Outside the shop, the streets are crowded and people wait in long queues before restaurants and discount stores. About 300 yards away from this uproarious place, a lane lined with umbrella trees leads to a quiet gate with a board standing right before, on which writes “Members Only”. Well, it’s none other than Augusta National Golf Club. Behind the gate, the elite of the country can put behind their eminent statuses and swing clubs like average people enveloped in a cosy atmosphere of golf and friendship.
曲径通幽 球场洞洞有芳名
中午十一点的华盛顿路，美国南部的阳光过于明媚，这时不妨逃遁到沿街随便哪一家咖啡馆里，一杯咖啡，一份报纸，向外看去，人群熙熙攘然，餐馆折扣店都排起了长龙，再远点离这片喧嚣300多码的地方，几十株木兰树的尽头却掩映着一座幽静的大门，门前的牌子上写着：“仅准会员入内”，没错，这就是奥古斯塔俱乐部。门里面是这个国家最精英的人群，在这里他们可以暂时忘掉自己的显赫身份，成为一个普通人，在高尔夫和友情环绕的舒适气氛中放松地打一场球。
According to the National Geographic’s 50 Places of a Lifetime, Augusta National Golf Club is on the list. Yet it remains an unattainable dream for most of us, because there is no application process and membership is strictly by invitation. For old members, if you fail to receive bills from Augusta National in September, it means that you are not welcome any more. A male-only club right now, it only has about 300 members at any given time.
美国《国家地理》杂志称人一生有50个地方不可不去，其中奥古斯塔便是其中之一，但是估计这对大多数人来讲都是难以实现的。因为它的会籍不是申请来的，只有等邀请才能获得。另外，对于老会员来说，如果你9月份没有收到奥古斯塔的账单，那就意味着你不再受欢迎了，它仅有的300多个会籍真可谓是绝无仅有，目前只限男士。
Also worthy of note, it is closed all summer, from the third week of May until mid-October, primarily for renovations and green maintenance.
还要注意，每年5月第3周到10月中旬为奥古斯塔封场期，期间要维护草皮与设施，不能打球。
The course has a unique feature that each hole is named after the tree, flower or shrub with which it has become associated. For example, Hole No. 15 has its name “Fire Thorn” for fire thorns are abundant around the green and fairway; there are also nice hole names like Golden Bell and Yellow Jasmine.
Amen Corner refers to the 11th, 12th and 13th holes and was coined by American golf author Herbert Warren Wind to describe the critical action that takes place here. Herbert thinks that golfers need to pray here for their balls. It has been the defining area for many golf masters.
球场的一大特色就是每一洞都以生长在附近的树、花或者灌木命名，比如沿15洞的果岭与球道盛开的是一溜的木兰花，于是这一洞便被命名为木兰花，另外还有金钟花洞等等令人赏心悦目的球洞名称。
球场最为出名的球洞当属“阿门角”，此典故出自美国高球作家荷伯·瓦伦文德，他认为在这里，只有向上帝祈祷，才能让球安全通过，它指11、12、13号洞，许多高尔夫大师胜也在此，败也在此。
一生荣耀 谋心蓄意绿夹克
绿夹克是奥古斯塔名人赛的特有元素之一，其实最早时候的绿夹克是为了让赞助商能轻易的区分会员与非会员，好为前来观战的观众提供信息与服务的，后来在每届名人赛它与奥古斯塔俱乐部荣誉会员会籍一起被授予名人赛冠军得主。
现在绿夹克已成为了名人赛的传统，意味着身份地位，其中第一件绿夹克出现在1937年，由位于纽约市的布鲁克斯服装公司制作，第一位穿上绿夹克的选手则是山姆·史尼德。自1967年，绿夹克转为辛辛那提州汉米尔顿制衣公司负责制作，每一件的用料都是从都柏林的福斯特曼公司运来的加厚毛呢，并且由服装大师乔治亚・本伯格真丝缝制，每一件衣服主人的名字被缝在夹克里作为一种荣誉。马萨诸塞州的沃特伯瑞公司则负责生产黄铜钮扣，印上奥古斯塔的标志。在北卡罗来那州的A&B徽章公司则负责把大师赛的徽章缝到上衣口袋处。按惯例，绿夹克只能在俱乐部穿，并且不允许用于商业广告活动。
至今，奥古斯塔的绿夹克仍然是许多高尔夫球手孜孜以求的职业目标，其蕴涵的意义与荣耀在高球届仍无可匹敌。
Green Jacket: A Glory of One's Life
Green jacket is one of the unique elments of The Masters Tournament. In fact, the first green jacket was made to distinguish members from non-members, so as to the sponsors could easily tell and provide services and informations to the audiences.Later on, it was rewarded to the champion of the Masters with the honorary club membership as well.
Now the green jacket became a tradition of the Masters which meant grand golf status. The first green jacket was made by Brooks Wear in New York in 1937.The first player to wear green jacket was Sam Sidney. Since 1967, the Hamilton Wear in Cincinnati State started to be in full charge of making green jacket. All the materials were thicker woolen transported from Forstmann Company in Dublin. Each of the green jacket was sewn by clothing master Georgia Berg with silk, and each name of the owner was sewn in the jacket as an honor. As usual, the green jacket was allowed to wear in the club only, and did not be allowed for commercial use.
So far,the Augusta green jacket is still a life sought-after goal for all the golf players. Its meaning of glory is still having no match when it comes to golf.
Long-standing Prominence
The Masters Tournament, which runs at Augusta National Golf Club every year and follows the original rules, is probably the No.1 game in golf world. Of no doubt, it’s really hard for professionals to rank the four major championships, namely British Open, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament and PGA Tour, nonetheless most experts still regard Masters Tournament as the No.1 among the four tournaments for three reasons:
First, it is the only invitational event among the four tournaments, entry being controlled by the Augusta National Golf Club.
Second, it has the largest purse of the four major championships and the total prize money and winner prize is the highest, with a total of $7,500,000 in 2010.
Third, it is the only one of the four majors which is held at the same location. It is hosted at Augusta National Golf Club every April.
世纪变迁 赛事霸主属名人
延续旧制，在此举行的美国名人赛也许是世界高尔夫比赛届中的NO.1。在行家眼里，真要把全球四大高尔夫赛事英国公开赛、美国公开赛、美国PGA锦标赛和美国名人赛按重要程度排个序实在太难了，尽管如此，绝大多数的专家还是认同美国名人赛做四大赛事之首，其理由有三：
一是它是四大赛事之中唯一的纯邀请赛，没有预选赛，俱乐部委员会独立自主的邀请决定着它的尊贵；
二是它在四大赛事之中总奖金和冠军奖金都是最高的，其中2010年总奖金更是高达惊人的750万美金；
三是它是四大赛中唯一场地固定的比赛，每年4月均在此举行，由其主办。
In terms of competition, a fixed location can provides a relatively fair environment and test genuinely players’ game skills.
Therefore, Augusta, just a quiet city with a population of 200,000, attracts the whole world’s attention each April from 1934. Fans around the world flood into the famous course, the Mecca of golf, where top golf players assemble to fight for the finest glory.
从纯竞技的角度说，比赛场地固定，可以给球手提供一个可以相对公平竞争的环境，可以真实地检验出比赛水平的高低。
于是，奥古斯塔，平时这只是一个拥有20万居民的安静城市，可是从1934年起，每到4月，全世界的目光都会聚集此处，潮涌般涌向这个早已名声遐迩的高尔夫球场，这里变成了高球麦加圣城。各路高手齐聚此地，决战高球之巅。
Augusta National has always been the arena for star players to shine. Past famous players include Jack Nicklaus, who won his sixth green jacket at the age of 46 in 1986 and Tiger Woods who in 1997 shot a 18-under-par total, breaking the Masters record of total strokes held up for 32 years.
这里永远都是群星闪耀的竞技舞台，在这里曾诞生了杰克·尼克劳斯、老虎伍兹等高坛名将，其中在1986年，尼克劳斯曾以46岁之龄，拿下个人的第六件绿夹克；1997年，老虎伍兹曾以负18杆打破了名人赛维持了32年的总杆纪录。
【Tips】2010奥古斯塔美国名人赛精彩回顾
爱妻观战 左手怪奋力登顶
复出首秀 哀老虎空手而回
【Tips】The 2010 Masters Tournament Recaps
Lefty Mickelson fought to crown with his wife watching
Sad Tiger ended up with nothing in his first return game
So let’s focus directly on the most competitive final round of the Masters Tournament. With one stroke behind his other opponent Lee Westwood before April 12th, Phil Mickelson finished a bogey-free final round of 5-under 67 and brought his tournament total to 16-under 272 (67-71-67-67), thus claiming his third green jacket and fourth major.
让我们直接把镜头对准2010名人赛争夺最为激烈的决赛轮。4月12日，本落后同组选手李·维斯特伍德1杆的老米却奇迹般打出了没有柏忌的一轮，67杆，低标准杆5杆，最终以272杆（67-71-67-67），低总标准杆16杆的成绩夺得职业生涯第三件绿夹克，从而也赢得了自己的第四个大满贯冠军。
With a stable start, Phil charged for champion from the Amen Corner. With a par putt at 11th hole and two birdies at 12th and 13th, he captured a wonderful total of 14-under, thus paving the way for his later victory.
他开局平稳，他的冠军争夺战应该是从阿门角开始的，11洞保帕，12洞小鸟，13洞小鸟，凭此他成绩上升至低标准杆14杆，从而为自己的胜利铺平了道路。
On the other hand, Phil’s great rival, Tiger Woods, was not that lucky. Though recorded two eagles at seventh hole and fifteenth hole in the fourth round, Woods distanced himself from winning for some rare slips. In the end, he tied for fourth place with his group opponent K.J. Choi. Sadly to say, Augusta National Golf Course was clearly not his happy land this year.
另一方面，他最大的对手老虎却没有那么幸运，仅第四轮便于7洞、15洞射落两只老鹰，可是一些少见的错误却最终埋葬了他胜利的希望，最终他与同组韩国球手崔京周一起位列第四，显然今年的奥古斯塔不再是他的福地，令人神伤。
沙场点兵 末轮逐鹿群雄像
A Stunning Final Round
It was quite obvious that Anthony Kim, one of the two players who shot a lowest score of 65 in the final round, put on a more dazzling performance. Despite trailing seven strokes behind after finishing the first nine holes, Kim made a strong charge towards Masters at the final nine holes. With two consecutive birdies at 13th and 14th hole, then an eagle at 15th hole and again a birdie at 16th hole, he moved into second place, one stroke behind Mickelson, quite a feat for a young man.
最后一轮共有两位选手打出最低杆65杆，很显然小老虎金河珍表现最为耀眼，他顶住前九落后7杆的压力，后九发威迅速攀升几次危及冠军，继13洞小鸟之后，他又于14洞小鸟、15洞老鹰、16洞小鸟，一度将劣势缩小为1杆，真可谓是后生可畏。
Nick Watney was the other 65-round player, who carded eight birdies in the final round and finished in seventh place.
At last, also worth mentioning was the fore-mentioned fifty-year-old Fred Couples who finished in sixth place. It’s a commendable achievement for this is the best score for golf players over 50 at Augusta National Golf Club.
另一位65杆选手是尼克·沃特尼，最后一轮他共捕获8只小鸟，最终位列第七。
最后要提的是前面提到的50岁的美国老将卡波斯，虽然仅位列第六，不过这已经是50岁以上选手在奥古斯塔取得的最好成绩了，向这位老人致敬。
【角度PERSPECTIVES】
【视野】
An Overview of the 2010 Masters Tournament
Text/Zuo Baolin Photograph/Pine Valley Resort
Augusta风云录
【导语】
The dust of the 2010 Masters Tournament has long settled and the results have already been inscribed in the stone, only leaving the masterpiece of Augusta course standing silently there and relating a legend of nearly-a-century and countless extraordinary golf rounds.
2010年美国名人赛早已经硝烟散尽，赛事结果也已经水落石出，奥古斯塔，高尔夫球场的经典之作，依然是静静的伫在那里，讲述着近一个世纪的传奇与赛事精彩。
【正文】
An Unthinkable Legend
Back in 1934 when Bobby Jones, the founder of Augusta National Golf Club, stood before the newly completed course in a quiet valley on the outskirts of Augusta, Georgia USA, never did he expect that one day the course would become a temple of golf with a reputation no less than Old Course in St Andrews, or could he imagine that the tournament, which he started to celebrate the completion of the course, would survive and even become one of the four major championships in professional golf – Masters Tournament.
无心插柳 琼斯造梦成传奇
1934年，美国佐治亚州奥古斯塔市边境一僻静山谷内，奥古斯塔高尔夫俱乐部创始人鲍比·琼斯站在刚落成的高尔夫球场前面，他怎么也不会想到这儿多年之后成了如老圣安德鲁斯球场一般享有盛誉的高球圣殿，他更不会想到他之初为庆祝球场建成而举办的一场赛事得以延续时至今日成为高球届最为顶级的四大赛事之一——美国名人赛。
In 1930, 28-year-old Bobby Jones snatched four victories in British Open, British Amateur, U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in the same year, making him the first person to win the Grand Slam of golf. However, still in his prime and thousands of good swings left, Jones suddenly retired from competitive golf.
1930年，刚28岁的鲍比·琼斯一气拿了英国公开赛、英国业余赛、美国公开赛、美国业余赛四个大满贯，创下了高球史上一项足以傲视群雄的记录，不成想正处于职业生涯巅峰期的他这时却突然宣布封杆隐退，令人唏嘘。
After retiring from competitive golf, he led a careless and leisurely life, but soon he found that he was constantly upset by his long-cherished dream of constructing a golf course like Old Course in St Andrews. Although Jones had a vision for what Augusta National could become, he enlisted the expertise of one of the game’s greatest golf architects, Dr. Alister Mackenzie, to build his own Old Course. After four years of unremitting efforts, Augusta National Golf Club was finally completed, yet sadly Alister died just before the course opening. The later success and reputation of Augusta National could be a comfort for the old man in heaven, which might be counted as a different kind of fulfilment.
归隐后的生活倒也悠闲自在，可没过多久一直萦绕他心头的圣安德鲁斯情节又一次让他寝食难安，他找到当时世界上最好的球场设计师阿里斯特·麦肯兹准备打造专属于自己的圣安德鲁斯球场，经过四年的不懈努力，奥古斯塔终于建成，令人遗憾的是阿里斯特·麦肯兹却于球场开放前夕辞世，幸好奥古斯塔后来的强盛足以告慰这位老人的在天英灵，也算是另一种圆满。
Nice Names for Holes
At noon, the sun shines too brightly on the Washington Road, so at this hour you might as well find shelter in a coffee shop along the street and have a cup of coffee and a paper. Outside the shop, the streets are crowded and people wait in long queues before restaurants and discount stores. About 300 yards away from this uproarious place, a lane lined with umbrella trees leads to a quiet gate with a board standing right before, on which writes “Members Only”. Well, it’s none other than Augusta National Golf Club. Behind the gate, the elite of the country can put behind their eminent statuses and swing clubs like average people enveloped in a cosy atmosphere of golf and friendship.
曲径通幽 球场洞洞有芳名
中午十一点的华盛顿路，美国南部的阳光过于明媚，这时不妨逃遁到沿街随便哪一家咖啡馆里，一杯咖啡，一份报纸，向外看去，人群熙熙攘然，餐馆折扣店都排起了长龙，再远点离这片喧嚣300多码的地方，几十株木兰树的尽头却掩映着一座幽静的大门，门前的牌子上写着：“仅准会员入内”，没错，这就是奥古斯塔俱乐部。门里面是这个国家最精英的人群，在这里他们可以暂时忘掉自己的显赫身份，成为一个普通人，在高尔夫和友情环绕的舒适气氛中放松地打一场球。
According to the National Geographic’s 50 Places of a Lifetime, Augusta National Golf Club is on the list. Yet it remains an unattainable dream for most of us, because there is no application process and membership is strictly by invitation. For old members, if you fail to receive bills from Augusta National in September, it means that you are not welcome any more. A male-only club right now, it only has about 300 members at any given time.
美国《国家地理》杂志称人一生有50个地方不可不去，其中奥古斯塔便是其中之一，但是估计这对大多数人来讲都是难以实现的。因为它的会籍不是申请来的，只有等邀请才能获得。另外，对于老会员来说，如果你9月份没有收到奥古斯塔的账单，那就意味着你不再受欢迎了，它仅有的300多个会籍真可谓是绝无仅有，目前只限男士。
Also worthy of note, it is closed all summer, from the third week of May until mid-October, primarily for renovations and green maintenance.
还要注意，每年5月第3周到10月中旬为奥古斯塔封场期，期间要维护草皮与设施，不能打球。
The course has a unique feature that each hole is named after the tree, flower or shrub with which it has become associated. For example, Hole No. 15 has its name “Fire Thorn” for fire thorns are abundant around the green and fairway; there are also nice hole names like Golden Bell and Yellow Jasmine.
Amen Corner refers to the 11th, 12th and 13th holes and was coined by American golf author Herbert Warren Wind to describe the critical action that takes place here. Herbert thinks that golfers need to pray here for their balls. It has been the defining area for many golf masters.
球场的一大特色就是每一洞都以生长在附近的树、花或者灌木命名，比如沿15洞的果岭与球道盛开的是一溜的木兰花，于是这一洞便被命名为木兰花，另外还有金钟花洞等等令人赏心悦目的球洞名称。
球场最为出名的球洞当属“阿门角”，此典故出自美国高球作家荷伯·瓦伦文德，他认为在这里，只有向上帝祈祷，才能让球安全通过，它指11、12、13号洞，许多高尔夫大师胜也在此，败也在此。
一生荣耀 谋心蓄意绿夹克
绿夹克是奥古斯塔名人赛的特有元素之一，其实最早时候的绿夹克是为了让赞助商能轻易的区分会员与非会员，好为前来观战的观众提供信息与服务的，后来在每届名人赛它与奥古斯塔俱乐部荣誉会员会籍一起被授予名人赛冠军得主。
现在绿夹克已成为了名人赛的传统，意味着身份地位，其中第一件绿夹克出现在1937年，由位于纽约市的布鲁克斯服装公司制作，第一位穿上绿夹克的选手则是山姆·史尼德。自1967年，绿夹克转为辛辛那提州汉米尔顿制衣公司负责制作，每一件的用料都是从都柏林的福斯特曼公司运来的加厚毛呢，并且由服装大师乔治亚・本伯格真丝缝制，每一件衣服主人的名字被缝在夹克里作为一种荣誉。马萨诸塞州的沃特伯瑞公司则负责生产黄铜钮扣，印上奥古斯塔的标志。在北卡罗来那州的A&B徽章公司则负责把大师赛的徽章缝到上衣口袋处。按惯例，绿夹克只能在俱乐部穿，并且不允许用于商业广告活动。
至今，奥古斯塔的绿夹克仍然是许多高尔夫球手孜孜以求的职业目标，其蕴涵的意义与荣耀在高球届仍无可匹敌。
Green Jacket: A Glory of One's Life
Green jacket is one of the unique elments of The Masters Tournament. In fact, the first green jacket was made to distinguish members from non-members, so as to the sponsors could easily tell and provide services and informations to the audiences.Later on, it was rewarded to the champion of the Masters with the honorary club membership as well.
Now the green jacket became a tradition of the Masters which meant grand golf status. The first green jacket was made by Brooks Wear in New York in 1937.The first player to wear green jacket was Sam Sidney. Since 1967, the Hamilton Wear in Cincinnati State started to be in full charge of making green jacket. All the materials were thicker woolen transported from Forstmann Company in Dublin. Each of the green jacket was sewn by clothing master Georgia Berg with silk, and each name of the owner was sewn in the jacket as an honor. As usual, the green jacket was allowed to wear in the club only, and did not be allowed for commercial use.
So far,the Augusta green jacket is still a life sought-after goal for all the golf players. Its meaning of glory is still having no match when it comes to golf.
Long-standing Prominence
The Masters Tournament, which runs at Augusta National Golf Club every year and follows the original rules, is probably the No.1 game in golf world. Of no doubt, it’s really hard for professionals to rank the four major championships, namely British Open, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament and PGA Tour, nonetheless most experts still regard Masters Tournament as the No.1 among the four tournaments for three reasons:
First, it is the only invitational event among the four tournaments, entry being controlled by the Augusta National Golf Club.
Second, it has the largest purse of the four major championships and the total prize money and winner prize is the highest, with a total of $7,500,000 in 2010.
Third, it is the only one of the four majors which is held at the same location. It is hosted at Augusta National Golf Club every April.
世纪变迁 赛事霸主属名人
延续旧制，在此举行的美国名人赛也许是世界高尔夫比赛届中的NO.1。在行家眼里，真要把全球四大高尔夫赛事英国公开赛、美国公开赛、美国PGA锦标赛和美国名人赛按重要程度排个序实在太难了，尽管如此，绝大多数的专家还是认同美国名人赛做四大赛事之首，其理由有三：
一是它是四大赛事之中唯一的纯邀请赛，没有预选赛，俱乐部委员会独立自主的邀请决定着它的尊贵；
二是它在四大赛事之中总奖金和冠军奖金都是最高的，其中2010年总奖金更是高达惊人的750万美金；
三是它是四大赛中唯一场地固定的比赛，每年4月均在此举行，由其主办。
In terms of competition, a fixed location can provides a relatively fair environment and test genuinely players’ game skills.
Therefore, Augusta, just a quiet city with a population of 200,000, attracts the whole world’s attention each April from 1934. Fans around the world flood into the famous course, the Mecca of golf, where top golf players assemble to fight for the finest glory.
从纯竞技的角度说，比赛场地固定，可以给球手提供一个可以相对公平竞争的环境，可以真实地检验出比赛水平的高低。
于是，奥古斯塔，平时这只是一个拥有20万居民的安静城市，可是从1934年起，每到4月，全世界的目光都会聚集此处，潮涌般涌向这个早已名声遐迩的高尔夫球场，这里变成了高球麦加圣城。各路高手齐聚此地，决战高球之巅。
Augusta National has always been the arena for star players to shine. Past famous players include Jack Nicklaus, who won his sixth green jacket at the age of 46 in 1986 and Tiger Woods who in 1997 shot a 18-under-par total, breaking the Masters record of total strokes held up for 32 years.
这里永远都是群星闪耀的竞技舞台，在这里曾诞生了杰克·尼克劳斯、老虎伍兹等高坛名将，其中在1986年，尼克劳斯曾以46岁之龄，拿下个人的第六件绿夹克；1997年，老虎伍兹曾以负18杆打破了名人赛维持了32年的总杆纪录。
【Tips】2010奥古斯塔美国名人赛精彩回顾
爱妻观战 左手怪奋力登顶
复出首秀 哀老虎空手而回
【Tips】The 2010 Masters Tournament Recaps
Lefty Mickelson fought to crown with his wife watching
Sad Tiger ended up with nothing in his first return game
So let’s focus directly on the most competitive final round of the Masters Tournament. With one stroke behind his other opponent Lee Westwood before April 12th, Phil Mickelson finished a bogey-free final round of 5-under 67 and brought his tournament total to 16-under 272 (67-71-67-67), thus claiming his third green jacket and fourth major.
让我们直接把镜头对准2010名人赛争夺最为激烈的决赛轮。4月12日，本落后同组选手李·维斯特伍德1杆的老米却奇迹般打出了没有柏忌的一轮，67杆，低标准杆5杆，最终以272杆（67-71-67-67），低总标准杆16杆的成绩夺得职业生涯第三件绿夹克，从而也赢得了自己的第四个大满贯冠军。
With a stable start, Phil charged for champion from the Amen Corner. With a par putt at 11th hole and two birdies at 12th and 13th, he captured a wonderful total of 14-under, thus paving the way for his later victory.
他开局平稳，他的冠军争夺战应该是从阿门角开始的，11洞保帕，12洞小鸟，13洞小鸟，凭此他成绩上升至低标准杆14杆，从而为自己的胜利铺平了道路。
On the other hand, Phil’s great rival, Tiger Woods, was not that lucky. Though recorded two eagles at seventh hole and fifteenth hole in the fourth round, Woods distanced himself from winning for some rare slips. In the end, he tied for fourth place with his group opponent K.J. Choi. Sadly to say, Augusta National Golf Course was clearly not his happy land this year.
另一方面，他最大的对手老虎却没有那么幸运，仅第四轮便于7洞、15洞射落两只老鹰，可是一些少见的错误却最终埋葬了他胜利的希望，最终他与同组韩国球手崔京周一起位列第四，显然今年的奥古斯塔不再是他的福地，令人神伤。
沙场点兵 末轮逐鹿群雄像
A Stunning Final Round
It was quite obvious that Anthony Kim, one of the two players who shot a lowest score of 65 in the final round, put on a more dazzling performance. Despite trailing seven strokes behind after finishing the first nine holes, Kim made a strong charge towards Masters at the final nine holes. With two consecutive birdies at 13th and 14th hole, then an eagle at 15th hole and again a birdie at 16th hole, he moved into second place, one stroke behind Mickelson, quite a feat for a young man.
最后一轮共有两位选手打出最低杆65杆，很显然小老虎金河珍表现最为耀眼，他顶住前九落后7杆的压力，后九发威迅速攀升几次危及冠军，继13洞小鸟之后，他又于14洞小鸟、15洞老鹰、16洞小鸟，一度将劣势缩小为1杆，真可谓是后生可畏。
Nick Watney was the other 65-round player, who carded eight birdies in the final round and finished in seventh place.
At last, also worth mentioning was the fore-mentioned fifty-year-old Fred Couples who finished in sixth place. It’s a commendable achievement for this is the best score for golf players over 50 at Augusta National Golf Club.
另一位65杆选手是尼克·沃特尼，最后一轮他共捕获8只小鸟，最终位列第七。
最后要提的是前面提到的50岁的美国老将卡波斯，虽然仅位列第六，不过这已经是50岁以上选手在奥古斯塔取得的最好成绩了，向这位老人致敬。
