GolfPricks ejected from Augusta National
Eazy, Digger escorted from Masters tournament

Leave it to the GolfPricks to cause a problem at the most prestigious golf course in the world.  And you might know the partners in crime would be Digger (aka Degro) and Eazy, also now known as Augusta Slim.

"The Colonel set us up, the bastard.  He knew what was going to happen," Eazy said, trying to explain how he and Digger were accosted by an Augusta Sheriff's deputy, taken into custody and escorted in a golf cart to the Augusta National gate.  "It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen but I didn't want to see it being toured around in a golf cart by a Georgia deputy sheriff," he lamented.  "The Colonel will pay for this."

The pair's problems started after a wonderful day of walking the Augusta National course on Thursday, the opening round of The Masters.  After walking the entire back nine before anyone had made the turn and then following Fred Couples, among others, through the front nine on an ideal Spring day, ("I bet we walked 10 miles," Eazy said) they decided to call it a day.  At the Colonel's request, they passed off their complimentary grounds access badges (courtesy of Haydie and the Colonel, who should be commended for orchestrating the access and accommodations for a number of GPs) for Friday's guests.

Not necessarily realizing they would have to make it to the exit without proper credentials, they made their way along the driving range boundaries toward the exit, hoping to make a stop for souvenirs at a stand near the gate.  On their way, they happened to be spied by an Augusta Barney Fife.

"He said 'You aren't supposed to be back here', " Digger said.  "Then he said, 'Can I see your badges?'  We started explaining why we didn't have any but couldn't fully explain without maybe putting Haydie's arrangements in jeopardy.  So Eazy says, 'We don't need no stinking badges, we're on our way out anyway after we stop for some souvenirs."  To which the deputy replied, 'You're on your way out alright, and you won't be getting any souvenirs today.'

"Honestly, I was really proud of Eazy's restraint," Digger added.  "I really thought we might be going to jail."

"The Colonel knew exactly what was going to happen," Eazy said.  "He better have gotten me some souvenirs or he'll have hell to pay before it's all said and done.  I'll get him back for this."

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Colonel contacted GolfPricks.com and issued a statement clarification.

"THEY wanted to leave early and had the option of dropping the badges off at our hotel but opted to leave them with me and head out," the statement said.  "Little did we know they would enter a restricted area, the members' cabin area prominently marked as "Limits With Law Enforcement Officials Present," and get nabbed.  Everything after that fateful decision is on the two miscreants. If this had been a run-of-the-mill no-badge situation the Pinkertons or plain-clothes agents would have handled it diplomatically.

"You might know that once again Eazy has manipulated the facts," the statement concluded.