21-year old champion David Chung got an invitation to the 2011 Masters, with reference to his being a runner-up in the 2010 U.S. Amateur Championship. A native of North Carolina, Chung is a junior Communications major at Stanford University where he became an All-American choice last season. He also won the Porter Cup and western Amateur in 2010. Chung shares his thoughts on his Masters Debut experience through Masters.com reporter Tom Spousta.
He said that he can’t believe he’ll be at Augusta National this week, which came out as surprise from his parents. After Chung got his hands full with finals week, he almost forgot to make plans for spring break. When he went home to North Carolina, his parents declared, 'You're only going to be home for a couple days because we made a couple tee times for you.'
Chung stayed on Tuesday thru Thursday and he was with his mom, Elise. With the perfect weather, and the verdant and charming course, Chung hit some balls, and ten minutes later, he related that the balls were off the range. He played 18 holes, just dropping balls, chipping from different locations, like a normal practice round. He reportedly saw Alex Cejka, Jason Day, Paul Casey, and Stewart Cink. He actually met Day and shared a chat with him.
They also had a chance to have a group play through with former Vice President Dan Quayle and Coach Lou Holtz.
“I'm going right from here to play with my team in a college event, the Linger Longer Invitational just down the road at Reynolds Plantation. That's from March 27-29, and then I'm coming right back to Augusta. I've been lucky enough to play some pretty great courses, but there's really nothing that can match Augusta National. For me, it's transforming right before my eyes. You can smell the flowers blooming, see the observation stands going up and everything getting ready for the Tournament. It's getting my blood pumping that it's getting closer and closer to the Masters”. Lastly, Chung beamed at the thought about having the chance of a lifetime to be with the Masters.
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