Song of the South

Golf Digest, April, 2001

Even casual Masters viewers have heard the CBS theme music countless times, but may not have known that there are words that go with the soft tinkling piano melody to "Augusta?" Dave Loggins, of "Please Come to Boston" fame, wrote the song around 1980, with lyrics help from photographer Frank Christian.

They then took it to CBS, which now uses the instrumental version extensively. The words are an ode to ever thing Augusta:

"Well, it's springtime in the valley on Magnolia Lane;

It's the Augusta National and the master
   of the game.

Who'll wear that green coat on Sunday
   afternoon?

Who'll walk that 18th fairway singing
   this tune?

"Augusta, your dogwoods and pines,
   they play on my mind like a song.

Augusta, it's you that I love,
   it's you that I miss when I'm gone

"Well, it's Watson, Byron Nelson,
   and Demaret, and Player and Snead,

And it's Amen Corner,
   and it's Hogan's perfect swing;

It's Sarazen's double eagle
   at the 15th in '35,

And the spirit of Clifford Roberts
   that keeps it alive.

"Augusta, your dogwoods and pines,
   they play on my mind like a song.

Augusta, it's you that I love, it's you that I miss when I'm gone.

"It's the legions of Arnie's Army and the Golden Bear's
throng, Wooden-shafted legend, Bobby Jones."