Dog ate master’s Masters tickets! Really

Planet Golf — 04 April 2012 by Bob Sherwin

This is too delicious to be true.

It may be hard to believe but as a Seattle man was preparing to leave for the Masters, his dog Sierra, a Swiss Mountain dog (like the one pictured), ate all four of his tickets. They ducats were well on their way through Sierra’s system and his master was not on his way. Can you imagine the excuse he would give to the Augusta gatekeeper?

But before they could get too far and become completely worthless, he made Sierra puke them back. He then went through the yucky painstaking process of putting them vaguely back into what appeared to be tickets.

Here’s the story.

Rain and Wind Make for Wild Start to WM Phoenix Open

Dunlap decides to turn pro after PGA win

About Author

Bob Sherwin

Bob grew up in Cleveland, an underdog city with perennial underdog teams, and that gave him an appreciation and an affinity for the grinders in golf, guys such as Rocco Mediate, Jhonattan Vegas and star-crossed John Daly. This is the 53rd year for Bob as a sportswriter, the first 34 working for newspapers throughout the west, Tucson (Daily Star), San Francisco (Examiner) and Seattle (Times), and the past 19 years as a freelancer. He has covered just about every sport, including golf tournaments, Tucson Open, Bing Crosby/AT&T Pro-Am, the 1998 PGA Championship, the 2010 U.S. Senior Open, the 2010 U.S. Amateur the 2015 U.S. Open and the annual Champions Tour Boeing Classic. He also writes articles for Cascade Golfer Magazine and Destination Golfer. For most of his 20 years at the Seattle Times his primary beat was the Mariners. He then picked up Washington men's basketball in the winter. He also was the beat writer for the Sonics, including 1996 when they played the Bulls for the NBA title. After a lifetime hacking on public courses, he finally gave in and joined a country club in 2011, Aldarra near Seattle. Despite (or perhaps because) of his 14 handicap, he won the 'Super Senior'' (65 and older) championship in 2017. He has a pair of aces – 37 years apart – and in 2009 came agonizingly close to his ultimate golf goal of scoring in the 70s when he finished with an even 80. He lives in Seattle.