Augusta National has reportedly spent $40 million in recent years trying to buy up a nearby neighborhood to build more parking. But one house remains.
The home of Elizabeth and Herman Thacker has remained a constant near Augusta National since the house was built in 1959. In fact, Elizabeth and Herman Thacker don’t even try to compete.They keep their modest home tidy and appealing, but they have the world’s most famous neighbor. Theirs is the lone house next to, seeing as the golf club spent a reported $40 million in recent years buying up their old neighborhood for more Masters parking.
“There were houses all the way up to yonder, houses everywhere,” Herman said from a chair on his back patio. “We love it,” said Herman, 86, a retired foreman for an insulation company. “We wouldn’t be anyplace else other than right here.”Occasionally, sightseers are under the mistaken impression that the Thackers are some kind of unofficial Augusta gatekeepers.
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