R.I.P. H. Lowrey Stulb

John Boyette files a wonderful remembrance of the man behind several buildings and monuments at Augusta National, H. Lowrey Stulb, who died at 96 Wednesday night.

Besides some insights into the design for Eisenhower Cabin and Sarazen Bridge, there was also this:

Lowrey Stulb’s love affair with the Masters began in 1934 when he was a student at Richmond Academy and served as a gallery guard for the first Augusta National Invitation Tournament.

On the Wednesday before the 1934 tournament, players competed in an alternate-shot format event. Stulb followed Bobby Jones that day and held one end of a cane pole while another cadet held the other end to prevent patrons from walking too close to the players.

Stulb kept the scorecard from that round, and discovered it years later when he found his old cadet uniform.

Stulb was at the tournament the following year when Gene Sarazen recorded his famous double eagle on the 15th hole. Stulb said he heard the loud roar, but, “I’m the only person who didn’t see it,” he said.