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Julie Alfriend Ferris (\u201897) has combined her love of golf with her love of children\u2019s books by publishing Badges, Egg Salad and Green Jackets: The Masters A to Z<\/em>. Ferris\u2019 first book introduces children to the rich history and traditions of the Masters, one of four major championships in professional golf. The easy-to-read format uses a letter of the alphabet on each page to focus on items specific to the tournament. Some of these include \u201cG\u201d for Green Jacket, describing the jacket worn by Augusta National members and the tournament champion, and \u201cM\u201d for Magnolia Lane, the tree-lined drive leading up to the clubhouse. Illustrated by Joshua Henry Thomas, other pages describe the types of food served, tournament rules and landmarks of the famous sporting event.<\/p>\n Ferris, a teacher and Thomson, Ga. native, first fell in love with the game as a high school student, when she worked during spring break vacations at the Masters. \u201cI handed out egg salad sandwiches and Cokes at a concession stand in Amen Corner, and it was really exciting when Phil Mickelson stopped by my stand,\u201d she remembered.<\/p>\n Her Masters\u2019 memories also include witnessing stampedes of spectators running through the gates each year for the final round. \u201cIt was amazing watching hundreds of men, women and grandparents sprinting through the gates with their chairs to get a good spot on the 18th green. And this was at 8 o\u2019clock on Sunday morning!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Since that time, Ferris has avidly followed the Masters as a spectator, attending more than 20 tournaments. Her career in children\u2019s books, however, was only launched after Ferris\u2019 daughter Kathryn began asking questions about the tournament a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Friday of Masters week, my husband went to the tournament with a member of Augusta National. Kathryn asked me several questions such as, \u2018Where did daddy go today?\u2019 and \u2018Where did he eat lunch?\u2019 I told her that he ate in the clubhouse, and she asked, \u2018What does the clubhouse look like?\u2019 I love children\u2019s books and I love the Masters, so I wondered if there was a children\u2019s book about the tournament,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n After researching the Internet, Ferris realized there wasn\u2019t a book written specifically for children. With notebook in hand, she spent the weekend watching the televised tournament to get all of the key words for her A to Z format.<\/p>\n Now in its second printing, The Masters A to Z<\/em> is available for $14.95 per copy on Ferris\u2019 website at <a href=”https:\/\/junebugprint.com\/”junebugprint.com<\/em>, in select gift stores throughout the Southeast as well as nationwide in the PGA Superstore.<\/p>\n – Mary Beth Spence<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Julie Ferris Publishes Children’s Book About PGA Tournament<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-spring-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}