The fairways are bracketed with heather, and then with gorse, so that at the right time of year when everything is blooming, the course becomes a sea of green, purple and yellow that is compounded by the sea, the sand, and some of the most incredible sunsets anyplace.

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The azaleas and dogwoods are blooming at Augusta, Georgia, which means it must be time for the Masters Tournament.

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"Spring is a time for new beginnings and new life, yet the juxtaposition between a literally blooming world and the barren inner life of the clinically depressed is often too much for them to bear, " he said.

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