‘We need more unicorns’ WSOC TV [Video]

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The powers-that-be at Augusta National know a GOAT when they see one, whether they’re wearing red and black on Sunday or black and gold in Iowa.

Caitin Clark won’t be playing in the Masters anytime soon — that’s one of the few endeavors where she might actually struggle a bit — but the marks she set during her college career and recent run through the women’s NCAA tournament have inspired the green jackets who run Augusta.

“The way Caitlin plays the game, her passion, her energy,” Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National, said Wednesday, “it really just captures the imagination of the fans.” Clark and Iowa lost to South Carolina on Sunday in the women’s NCAA basketball championship, a phenomenally popular game watched by more than 18 million people.

Ridley knows exactly how a transformative figure — a “unicorn,” in his and many others’ words — can revolutionize an entire sport. Tiger Woods won the Masters in 1997 …