Seventy-two men played in the first Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, in 1934 and only one is left — 98-year-old Errie Ball, an instructor at Willoughby Golf Club in Stuart, Fla.

What keeps excellence growing? Someone willing to share and someone willing to learn. Even the mentors have mentors.

Errie’s first-person insights on that first Masters and his mentor Bobby Jones in an article he penned last week for Golf.com feel as good as a straight drive down the middle.