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On a resonating Sunday on a golf course where just about everything has always been white and green, 21-year-old Tiger Woods wrenched open a new door to millions of people of color.

He became the first to win the Masters in 61 tournaments. He finished with a gossamer 18-under-par 270, a record score by the youngest winner ever, and offered a huge and hugely dramatic shove toward racial equity in a game largely limited to the affluent.