TYLER BOOKER. WELL, IT IS MASTERS WEEK IN ONE OF CENTRAL ALABAMA’S OWN IS ON THE HALLOWED GROUNDS OF AUGUSTA FOR THE FIRST TIME. FORMER UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GOLFER NICK DUNLAP IS MAKING HIS MASTERS DEBUT. WVTM 13 SCOTT CARPENTER TALKED WITH THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM ABOUT THIS BIG MOMENT. DUNLAP HAS DONE IT. IT’S ALREADY BEEN A DECORATED CAREER FOR NICK DUNLAP, TWO U.S. AMATEUR TITLES AND A PGA TOUR WIN IN JANUARY, THE FIRST AMATEUR TO WIN A TOUR EVENT SINCE PHIL MICKELSON IN 1991. FOLLOWING THE WIN. AT THIS TIME, I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT I AM TURNING PROFESSIONAL. PROFESSIONAL GOLF AT 20 YEARS OLD CAN BE DAUNTING. IF YOU’D HAVE TOLD ME THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO LIVE OUT MY DREAM AS A 20 YEAR OLD, IT’S PRETTY SURREAL. BUT IT’S ALSO SCARY. BUT BEFORE DUNLAP TURNED PRO, HE WAS OUT HERE AT GREYSTONE COUNTRY CLUB PRACTICING AS A KID. AND FOR THOSE WHO KNEW HIM, THIS SUCCESS IS NOT SURPRISING. BUT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, IT’S TURNING HEADS. I THINK OF HIM AS THAT SIX YEAR OLD KID, STEVE SMITH HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF GOLF AT GREYSTONE FOR 28 YEARS. IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR HIM TO TAKE NOTE OF DUNLAP’S GAME. MAYBE YOU COULD TELL HE WAS REALLY SPECIAL FROM A REALLY YOUNG AGE. I’D LOVE TO SAY WE ALL SAW IT HAPPENING. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE IT AT THIS AGE. DUNLAP HAS WORKED WITH SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST BRETT MCCABE SINCE HE WAS A KID, BUT HE HAS WORLD CLASS SKILLS. HE HAS A WORLD CLASS MIND. HE’S AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN. AND NOW DUNLAP IS LIVING OUT HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM TEEN UP AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB. I WOULDN’T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE. UM, IT’S, YOU KNOW, GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH. AND, UM, UM, HONORED TO BE HERE. THOSE AROUND HIM ARE PROUD OF HOW FAR HE’S. COME. IT IS SURREAL. AND THEN TO SEE A KID YOU LIKE YOUNG MAN, LIKE NICK DUNLAP, WHO WE SAW PROBABLY AS THE PESKY LITTLE KID AROUND THE CLUB FOR SO LONG. IT’S REALLY COOL. I KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF FANS FOR HIM BACK IN BIRMINGHAM, DUNLAP IS PLAYING THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS ALONGSIDE MAJOR CHAMPIONS JON RAHM AND MATT FITZPATRICK IN