Augusta in the spotlight: how the Masters transforms a small Georgia city

Starting today golf will consume Georgia’s second city, as it does every April – but it is a baseball stadium and a cyberwarfare hub that could drive urban change the furthestApril in Augusta, Georgia, means one thing: the Masters golf tournament. It’s the only golf major to be held in the same venue every year, and is a boon for this quiet city of 195,000 people. Though it is the state’s second-largest city behind Atlanta, Augusta has suffered from the downtown depopulat