Q: I know Tommy Aaron of Gainesville won the Masters Tournament some years ago, but have there been any other Georgians who have won the Masters?
-- Sarah Cooper, Gainesville
A: Savannah-born Claude Harmon won the Masters in 1948, becoming the first Georgian to win the tournament. Aaron won in 1973 and Augusta's Larry Mize won a green jacket in 1987, hitting what Sports Illustrated called "a 140-foot chip shot that bounced twice up a grassy bank and once on the putting surface before it rolled halfway across the 11th green directly into the hole" to win a playoff with Greg Norman.
Q: The new configuration of southbound I-85, where the right lane ends so traffic from Ga. 400 has more room to enter, seems to have inadequate warnings. The first warning is words on the pavement saying the lane will end in 1,000 feet. I think this goes against federal roadway regulations and seems dangerous. I expected the two overhead sign structures before this new striping to have signs giving adequate warning.
-- N. Loeb, Johns Creek
A: The Georgia Department of Transportation followed all regulations and is in compliance with the national standard set in the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), spokeswoman Jill Goldberg told Q&A on the News. The MUTCD is the guide for all such projects, including the recent change to I-85 south near the merge with Ga. 400 south, she wrote in an e-mail. More details about the MUTCD can be found at mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov.
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