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Rick Bowness Headed To The Masters Courtesy Of The Tampa Bay Lightning

04/02/2015 at 5:50pm EDT

from Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen,

What to give the man who has everything? How about a VIP pass to the 2015 Masters golf tournament. That’s what former Senators head coach Rick Bowness, associate coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, was presented by Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman. This, on the occasion of Bowness’s 2,000th game behind an NHL bench, on Feb. 7.

“I’m overwhelmed,” Bowness said Thursday. “This is a life-long dream. I’ve always wanted to take my boys to Augusta, St. Andrew’s and Pebble Beach. The other two are public. This was going to be the challenge.”

Yzerman got the tip on what Bowness might wish for, from Bowness’ wife, Judy. Bowness isn’t just going to championship Sunday at the Masters – he and his sons, Ryan and Rick Jr., will be taken to Augusta, Georgia in the private jet of Lightning owner Jeff Vinik, and returned by jet to Tampa afterward.

Bowness said Yzerman acquired the VIP passes by making “a couple of calls.”

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