Augusta National from Above: What it’s like to fly over the Masters

This is the Masters in a way few have seen it: Cruising in a small prop plane as low as 1,400 feet off the ground. Call it a vantage point unlike any other.

Alan Bastable

As GOLF.com’s executive editor, Bastable is responsible for the editorial direction and voice of one of the game’s most respected and highly trafficked news and service sites. He wears many hats — editing, writing, ideating, developing, daydreaming of one day breaking 80 — and feels privileged to work with such an insanely talented and hardworking group of writers, editors and producers. Before grabbing the reins at GOLF.com, he was the features editor at GOLF Magazine. A graduate of the University of Richmond and the Columbia School of Journalism, he lives in New Jersey with his wife and foursome of kids.