Tommy Aaron has the most captivating story of sporting triumph that any athlete from Gainesville can tell about himself. Forty years after winning The Masters in 1973, the memories of a suspenseful and dramatic final round at Augusta National are just as sharp as the day he rallied back for the only major title of his long and successful professional golf career. “I hadn’t played in a lot of tournaments leading up to The Masters in 1973, so I had no idea something so special was about to happen,” Aaron said.