"I asked Polygon’s resident sports gamer, Samit Sarkar, to tell me some things about the Masters Tournament, and it seems to have a number of parallels to The Lord of the Rings, what with an all-male group of heroes battling to win a precious, worn object that has known many bearers over its long history. Honestly, that all sounds very tiring — maybe someone should just cast it into a fire."
https://www.polygon.com/lord-of-the-rings/556864/masters-tournament-golf-hobbits-tolkien
Polygon · As the Masters Tournament begins, remember that hobbits invented golf