Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club · Georgia
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Augusta National Golf Club was founded by Georgian native Bobby Jones, the famous amateur golf champion, along with investment banker Clifford Roberts from Iowa, with the two men teaming up shortly after Jones retired from competitive golf in 1930.
Thomas Barrett, a mutual friend, recommended the purchase of a 365-acre property called Fruitland Nurseries in Augusta, close to the border between Georgia and South Carolina, for the location of the new golf course.
Designed by Alister MacKenzie, the renowned English architect, the layout was constructed between 1931 and 1932, with a formal opening taking place in January 1933. The inaugural Masters Tournament was staged the following year and the rest as they say is golfing history.
Quite a number of architects have upgraded the course since it was first set out by MacKenzie, most notably Perry Maxwell (1937-1946) and Robert Trent Jones (1946-1953). The former altered eleven holes, whilst the latter made significant improvements to the par four 11th and par three 16th.
George Cobb (1954-1978), John LaFoy and Joe Finger (in the 1970s), Bob Cupp and Jay Morrish (in the early 1980s), and Tom Fazio (in the new millennium) have also helped to further shape the layout. Fazio, in particular, has rebuilt greens, repositioned bunkers and added new back tees.
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