 The clubhouse and The Masters logo | |
| Club information | |
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| Coordinates | 33°30′9″N 82°1′12″W / 33.50250°N 82.02000°W |
| Location | Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Elevation | 160–310 ft (50–95 m) |
| Established | 1933, 91 years ago |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Augusta National Inc.[1] |
| Total holes | 27 (18 Hole Championship Course plus 9 Hole Par-3 course) |
| Events hosted | Masters Tournament (1934–present) PGA Seniors' Championship (1937–38) Augusta National Women's Amateur (2019–present) |
| Greens | Bentgrass |
| Fairways | Ryegrass[2] |
| Website | masters.com |
| Designed by | Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie[3] |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,510 yards (6,870 m) |
| Course rating | 78.1 (unofficial)[4] |
| Slope rating | 137 (unofficial)[4] |
| Course record | 63 - Nick Price (1986), Greg Norman (1996)[3] |
Augusta National Golf Club, sometimes referred to as Augusta National, Augusta, or the National, is a golf club in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Unlike most private clubs which operate as non-profits,[1] Augusta National is a for-profit corporation, and it does not disclose its income, holdings, membership list, or ticket sales.[5]
Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, the course was designed by Jones and Alister MacKenzie[3] and opened for play in 1932.[5] Since 1934, the club has played host to the annual Masters Tournament, one of the four men's major championships in professional golf, and the only major played each year at the same course. It was the top-ranked course in Golf Digest's 2009 list of America's 100 greatest courses[6] and was the number ten-ranked course based on course architecture on Golfweek Magazine's 2011 list of best classic courses in the United States.[7]
In 2019, the course began co-hosting the Augusta National Women's Amateur with Champions Retreat Golf Club.[8]
- ^ a b Tolve, Andrew (April 4, 2007). "Below the Hole: The Masters' underground technology fetish". Slate.
- ^ "Masters Tournament" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. April 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Inside the course: Augusta National Golf Club". PGA Tour. April 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
ratingwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Paumgarten, Nick (June 14, 2019). "Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ Szurlej, Stephen (2009). "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses / 2008-09: America's 100 Greatest". Golf Digest. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ "Best Classic Courses". Golfweek. March 10, 2011.
- ^ Pennington, Bill (April 4, 2018). "Augusta National Takes an Unexpected Turn Toward Women's Golf". The New York Times.