Augusta National Golf Club

Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie's former nursery site in Augusta, home of the Masters since 1934, known for wide fairways, steep slopes and severe, fast greens.

Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts founded the club on Fruitland, a 365-acre former plant nursery, and hired Alister MacKenzie to design the course with Jones. It opened formally in January 1933, and the first Masters was played the following spring. Every hole is named for the tree or shrub associated with it, from Tea Olive at the 1st to Holly at the 18th.

The design gives players room off the tee but asks for precise approaches into heavily contoured, very fast greens. The property spans roughly 150 feet of elevation. Rae's Creek runs through Amen Corner, the stretch covering the 11th approach, the 12th and the start of the 13th, where many Masters have turned. The course has been lengthened repeatedly, most recently to 7,565 yards for the 2026 Masters. Augusta National is a for-profit, members-only club that closes each summer. Its constant refinement, flawless conditioning and the history built at one annual major keep it near the top of every ranking.

Holes to know

10

Par 4 · 495 yd

Perry Maxwell moved the green to the top of the hill in 1937, turning a mild opener into one of the hardest holes in Masters history.

12

Par 3 · 155 yd

The short par 3 over Rae's Creek at the heart of Amen Corner; Jordan Spieth's quadruple bogey here cost him the 2016 Masters.

13

Par 5 · 545 yd

The par 5 that closes Amen Corner; a tributary of Rae's Creek runs by the tee and the hole has been stretched to 545 yards.

Championships

• Masters Tournament Annually since 1934
• Augusta National Women's Amateur (final round) 2019–present
• PGA Seniors' Championship 1937, 1938

Design history

• 1937: Perry Maxwell moved the 10th green uphill, part of changes to 11 holes through 1946
• 1946–53: Robert Trent Jones reworked the 11th and 16th
• 2000s: Tom Fazio rebuilt greens, moved bunkers and added back tees