If Bobby Jones doesn’t get the itch to build a golf course after his retirement from the game, Augusta National doesn’t exist. When Jones and Clifford Roberts came across a piece of land in Georgia that had been an indigo plantation in the early 19th century and a plant nursery since 1857, the game of golf inherited arguably its most renowned signature. Designing the course and subsequent work began in 1931 with the course formally opening in 1933. It was a property about which Jones proclaimed, “To think this ground has been sitting here all these years waiting for someone to come along and lay a golf course upon it.” “Someone” did come along - thousands of “someones,” in fact. Golf royalty has graced these greens and fairways, giving way to the Masters’ incomparable history and traditions. Since being awarded in 1949, the famed green jacket has hugged the shoulders of 41 different men. These are the same green jackets that Clifford Roberts clad his members in back in 1937, hoping that the conspicuous apparel would help members stand out as “reliable sources of information” for visitors and signal who should get the check at dinner. Whomever adds to their wardrobe this year will become the latest history maker on the sport’s Mona Lisa, about which Sir Nick Faldo has said, “The course is perfection and it asks for perfection.” Just ask Jordan Spieth, who used a recordtying 270 (-18) and led wire-to-wire to win his first major at the age of 21,which began his dominating play of 2015.
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“I always said if they have a golf course like this in heaven, I want to be the head pro.” – Gary Player
The Masters: Augusta National Golf Club – Augusta, Georgia // April 7th – April 10th // 2015 Winner: Jordan Spieth with
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270 (-18) Purse: $10,000,000 // Lowest Score for 72 Holes: Tiger Woods (‘97) & Jordan Spieth (‘15) with 270
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