Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former Indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in professional golf. It was the number one ranked course in Golf Digest's 2009 list of America's 100 greatest courses and is currently the number ten ranked course on Golfweek Magazine's 2011 list of best classic courses in the USA
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Arguably the world's most familiar golf course, the hallowed grounds at Augusta National have been the site of the year's first major tournament since 1934. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, the Alister MacKenzie masterpiece is known for its impeccable conditioning and contrasts of deep green fairways and greens, white bunkering and splashes of colorful azaleas and dogwood against the backdrop of Georgia pines. Its landmarks such as Amen Corner, Eisenhower's Tree and Rae's Creek are as famous as the golf course and its holes.
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