Thursday 25 March 2021
Under the condition of strict anonymity, we quizzed some top caddies to find out what they think of Augusta National and what it takes to win The Masters. They weren’t shy with their opinions… Five-time Masters winner Jack Nicklaus famously said that a good caddie does three things: show up, keep up, and shut up. Professional caddies are often tight-lipped, knowing...
Written by Ward Clayton on Tuesday 23 March 2021
The caddies of Augusta National are just as iconic as the club’s azaleas and Green Jackets, but their role in the Masters too often overshadowed. Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. The story of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament cannot be told without the famed caddie corps taking a lead role for the...
Monday 15 March 2021
The Augusta National clubhouse will appear on our television screens countless times during coverage of The Masters tournament. Here’s what’s inside one of the most recognizable landmarks in golf. Augusta National’s clubhouse is one of the most celebrated buildings in golf. From the veranda, you can peer down Magnolia Lane and overlook Founders’ Circle, which pays tribute to Masters Tournament co-founders Bobby...
Friday 12 March 2021
What Fred Couples doesn’t know about Augusta National isn’t worth knowing. The 1992 champion tees it up for the 37th time at the 2022 Masters. Here, he considers the challenge and looks back on his finest hour… Three minutes have passed and Fred Couples is still only part way through answering our first question. Get him talking about The Masters and...
Wednesday 10 March 2021
Comprising a trio of treacherous holes, Amen Corner is one of the most sacred places in golf. The pros fear it and the fans love it for the exact same reason – it never fails to create drama. Little did he know it at the time, but when the legendary golf writer Herbert Warren Wind wrote the following sentence in a...
Wednesday 10 March 2021
In 1968 Augusta National Golf Club witnessed one of the saddest episodes in the Masters history when, but for a wrong number signed on a scorecard, Roberto de Vicenzo might have won. But to remember him solely for this is to do the Argentinian a great disservice… Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in association with TaylorMade. One of the...
Written by Nick Wright on Monday 8 March 2021
Sir Nick Faldo is one of only three men to successfully defend the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. The elite group is made up of the Englishman, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods. Here, Faldo reflects in-depth on his three career victories and what it meant to win the Green Jacket. In terms of consistency, Nick Faldo’s Masters record makes very...
Monday 1 March 2021
Jose Maria Olazabal reflects on the highs and lows of his 1994 and 1999 Masters tournament victories at Augusta National Golf Club. In 1994 a 28-year-old Jose Maria Olazabal broke through for his maiden Major title at Augusta National, and it looked to be the start of many more. But the very next year he was forced to take an extended...
Monday 1 March 2021
In 2008, Trevor Immelman beat Tiger Woods to win the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. But rather than signaling the start of a run of Major successes, injury set off a slow, painful decline, as the South African explains here. On a cold, blustery Sunday afternoon in Georgia in 2008, Trevor Immelman became the first South African since Gary Player...
Sunday 28 February 2021
A two-time Masters champion, Ben Crenshaw’s majors haul might have been more had it not been for a misfiring 2-iron. Here, in conversation with John Huggan, he looks back on near misses, lessons learned, his knowledge of Augusta National, and a nickname he doesn’t deserve. As far as my playing career is concerned, I am happily retired, Ben Crenshaw says. I’m happy...
Saturday 27 February 2021
Few men in the world know as much about Augusta National Golf Club co-founder Bobby Jones as author Sidney Matthew. As we continue our countdown to the Masters tournament, Stuart Hood meets the writer of The Life and Times of Bobby Jones to find out the truth behind the legend… Mention the name Bobby Jones and a few facts will instantly...
Written by Peter Masters on Saturday 27 February 2021
When Bobby Jones bought a former Georgia fruit plantation with designs on creating a golf course, he called on the architectural services of a doctor of medicine from the Yorkshire Dales – and the rest is history. Here, Peter Masters retells the glorious but ultimately tragic tale of Dr Alister MacKenzie. Today’s Golfer’s 2023 Major coverage is brought to you in...
Written by Rob Jerram on Tuesday 10 November 2020
The 2020 Masters will see 92 players, including 26 rookies, go head-to-head at Augusta National Golf Club, all hoping to slip on the coveted Green Jacket and be declared the winner of the year’s final men’s Major come Sunday evening. Here we run through the entire field, from the favourite through to the also-rans, taking a look at their world rankings, Masters...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 5 November 2020
Bryson DeChambeau has a masterplan to conquer The Masters… Augusta National has been warned. Bryson DeChambeau is overpowering courses just like Tiger did before him. Fuelled by protein shakes and steak dinners, Bryson stuck two fingers up to his critics by bombing and gouging his way to a six-shot win at Winged Foot in the US Open, despite hitting just 41 percent...
Written by Kevin Brown on Sunday 1 March 2020
As a former Augusta resident, European Tour star Oliver Wilson knows Augusta National Golf Club better than most. Here he gives us the lowdown on how the course will play in November and what the world’s best golfers will need to do to win an autumn Masters. Though he only played in two Masters, in 2009 and 2010, England’s own Oliver...