Editing Masters Tournament (section)

==Course==
The golf course was formerly a [[plant nursery]] and each hole is named after the tree or shrub with which it has become associated.<ref name=nursbeaut/><br> The 11th, 12th, and 13th holes have been referred to as ''Amen Corner''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heyen|first=Billy|title=What is Amen Corner at the Masters? Augusta's iconic 11th, 12th and 13th holes bring the drama|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/golf/news/amen-corner-masters-augusta-national/joy0sd77c36i1vcu71pozsajm|date= April 10, 2025|work=The Sporting News|access-date= April 14, 2025}}</ref>
The course layout in [[2024 Masters Tournament|2024]]:
[[File:OpenStreetMap image of Augusta National Golf Club.png|400px|thumb|right|Layout of Augusta National Golf Club]]
{|class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|-
!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par
|-
|1||align=left|[[Tea Olive]]||445||4||rowspan=10| ||10||align=left|[[Camellia]]||495||4
|-
|2||align=left|[[Flowering dogwood|Pink Dogwood]]||585||5||11||align=left|[[White Dogwood]]||520||4
|-
|3||align=left|[[Peach|Flowering Peach]]||350||4||12||align=left|[[Forsythia|Golden Bell]]||155||3
|-
|4||align=left|[[Malus|Flowering Crab Apple]]||240||3||13||align=left|[[Azalea]]||545||5
|-
|5||align=left|[[Southern magnolia|Magnolia]]||495||4||14||align=left|[[Cunninghamia|Chinese Fir]]||440||4
|-
|6||align=left|[[Eastern Juniper|Juniper]]||180||3||15||align=left|[[Pyracantha|Firethorn]]||550||5
|-
|7||align=left|[[Cortaderia selloana|Pampas]]||450||4||16||align=left|[[Eastern Redbud|Redbud]]||170||3
|-
|8||align=left|[[Yellow Jessamine|Yellow Jasmine]]||570||5||17||align=left|[[Nandina]]||440||4
|-
|9||align=left|[[Prunus caroliniana|Carolina Cherry]]||460||4||18||align=left|[[American holly|Holly]]||465||4
|-
| colspan=2|'''Out'''||'''3,775'''||'''36'''|| colspan=2|'''In'''||'''3,780'''||'''36'''
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;"|<small>Source:</small><ref name=itcpgat11/><ref name=2012cstour>{{cite web |url=http://www.majorschampionships.com/masters/2012/course/tour/index.cfm |publisher=PGA of America: Major Championships |title=Course Tour: 2012 Masters |access-date=August 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827230002/http://www.majorschampionships.com/masters/2012/course/tour/index.cfm |archive-date=August 27, 2012}}</ref>||colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''7,555'''||'''72'''
|}

Lengths of the course for the Masters at the start of each decade:
{|
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* [[2022 Masters Tournament|2022]]: {{convert|7510|yd}}
* [[2020 Masters Tournament|2020]]: {{convert|7475|yd}}
* [[2010 Masters Tournament|2010]]: {{convert|7435|yd}}
* [[2000 Masters Tournament|2000]]: {{convert|6985|yd}}
* [[1990 Masters Tournament|1990]]: {{convert|6905|yd}}
* [[1980 Masters Tournament|1980]]: {{convert|7040|yd|0}}
|
* [[1970 Masters Tournament|1970]]: {{convert|6980|yd|0}}
* [[1960 Masters Tournament|1960]]: {{convert|6980|yd|0}}
* [[1950 Masters Tournament|1950]]: {{convert|6900|yd|0}}
* [[1940 Masters Tournament|1940]]: {{convert|6800|yd|0}}<ref name=itcpgat11/>
|}

===Course adjustments===
As with many other courses, Augusta National's championship setup was lengthened in recent years. In [[2001 Masters Tournament|2001]], the course measured {{convert|6925|yd}} and was extended to {{convert|7270|yd|0}} for 2002, and again in [[2006 Masters Tournament|2006]] to {{convert|7445|yd}}; {{convert|520|yd|0}} longer than the 2001 course.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/golf/1479540.stm |title=Changes afoot at Augusta |work=BBC Sport |access-date=January 30, 2008 |date=August 7, 2001 |archive-date=December 27, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021227122744/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/golf/1479540.stm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/masters/2005-06-28-augusta-changes_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |title=Augusta National plans to add length |last=Spousta |first=Tom |access-date=January 30, 2008 |date=June 29, 2005 |archive-date=May 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510070543/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/masters/2005-06-28-augusta-changes_x.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The changes attracted many critics, including the most successful players in Masters history, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Tiger Woods. Woods claimed that the "shorter hitters are going to struggle". Augusta National chairman [[William "Hootie" Johnson|Hootie Johnson]] was unperturbed, stating, "We are comfortable with what we are doing with the golf course."  After a practice round, Gary Player defended the changes, saying, "There have been a lot of criticisms, but I think unjustly so, now I've played it.... The guys are basically having to hit the same second shots that Jack Nicklaus had to hit (in his prime)".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4876844.stm |title=Row over Augusta changes goes on |work=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=January 21, 2008 |date=April 5, 2006 |archive-date=April 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412102446/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4876844.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

The first hole was shortened by {{convert|10|yd|0}} for the [[2009 Masters Tournament]].  For the [[2019 Masters Tournament]], the fifth hole was lengthened by {{convert|40|yd}} from 455 yards to 495 yards, with two new gaping bunkers on the left side of the fairway.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/25892523/augusta-national-lengthens-fifth-hole-ahead-2019-masters |work=ESPN |title=Augusta National lengthens fifth hole ahead of 2019 Masters |first=Bob |last=Harig |date=January 31, 2019 |access-date=January 31, 2019 |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013143/http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/25892523/augusta-national-lengthens-fifth-hole-ahead-2019-masters |url-status=live}}</ref> The length of the course is {{convert|7475|yd}}.

Originally, the grass on the putting greens was wide-bladed [[Bermuda grass|Bermuda]]. The greens lost speed, especially during the late 1970s, after the introduction of a healthier strain of narrow-bladed Bermuda, which thrived and grew thicker. In 1978, the greens on the par 3 course were reconstructed with [[bentgrass]], a narrow-bladed species that could be mowed shorter, eliminating grain.<ref name=bent/> After this test run, the greens on the main course were replaced with bentgrass in time for the 1981 Masters. The bentgrass resulted in significantly faster putting surfaces, which has required a reduction in some of the contours of the greens over time.<ref name=bent>{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/augusta/news/2001/03/28/greens_bentgrass/ |title=Desire for faster greens led to use of Bentgrass |work=CNNSI.com & The Augusta Chronicle |last=Westin |first=David |date=March 28, 2001 |access-date=January 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425205409/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/augusta/news/2001/03/28/greens_bentgrass/ |archive-date=April 25, 2009}}</ref>

Just before the 1975 tournament, the common beige sand in the bunkers was replaced with the now-signature white feldspar. It is a [[quartz]] derivative of the mining of [[feldspar]] and is shipped in from [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sportsline.com/golf/tournaments/masters/course/changes |work=CBS Sports |title=Golf Course Guide |access-date=January 26, 2008 |archive-date=September 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915034541/http://www.sportsline.com/golf/tournaments/masters/course/changes |url-status=live}}</ref>