venue entity
Augusta National Golf Club
Private club in Augusta, Georgia; hosts the Masters Tournament annually — the sport’s most venue-identified major.
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta, Georgia
Private Augusta, Georgia club; home of the Masters Tournament since 1934 — the clearest case where venue and invitational major are inseparable.
- Architect
- Alister MacKenzie & Bobby Jones
- Opened
- 1933
- Access
- private
- Host events (high level)
- The Masters (annually since 1934)
Why this course matters
Augusta is where course and tournament identity merge: one place, one April story, and decades of champions tied to the same routing and visuals.
Official-style answer cards
event at venue
Masters champions at Augusta National
The Masters has been held annually at Augusta National since 1934. The 2026 Media Guide winner list includes 2025: Rory McIlroy; 2024: Scottie Scheffler; 2023: Jon Rahm (among prior champions listed in the guide).
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Lowest 72-hole score at the Masters (Augusta National)
The 2026 Media Guide tournament records for the Masters list the low 72-hole score as 268 — Dustin Johnson (2020).
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Lowest 18-hole score at the Masters
The Media Guide lists the low 18-hole score at the Masters as 63 — Nick Price (Round 3, 1986) and Greg Norman (Round 1, 1996).
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What makes Augusta National unique?
The club and tournament are tightly fused: a single invitational major on one course, with a defined identity (Amen Corner, azaleas, limited broadcast aesthetics) — a clean venue-first story.
player at venue
Tiger Woods at Augusta National
Tiger Woods has multiple Masters wins at Augusta National — including the record 12-stroke victory in 1997 and the 2019 Masters (listed in the Media Guide’s Masters winners list).