- Every year the best golfers in the world gather at Augusta National to compete in the Masters.
- Since the tournament began in 1934, the Masters has developed a tradition all its own, with iconic moments in the history of the sport happening on every corner of the course.
- Taking a closer look at Augusta National, it becomes clear that every hole holds its own story that has gone on to become golf lore.
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The Masters truly is a tradition unlike any other.
As one of golf's four majors, the tournament brings together the best in the world every year to compete, and as the only major to be played at the same course every year, the event has built a history, mythos, and yes, tradition, that is unmatched in sports.
Every hole at Augusta National carries the weight of history. Dramatic turns of fortune have happened in every corner of the course, from lucky bounces to brilliant slices to one of the greatest collapses in the history of sports.
Take a look as we go walk through history at Augusta National and break down the most iconic moment at every hole on the course.
No. 1: Tea Olive — Lee Elder makes history (1975)
The history of Augusta National is not all golf and glory.
For years, African Americans were barred from playing the course, but that all change when Lee Elder stepped to the first tee at the 1975 Masters. Elder's breaking of the color barrier was not easy — he rented two houses in the area and moved between them, afraid to stay in one spot for too long.
Elder did not make the cut at the 1975 Masters, but he came back two years later with a top-20 finish.
More importantly, his first swing at the Masters was an important step in the history of the course and the sport.
No. 2: Pink Dogwood — Louis Oosthuizen holes out an albatross (2012)
Just four albatrosses have been hit in the history of the Masters.
The most recent one came from Louis Oosthuizen in 2012, when he sank his second shot on the par-5 No. 2 on Sunday right in the hole. It dropped three strokes from his score and moved him to the top of the leaderboard.
The 243-yard 4-iron was incredible to watch, bouncing onto the green well short of the pin, but rolling the entire length of the green and right into the hole.
"Bubba [Watson] said later he felt like running over and giving me a high-five," Oosthuizen said at the time. "I wish he had; that would have been fun."
Oosthuizen would wind up losing to Watson in a playoff.
No. 3: Flowering Peach — Charl Schwartzel eagles en route to victory (2011)
Charl Schwartzel entered the final round of the 2011 Masters four strokes off the lead but finished the day with the green jacket. The first major win of his career came thanks to a wild comeback that kickstarted with an eagle on the par-4 Flowering Peach.
The eagle dropped tied Schwartzel with Rory McIlroy, who had led the tournament wire-to-wire up until that point.
McIlroy would go on to collapse on No. 10 and around Amen Corner. Schwartzel held at 10-under until hitting birdies on the final four holes of the tournament to take home the green jacket in miraculous fashion.
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