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The Masters of’Myeonginyeoljeon’ and the Augusta National Golf Club, which hosts the tournament, are their own’Golf Castle’ hidden in the fog, except for just one week out of the year. The week of revealing their flesh is the week of the Masters. Although there are some known contents, the operations and members of Augusta National are thoroughly veiled. Although it gradually opened its doors to blacks and women as the times passed, it is still regarded as a high-end social club for some white people with enormous wealth.
The Masters and Augusta Nationals are as stubborn as their own unique traditions as mysticism. That’s the secret to making Masters look like Masters.
The following 30 questions and 30 answers are the answers to how a golf club came to host the world’s most prestigious golf tournament, what policies, why, and when they started, and the secrets hidden everywhere on the course. While referring to the Masters Guide of the American Golf Channel, I added some details.
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Q1. Who Made the Masters?
A1. It started with the idea of legendary amateur golfer Bobby Jones and financier Clifford Roberts. Jones and Roberts completed the Augusta National Golf Club in 1933. And the following year, 1934, the Masters was held.
Q2. Who was the winner of the first tournament?
A2. It’s Horton Smith. He also conquered the Masters in 1936.
Q3. Why do you call it Masters.
A3. In its early days, it was called the’Augusta National Invitational Tournament’. Roberts suggested that all the players participating in the tournament are’golf masters’, so we should call them’masters’. But Jones declined, saying that the name Masters was too arrogant. In 1939, as Roberts thought, the name was changed to Masters.
Q4. Why did Masters become famous?
A4. Jones was the most famous and respected player of his time. In particular, he achieved’Grand Slam’ for the first time in history by conquering all four major competitions at the time (US Open, The Open, US Amateur, and The Amateur Championship). As it was such a contest he made, it naturally gained popularity.
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Q5. Why does the winner wear a green jacket?
A5. Augusta National Golf Club members have worn green jackets to distinguish them from galleries since 1937. The tradition was expanded, and from 1949 the winners also wore green jackets. The first green jacket to be given to the winner was taken by Sam Sneed.
Q6. Does the winner have the green jacket forever?
A6. Not strictly speaking. The winner must return the green jacket at the next competition. But you can make a replica and have it. There is also a green jacket displayed outside under the club’s’permission’. One of them is the jacket of the 1961 winner Gary Player. He did not return the green jacket after taking it to his hometown, South Africa. The club has been asking for the return of the clothes for several years, but the player has endured in such a way as “I forgot to leave it” or “come and take it if necessary.” Eventually, Augusta National allowed the player to own it on condition that it was kept in his own private museum.
Q7. What is the’Original Ten’ jacket?
A7. In 1949, winner Sam Sneed was given a green jacket for the first time and retrospectively applied it to previous winners. These 10 jackets are called’Original Ten’.
Q8. Are there only green jackets and no winning trophy?
A8. There is also a championship trophy. It looks like an Augusta National’s clubhouse. The original is kept by the club, and the winner is given a replica.
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Q9. Why is Augusta National closed?
A9. Jones, the founder, declared retirement after conquering all four major tournaments in 1930. It was when he was 28 years old. He wanted to play golf quietly with his friends, avoiding the attention of golf fans. Jones needed a secret place of his own. That’s how it was made at Augusta National. Jones passed away in 1971, but the closed nature of the club’s founding remains today.
Q10. Has Jones ever played for the Masters?
A10. I participated in a total of 12 times. They attended every year from 1934 to 1948, except for periods that were not held due to World War II (1943-1945). The best performance was tied for 13th in the first year (6 over par, 294 strokes).
Q11. Who is famous among Augusta National’s members?
A11. Augusta National doesn’t mention who is a member, but some people are known. NFL (American Professional Football) commissioner Roger Goodwell, legendary quarterback Peyton Manning, Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and Jack Nicklaus.
Q12. Are there any black members in Augusta National?
A12. The first black member was Ron Townsend, president of Gannet TV, who joined in 1990. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was the first woman to join in 2012.
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Q13. What is the reason for the name of the flower in the hall?
A13. A golf course was built on the site that was originally a nursery. Each hall was named flowers and trees in honor of its former owner. There are 350 kinds of plants, and the total number of trees and shrubs is 80,000. The representative flower that symbolizes Augusta National is azalea (azalea). About 1600 azaleas are planted in the 13th hole.
Q14. What is the nickname of each hall?
A14. No. 1 Tea Olive (Goldenberry), No. 2 Pink Dogwood (Pink Dogwood), No. 3 Flowering Peach (Peach), No. 4 Flowering Crab Apple (Flower Pear), No. 5 Magnolia (Magnolia), No. 6 Jupiter (juniper), 7 pampas (pampas grass), 8 yellow jasmine (yellow jasmine), 9 Carolina cherry (Carolina cherry), 10 Camellia (camellia), 11 white dogwood (white dogwood), No. 12 Golden Bell (Forsythia), No. 13 Azelia (Azalea), No. 14 Chinese Fur (Chinese Fir), No. 15 Fire Line (Evergreen Bush), No. 16 Red Bird (Park Tae-gi Tree), No. 17 Ndina (Namcheon) ), No. 18 Holly (holly).
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Q15. What is Patrons?
A15. Unlike general competitions, Masters calls the gallery’Patrons’. It means a lifelong supporter. The exact number has never been published. It is estimated at 30,000 to 40,000. Only these people can enter the venue. Because of this, Patron’s admission tickets are sold at high prices on the black market every year.
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Q16. Who is the course designer.
A16. This is Allister Mackenzie, who was a doctor and then a course architect. Jones and Mackenzie met in St Andrews, Scotland in 1927. Jones took over the design of Augusta National after seeing the Cypress Point in California, designed by Mackenzie. Mackenzie passed away in January 1934. Construction of the Augusta National Course was completed, but before the course was completely covered with grass.
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Q17. What is Amen Corner?
A17. Amen’s Corner refers to the 11th, 12th and 13th holes. It was first used by reporter Herbert Warren Wind, a legendary golf reporter for Sports Illustrated in the United States in 1958. Wind was searching for phrases that were easy to remember, such as baseball’s’hot corner’ (third base) and American football’s’coffin corner’ (the corner where the goal line and side line meet), and’Shouting in That Amen Corner’ )’.
Q18. The par 3 12 hole is 155 yards, the shortest of the 18 holes. Why is it difficult?
A18. The direction of the wind changes from time to time due to the influence of the’Rae’s Creek’ flowing in front of the green. Catch irons 6 through 9 depending on the wind. The green has a short front and back and a long side of a peanut, making it difficult to adjust the distance. When Woods won in 2019, Brooks Kepka, Tony Pinau (above the United States), and Francesco Molinari (Italy) were eliminated from the championship race by drowning their tee shots in this hole.
Q19. How many hole-in-ones have come from hole 12 so far?
A19. From 1934 until now, only three have been released. Claude Harman (1947), William Hydeman (1959) and Curtis Strange (1988) are the main characters.
Q20. Who is the biggest victim of hole 12?
A20. Jordan Spice (USA) is counted. Spice, who conquered the Masters in 2015, took the lead by five strokes to the 11th hole in the final 4th round the following year, but lost 4 strokes due to the fact that he fell into the water twice in the 12th hole. Spice also committed a double bogie in 2017, sending the ball into the water from this hole. Tom Wyiscop hit the ball five times in 1980, hitting 13 shots.
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Q21. What is Magnolia Lane?
A21. This is the name of the access road to the clubhouse. Sixty magnolias (magnolias) planted in the 1850s are lined up on both sides of the road.
Q22. What is Crow’s Nest?
A22. This is the bedroom on the top floor of the clubhouse, where amateur participants sleep. Three rooms have one bed, and one room has two beds.
Q23. Why is Rae’s Creek so famous and who is Rae?
A23. This is the name of the stream flowing through holes 12 and 13. Rae is the name of John Rae, the original owner of the Augusta National site. He died in 1789.
Q24. What is Butler Cabin?
A24. Butler Cabin is the place where the winner interviews with the host broadcaster CBS. It was built in 1964 and bears the name of Thomas B. Butler, a club member and wealthy financier.
Q25. What is the Eisenhower tree?
A25. It was the name of the tall pine tree on the left side of the 17th fairway. Former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, who was a member of the club, tried to remove the tree when it was hit by the ball frequently during the round. Clifford Roberts, former club president, declined. However, the damage that was irreversible was extracted from the strong cold in 2014.
Q26. What is a par 3 contest?
A26. It is a 9-hole event held on the par 3 course one day before the opening of the Masters. The players’ lovers and children are mainly caddy. They sometimes even shoot. The winner of the par 3 contest has never beaten the Masters that year. During the Masters period last fall and April this year, the Par 3 contest will not be held due to the aftermath of a novel coronavirus infection.
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Q27. What is the Champions Dinner?
A27. It is an event in which the winner of the previous year invites successive champions to dinner. The winner of the previous year decides the menu. This tradition began with Ben Hogan in 1952.
Q28. Who is the top Masters winner?
A28. It’s Jack Nicklaus. Won 6 times (1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986). After that, Tiger Woods reached the top of the 5th episode (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019).
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Q29. Who is the youngest Masters winner?
A29. It’s Tiger Woods. Won the championship at the age of 21 in 1997.
Q30. Who is the oldest winner of the Masters?
A30. This is Jack Nicklaus. I was 46 when I won the 1986 championship.
/ Reporter Kim Se-young [email protected]
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