Interesting Little Known Facts About ANGC and The Masters - R. Fagan

[Mark Saltzman]

Augusta National & The Masters – Interesting Little Known Facts by Robert Fagan

http://robertfagan.com/golf/golf/courses-and-travel/3014/augusta-national-amp-the-masters-interesting-little-known-facts

A few from the article I had never heard before:


The original plan for Augusta National was to build two 18-hole courses, the second one for women as part of a real estate development.


Clifford Roberts, failing with terminal cancer, went out to the par-three course one autumn evening in 1977 and shot himself in the head.  Like Jones, Roberts served as a political and financial advisor to fellow member, President Dwight Eisenhower.


Esteemed golf course architect, Donald Ross, was considered a leading candidate to design the course, but Dr. Alistair Mackenzie was chosen on the strength of his work at Pasatiempo and Cypress Point.  Ross was very disappointed.  Having redesigned the highly acclaimed adjacent Augusta Country Club, he hoped and expected to get the assignment.

[Matthew Petersen]

I remember asking someone once where the idea of the par-3 contest winner being "cursed" came from, and that was the first time I heard the story about Roberts shooting himself there. Doubt if that's really the source of the stories, but it's an excellent little conspiracy idea nonetheless.

[Emile Bonfiglio]

I hear this is the reason they won't let Norman be on the course unsupervised....for his own protection

Great link Mark.

[Ronald Montesano]

I recently read "Puddinhead Wilson" by Mark Twain, and he uses the term "Amen Corner" in the novel.

[Mark Bourgeois]

Esteemed golf course architect, Donald Ross, was considered a leading candidate to design the course, but Dr. Alistair Mackenzie was chosen on the strength of his work at Pasatiempo and Cypress Point.  Ross was very disappointed.  Having redesigned the highly acclaimed adjacent Augusta Country Club, he hoped and expected to get the assignment.

This may be "little known" for a reason. Paging Brad Klein.