Aerial Photos of Augusta National in 1941, 1963, 1970, 1977

[Scott_Burroughs]

Jeff,

From the 1941 photo above, this is #11 up close.  It appears
as if there may have been 1-3 small fairway bunkers at one
time.  Maybe those who have seen the 1932 aerial can attest:

[BCrosby]

Scott -

They were there. I wish they still were. They might have obviated the desire to build the new forest last winter on the right side of the fairway.

Jones liked the centerline bunkers at Woking (I'm not sure which hole), and thought the 11th fairway was a good spot for them at ANGC. They appear in Mack's last routing for the course. They were probably hidden from the tee.

It is not clear how long they lasted. I had thought that Maxwell removed them at the same time he pushed the 10th green farther down the hill. But I guess they survived his changes in '39.

Bob

[tonyt]

Awesome thread. Thank you very very much. Images saved on file now for all time.

Cheers,

Tony

[john_stiles]

There were at least 4 ‘centerline' bunkers in the original design of the 14 par 4s/5s.

I have an oblique aerial (quite nice; probably within 1 year of opening) looking from above Augusta CC towards Washington Pike.

The original centerline hazard on the 14th was massive.  It was a very long hazard down the right centerline of the 14th fairway.   If the fairway was 50 yards wide, this hazard is 100 yards long.  The photo wasn't published in either the Frank Christian book or Stan Byrdy's book but is displayed somewhere in the clubhouse.

Photo also shows centerline bunker in the 2nd fairway, and the bunker on the 8th was much more in the center than today.

With the centerline hazard on 11th,  it seems like a centerline hazard was quite in favor with Jones and Mackenzie at the time.

[Justin_Zook]

These photos are amazing.  Grainy like a bermuda green, but still pretty great.  Is there a comprehensive book of the transition/evolution of each hole from construction to today?  Not necessarily arials, but ground level shots?  That would be a really fascinating thing to see.  

I want to see what Augusta was.  

[jeffwarne]

Here's 1977 in winter, but not close up enough to see much, and apparently taken after a light snowfall.

Bump for Pat Mucci

an old thread but a goody given the week

[Patrick_Mucci]

Jeff,

Thanks.

Perhaps Ran or the site gurus could figure out a way to inventory old photos along with new photos.