Fans watch the Par 3 Contest at the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 7. The Par 3 course was built in 1958 by architect George Cobb and Clifford Roberts. Augusta National opened in 1933 and is ranked the best in Golf Digest's 100 greatest courses list.
Ross Fisher of Britain hits from the trees on the first fairway during second round play in the 2010 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 9. Augusta National was designed by British surgeon and course designer Alister MacKenzie. MacKenzie also made significant contributions in World War II as a camoufleur, noting the links between golf course design and camouflage.
A spectator walks between the second and eighth fairways after the first round of the Masters golf tournament on April 8. Membership at Augusta National Golf Club is very exclusive; the club claims only about 300 members at a time. There is no application process and admission is invitation only. The club remains male-only and accepted its first black member in 1990 after a controversy at Shoal Creek, an all-white Alabama golf club used by the PGA only after admitting a black member.
Azaleas are in bloom around the 16th green at Augusta National Golf Club on April 7, 2008. Azaleas are the plant for which Augusta National is most known, and 30 varieties of the species exist all over the course. The flowering period for the azalea is from March to mid-April.
Miguel Angel Jimenez hits out of the bunker on the second hole during the first round of the Masters on April 8. Membership at Augusta National includes a green sports coat with the club's logo on the breast. The sports coat was given to members to eliminate competition among members. According to club founder Clifford Roberts, members wore increasingly flashy clothes inappropriate for a golf club, a problem mitigated by uniform dress.
Henrik Stenson of Sweden and caddie Fanny Sunesson cross over the Nelson Bridge during the first round of the Masters on April 8. The stone bridge connects the 13th hole's tee with its fairway and was named for 1930s golfer Byron Nelson.
The club house of Augusta National Golf Club is seen lit up in the early morning before the start of the 2008 Masters tournament. In front is 'The Big Oak Tree' on the golf course side of the club house which is approximately 145-150 years old, having been planted in the 1850s.
PGA officials sit at the 13th hole, nicknamed Azalea, during the Masters in April 2000.
Rain clouds move in above the seventh hole during the first round of the Masters on April 8. Each hole on the course is named after the tree or shrub that it is most associated with. The seventh hole is named after the tall grass, Pampas.
Visitors waited for practicing golfers on the 6th hole at Augusta National. The 6th hole, Juniper, is so named because of the dense, slow-growing trees native to eastern North America. Designer Bobby Jones once called the 6th hole the 'easiest hole on the course.'
Anna Yeager (l.), and Michelle Stevens weeded the flower bed of yellow pansies in front of the clubhouse at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia in preparation for the 2008 Masters golf tournament. The yellow pansies make up the logo of the Masters and Augusta, the shape of the US and a flag pin in at Augusta, Ga. The logo is one of the most photographed spots on the course.
Tiger Woods (l.) and Jim Furyk of the US skip their balls across a water hole on the 16th hole during a practice round at the 2010 Masters.
Tom Watson (r.) walks up the 18th fairway with Steve Marino during the first round of the Masters on April 8.
Adam Scott won the Masters in a thrilling playoff against Argentinian Angel Cabrera Sunday. Adam Scott is the first Australian to win at Augusta, Ga.
Adam Scott finished the job this time, and put an end to more than a half-century of Australian misery at the Masters.
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