Augusta National Golf Club, located in
Augusta, Georgia, is one of the most famous
golf clubs in the world. Founded by
Bobby Jones and
Clifford Roberts on the site of the former Fruitland (later Fruitlands) Nursery, the course was designed by Jones and
Alister MacKenzie and opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual
Masters Tournament, one of the
four major championships in professional
golf, and the only major played each year at the same course. It was the number one ranked course in
Golf Digest's 2009 list of
America's 100 greatest courses and is currently the number ten ranked course on
Golfweek Magazines 2011 list of best classic courses in the United States, in terms of course architecture.