| The Augusta national golf club has been the | | | | decrease in the contours that were placed on the |
| location of the well known and highly televised | | | | green. |
| Masters Tournament. The course is located in | | | | Members of the Augusta national golf club are |
| Augusta Georgia and has be placed on land that | | | | probably familiar with the large oak tree that is |
| used to be a tree nursery. | | | | located on the course and is thought to be over |
| An Elegant designed Golf Course for those with | | | | 140 years old. |
| the skill to enjoy.... | | | | The Eisenhower tree is a solid pine tree, which is |
| The Augusta national golf club is adorned with | | | | situated on the 17th hole of the course. |
| mature trees, flowers, as well as shrubs and | | | | Historians of the course claim that the tree was |
| every hole has the name of a tree or a shrub | | | | hit with a golf ball numerous times, (to his disgust) |
| that is located on the hole. In the early days it | | | | by President Eisenhower, and so he recommend |
| stood out from the rest of the golf courses due | | | | that they remove the tree. The chairman of the |
| to the small number of bunkers it contained, | | | | course at the time did not want to have to ignore |
| compared to other golf courses. The widths of | | | | the recommendation of the President, however |
| the fairways on the course were also different | | | | he decided the best thing to do was close the |
| from the other professional quality courses. | | | | meeting. |
| Design changes to the Course | | | | The course also has Ike's Pond, which was named |
| Over the years architects have made changes to | | | | after General Eisenhower. He had taken a walk in |
| the course such as placing more bunkers, | | | | the woods on a distance portion of the club |
| decreasing the contours of the greens and placing | | | | grounds, and advised the chairman of the club |
| more trees on the course. The creation of | | | | that he had found a great place to include a pond. |
| serveral rough areas made the course more | | | | The pond was built based on his recommendation. |
| challenging. | | | | I believe the chairman's job was an extremely |
| The greens at the Augusta course had a long | | | | diplomatic role,with so many top names of politics |
| tradition of being made from traditional Bermuda | | | | and high ranking officials. It allowed its first |
| grass. In 1981, they were changed to being made | | | | African-American member in 1990. It is currently |
| from bent grass, which provides a faster surface | | | | an all-male membership. |
| on the green. This was the deciding factor for the | | | | |