Familiarity is a significant part of what separates the Masters from the rest of golf's major championships. Unlike the other majors, which rotate among host sites, the best players in the world get tested by Augusta National Golf Club every April.

The 16th hole that Alister MacKenzie designed no longer exists. His original 16th was also a par 3, but it played from tees just off the right edge of the 15th green over a small creek to a shallow green set at the base of the hill below the sixth tee.

The second day of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur is in the books. Among those who made the cut is defending champion Lottie Woad, Megha Ganne, and two South Carolina golfers. Woad headed into the second round two strokes behind Megha Ganne,

Two rounds of the 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur are in the books, and it remains tight atop the leaderboard. Reigning champion Lottie Woad moved into a share of the lead Friday after posting a 2-under 70 at Champions Retreat Golf Club, pulling even with Kiara Romero, who posted 67-68 across the first two rounds to set the pair at 9 under.

Lottie Woad is a different person than one year ago, but the defending Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion’s game remains the same. After the first two rounds at Champions Retreat, Woad, the world’s top-ranked amateur,

A hole-by-hole look at Augusta National Golf Club, site of the Masters and the only major held on the same golf course every year

McDonald loves the value of Sepp Straka at 75-1 (risk $100 to win $7,500) in the first major of the year. Straka has been playing some exceptional golf early in the 2025 season. He finished on top of the leaderboard at The American Express and T15 or better in five of his first seven starts overall.

The par-5 second hole is one of the most exciting at Augusta National, but it’s only been during the last 20-odd years that television viewers have had a chance to see it. Before the early 2000s, CBS broadcasts went live well after the Saturday and Sunday leaders were beyond it.