- Bob Jones and Clifford Roberts organized the first event, later named the Masters Tournament, at Augusta National in 1934.
- the Masters Tournament was called the "Augusta National Invitational" for the first five years (1934-1938)
- The first tournament was held march 22, 1934. Since 1940 however, the Masters was scheduled for the first full week in April each year.
- Horton Smith won the first tournament in 1934.
- Jack Nicklaus has the most Masters Tournament wins, with six.
- Jack Nicklaus became the oldest player to win a Masters Tournament at the age of 46 years, 2 months and 23 days in 1986.
- Tiger Woods was the youngest player to win a Masters Tournament at 21 years, 3 months and 14 days in 1997.
- In 1949, the first Green Jacket was awarded to the year's Maters champion, Sam Snead.
- "The big oak tree" on the golf course side of the Clubhouse is about 145-150 years old. This live oak tree was planted in the 1850's
-Emmie Schultz
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