Masters Tournament
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The Masters Tournament is one of the four men's major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week in April, the Masters is the first major golf tournament of the year. Unlike the other major tournaments which change host venues with each tournament, the Masters is always held at the same host venue: Augusta National Golf Club, a private course in the city of Augusta, Georgia.
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Key facts
- Location
- Augusta, Georgia , U.S.
- Established
- 1934 ; 92 years ago ( 1934 )
- Course
- Augusta National Golf Club
- Length
- 7,555 yards (6,908 m)
- Organized by
- Augusta National Golf Club
- Tour s
- PGA Tour , European Tour , Japan Golf Tour
- Format
- Stroke play
- Prize fund
- $21,000,000
- Month played
- April
- Aggregate
- 268 Dustin Johnson ( 2020 )
- To par
- −20 as above
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Encyclopedic overview
The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four men's major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week in April, the Masters is the first major golf tournament of the year. Unlike the other major tournaments which change host venues with each tournament, the Masters is always held at the same host venue: Augusta National Golf Club, a private course in the city of Augusta, Georgia.
Amateur golf champion Bobby Jones and investment banker Clifford Roberts founded the tournament. After his grand slam in 1930, Jones acquired a former plant nursery and co-designed Augusta National with course architect Alister MacKenzie. First played in 1934 as the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament", the Masters is an official money event on the PGA Tour, the European Tour, and the Japan Golf Tour. The field of players is smaller than those of the other major championships because it is an invitational event, held by the Augusta National Golf Club.
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