Augusta National Golf Club Quotes

Bobby JonesConsidered objectively, it is quite obviously a very simple matter to propel a ball with a stick across some specially prepared ground and into a hole which is of sufficient size to accomodate it by a good margin. Simple that is, provided there is no limit upon the time or the number of strokes required.

The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be.

The Masters isn't about Jim Nantz and his storytelling. It's about golf's greatest tournament.

They talk about Amen Corner but there's so much more to it than what meets the eye on this golf course.

If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.

I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

The experience at the Masters was two years ago, and I am eager to win again this year so I can return to Augusta National in 2016.

I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign?

The Masters is not greedy. You wanna buy a Masters souvenir logo shirt? Sure, let's go over to the nearest Ralph Lauren boutique. Oops, you can only purchase Masters memorabilia at the Masters, this one week of the year.

Since 1934 every accomplished player in golf has come to the Augusta National looking for an introduction into history.

If there is only one event you could work the rest of your life, it would be Augusta.

I'm playing in the Masters. It's obviously very important to me, and I want to be there. I've worked a lot on my game and I'm looking forward to competing. I'm excited to get to Augusta and I appreciate everyone's support.

I love Augusta. I get to cover what I consider to be the best golf tournament of the year, and I really would like to think that one day - God willing, CBS willing - I'd be able to say that I worked 50 Masters.

The Masters is going to be an awesome challenge.

I've had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid, I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.

It's a dream come true for Bubba Watson from Bagdad, Florida to have the green jacket on.

It's always cool to go back home to Augusta, especially during The Masters week.

Every little crazy dream that I had has come true, and more. And I'm always mindful that this is not a birthright, that one day I would have the chance to come to Augusta every year. Just a crazy, really, almost obsession for me.

Augusta is a very unique golf course. It's a long hitters' course; main reason is because the greens are so severe, and the areas where they put the pin is such a small area. The little plateaus and undulations mean it's incredibly important to be close to that pin so you can be aggressive.

The Masters is a sell-out annually, and even the scalpers mind their manners.

I can only tell you that eggs, country ham, biscuits, a pot of coffee, a morning paper, a table by the window overlooking the veranda and putting green, listening to the idle chitchat of competitors, authors, wits and philosophers, hasn't exactly been a torturous way to begin each day at the Masters all these years.

At Isleworth, they get the greens up to the sort of speeds we see at Augusta, so it's really helpful.

When I drive into Augusta and down Magnolia Lane, there's just a spirit and nostalgia about it that you experience nowhere else. Why? Because it's the same place every year.

I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.

I remember what a thrill it was to attend my first Champions Dinner. Just being in the same room with some of the guys I had admired growing up and to be there because I had won The Masters was quite an honor. I still attend the dinner every year and it is one of the highlights of my time at Augusta during Masters week.