Some Masters Trivia to help you pick your team
- You can’t apply to join Augusta National. Membership is invite-only, and rumored to cost at least $250,000 in initiation fees, plus annual dues.
- Rory - grand slam attempt number 11. He is arguably in the best form he's been in in a long time going into this year's Masters. Is this his year?
- Unlike other sports events, cell phones are banned inside Augusta National. This rule keeps the tournament distraction-free and maintains its prestigious atmosphere.
- The Masters champion is awarded the iconic Green Jacket, which must stay on club grounds (except for the year the winner holds the title).
- The greens at Augusta are reportedly somewhere between 12 to 14 on the Stimp meter
- There is a new VIP garage in operation for the 2025 event while the second phase of the building which Fred Ridley described as a “three-level state-of-the-art facility, designed to anticipate every need for players, their families, and support teams.” will follow in 2026,
- Augusta National is one of the few places in the U.S. that is permanently classified as a no-fly zone.
- There have been 34 holes in one at the Masters. This is the 89th masters. There were NO holes in one in 2024.
- Nearly every year between Masters tournaments, an army of greenkeepers and course designers set to work with subtle layout changes. New tees are added, bunkers are reshaped, water diverted and greens are gently tweaked. This not only ensures competitors face different challenges every year. But also that no champion ever wins on the exact same course as his predecessor.
- We all know no one has ever won the Masters after claiming victory in the Par-3 Contest. Ray Floyd came closest in 1990 but lost out in a play-off to Nick Faldo. But did you know that just TWO players have ever gone on to win a green jacket after they won the par-3 event? Ben Crenshaw won the par 3 in 1987 and his second Masters in 1995. Similarly, Vijay Singh won the par 3 in 1994. He then had to wait another 6 years for his only green jacket! Tom Watson is the only player to hold both titles at once, but only for four days! He won the Par 3 Contest in 1982 as the defending Masters champion. Pádraig Harrington is the only player with three wins on the short course.
- Why does the green jacket always fit so well? The jacket presented to the winner on the day is actually borrowed from an Augusta member with roughly the same build as the winner. The champion is later measured for their own tailored version. Each jacket costs the surprisingly modest amount of just $250
- The Masters is the smallest major of the year, competitors wise with only around 95 players qualifying and being invited. This compares to around 150 players at most of the other 3 majors. 2018 was the smallest field in Masters history with just 87 players and last year the 2024 Masters had just 89 competitors.
- Why does the sand always look so white and pristine? Well, because it's known as ‘Spruce pine’ and is in fact not sand at all but granulated quartz! The bunkers at Augusta have been filled with this “sand” for nearly 50 years since it was used for the 1975 Masters Tournament. But before we start getting Alan onto this for Hayston, the fact that the demand for the quartz is so high and the fact this specific type is only mined in North Carolina it currently sells for well over $10,000 a tonne!