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Augusta National Golf Club, sometimes referred to as Augusta National, Augusta, or the National, is a golf club in Augusta, Georgia, United States.Unlike most private clubs which operate as non-profits, [1] Augusta National is a for-profit corporation, and it does not disclose its income, holdings, membership list, or ticket sales.
The Masters brings over 200,000 visitors from around the world to the Augusta National Golf Club. Membership at Augusta National is widely considered to be the most prestigious in the sport of golf around the world. Augusta lies approximately two hours away from downtown Atlanta by car via I-20.
The Augusta Country Club (ACC) is a country club and golf course in Augusta, Georgia.It is located immediately adjacent to the more famous Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC). [1] [2] It also borders on the Sands Hill Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic African-American community.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The first rule of Augusta National membership is you don’t talk about Augusta National membership. Consider that in 2014, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell appeared at the Masters ...
The membership at Augusta National consists of people in two main categories: Long-time businessmen (especially from the east Georgia and west South Carolina areas), whose parents/grandparents joined the club during the first few years of its existence.
The headquarters for the library system is the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library, located in Augusta. The library system is a member of Public Information Network for Electronic Services , or PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that serves 300 member libraries covering 146 counties of Georgia. [ 2 ]
A country club is a privately-owned club, [1] often with a membership quota and admittance by invitation or sponsorship, that generally offers both a variety of recreational sports and facilities for dining and entertaining. Typical athletic offerings are golf, tennis, and swimming.
Eisenhower was an Augusta National member who spent considerable time at the club. Indeed, in November 1952 when President-elect Eisenhower needed to be briefed by an atomic energy official on highly classified nuclear matters, including that the first successful hydrogen bomb test had been held, a secret meeting was held in the manager's ...