This book reveals the true genius of the Augusta National Golf Club
like no other--documenting its original design, and analyzing the philosophies of its creators, Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones. The Augusta National Golf Club will help you understand why the course has a reputation of legendary proportion and how MacKenzie single-handedly changed forever the way courses are built.

Stan Byrdy, a longtime Augusta resident, has unearthed never before published photographic evidence of how the course looked in the 1930s, researched and documented the numerous changes made to
it, and has provided the definitive work that answers the question of why Augusta National is the course that every golfer wants to play. Illustrator William Lanier III gives you side-by-side renderings of the original holes and the current layout so that you can see for yourself whether this storied course has stood the test of time and maintained the spirit of MacKenzie and Jones.

One for the Ages… The Augusta National Golf Club; Alister MacKenzie’s Masterpiece is the single greatest publication about the majestic course… Byrdy has compiled photography in a single volume that will be regarded as a tome for the fabled Georgia grounds… the first dust free coffee table book; it simply doesn’t sit long enough to collect dust.
--Golf Chicago Magazine

While it can never compare to an actual visit to Augusta, The Augusta National Golf Club; Alister MacKenzie’s Masterpiece, by Stan Byrdy, may be as good a written substitute as could ever be accomplished…. In detail that is both meticulous and entertaining, Byrdy traces the creation of Augusta from its days as the Fruitland Nursery…. Byrdy gives the reader far more than a history of Augusta and the Masters.
--BookReporter.com


Stan Byrdy’s new book about the Augusta National Golf Club takes a long step toward reminding fans of golf design in general and The Masters in particular about the real genius behind the design and construction of the famous golf course.
--HoleByHole.com