Quotes & Sayings About Augusta National Golf Course

I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium. — Zach Johnson

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

Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it. — Jack Nicklaus

I'm very excited every time I'm at Augusta National. It's such a beautiful and fabulous golf course. — Yani Tseng

If we had to play Augusta National in one hour, the best athlete would win the Masters. But as it is, they give us time to hang ourselves. Every swing is a 'thought shot'. So instead of the best athlete, you end up with the best thinker as the winner. — Joe Inman

If you let it, the Masters will play you instead of you playing it. Augusta National can pamper you right off the bottom of the leader board. Pampered before and after your round, but mentally and emotionally pulverized during them - that's the formula. — Joe Inman

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? — Madeleine M. Kunin

It's [Augusta National] a difficult course and it doesn't make it easier when you have three shanks. — Ian Poulter

Meanwhile, blacks observed how German prisoners housed at Camp Gordon were getting paid to work the grounds of the Augusta National Golf Club, and to pick peanuts, corn, and potatoes across the Savannah River. "They sing and whistle, seem to enjoy work," enthused the Augusta Chronicle. "Farmers are delighted." Such news stories left a bitter taste in the mouths of black Augustans, who felt the government was doing more for the enemy than it was willing to do for them. — RJ Smith