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Augusta National Golf Club is the most famous golf course in the world. Every April, the Masters Tournament transforms this quiet corner of Augusta, Georgia into the center of the sporting universe. Now you can play 13 holes of this legendary course free in your browser, built from real geographic data. No downloads, no sign-ups.
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Background
Augusta National was designed by Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones on the site of Fruitland Nurseries, a former commercial plant nursery in Augusta, Georgia. The course opened for play in January 1933. MacKenzie, a British golf architect who also designed Cypress Point and Royal Melbourne, routed the course through rolling terrain dotted with towering loblolly pines, creeks, and the natural hollows left behind by the nursery's planting beds. Bobby Jones — the only golfer ever to win the Grand Slam — collaborated on every hole to ensure the course rewarded intelligent play over brute force.
The first Masters Tournament was held in 1934, and the event has been played at Augusta National every year since (except during World War II). The course has been lengthened and modified over the decades, but MacKenzie's strategic genius remains intact. Augusta National is defined by its wide fairways hiding narrow ideal lines, its contoured greens that punish careless approach shots, and its back nine — widely considered the most dramatic nine holes in championship golf. The green jacket ceremony, the par-3 contest, the roars echoing through the Georgia pines — no course in golf carries more tradition or reverence.
The Scorecard, Measured From Map Data
These are measurements, not quotations. Augusta National Golf Club here comprises 13 holes at par 56 with 18 bunkers, every figure derived from the course geometry itself.
Read direct distance as the straight tee-to-pin gap. It undersells doglegs by design, since it measures the line rather than the walk. Green sizes come from the mapped putting-surface outline.
1 hole had map data too rough to measure honestly. Rather than round to something plausible, those distances are left blank.
| Hole | Par | Direct distance | Bunkers | Water | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Tea Olive | 4 | 429 yd | 2 | 0 | 810 yd² |
| 2 Pink Dogwood | 5 | 539 yd | 2 | 0 | 777 yd² |
| 3 Flowering Peach | 4 | 347 yd | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 Pampas | 4 | 448 yd | 5 | 0 | 473 yd² |
| 8 Yellow Jasmine | 5 | 556 yd | 1 | 0 | 659 yd² |
| 9 Carolina Cherry | 4 | 445 yd | 2 | 0 | 642 yd² |
| 10 Camellia | 4 | 484 yd | 2 | 0 | 605 yd² |
| 11 White Dogwood | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 Azalea | 5 | 456 yd | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 Chinese Fir | 4 | 433 yd | 0 | 0 | 1054 yd² |
| 15 Firethorn | 5 | 538 yd | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 Nandina | 4 | 453 yd | 2 | 0 | 708 yd² |
| 18 Holly | 4 | 449 yd | 2 | 0 | 602 yd² |
| Total | 56 | 5577 yd | 18 | 0 | — |
The distance total covers only the 12 holes with reliable measurements; the par total covers all 13.
Every Hole, Drawn From Map Data
All 13 holes are plotted below from the same polygons the 3D course is built from. Fairway is green, putting surface pale, bunkers sand, water blue. Each hole is turned so the tee is at the bottom and the pin at the top, which makes the doglegs easy to read against one another.
How We Mapped This Course
This layout is machine-converted from OpenStreetMap rather than traced from photographs. For Augusta National Golf Club that produced 13 holes with 18 bunkers and 113 individually placed trees.
That is why the bunkering is lumpy and asymmetric — these are traced shapes, not procedural ones. The full method is on our about page.
Course data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
Layout and Measurement Notes
Which hole is the biggest hitter?
Hole 8 is the longest at 556 yards tee to pin (par 5), and hole 3 the shortest at 347 yards (par 4). That is a spread of 209 yards across the layout.
Which hole is the most heavily bunkered?
Hole 7, with 5 separate bunkers on it. The layout carries 18 in total across 13 holes, an average of 1.4 per hole, and each is drawn as its own traced outline rather than a generic circle.
How big are the greens?
The average mapped putting surface measures roughly 703 square yards. The largest belongs to hole 14 at about 1054 square yards.
Why 13 holes rather than 18?
Mapping coverage of Augusta National Golf Club is uneven, so we include holes 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 — those where a green and a tee could be paired reliably. The rest are omitted rather than filled in with invented geometry, so what you play corresponds to real mapped ground.
Are these the official scorecard yardages?
Because they measure different things. The card follows the playing line around a dogleg, while these figures cut straight across it. Expect the official Augusta National Golf Club yardages to be the longer of the two.
Holes Worth Knowing
The 11th (White Dogwood), Par 4. The beginning of Amen Corner. A long, downhill approach to a green guarded on the left by a pond. Ben Hogan once said, "If you ever see me on the 11th green in two, you'll know I missed my second shot." Larry Mize chipped in from 140 feet right of the green to beat Greg Norman in a 1987 playoff.
The 12th (Golden Bell), Par 3. The most famous short hole in golf. Only 155 yards across Rae's Creek, but the swirling wind between the pines makes club selection nearly impossible. Tom Weiskopf made a 13 here. Jordan Spieth's quadruple bogey in 2016 cost him the green jacket.
The 13th (Azalea), Par 5. A sweeping dogleg left that tempts long hitters to go for the green in two over Rae's Creek. Eagles and double bogeys live side by side on this hole. It is the ultimate risk-reward par 5 in championship golf.
The 16th (Redbud), Par 3. A downhill par 3 over water to a green that funnels everything toward the front-left pin position. Tiger Woods's chip-in in 2005 — where the ball hung on the lip of the cup for two full seconds before dropping — is the most replayed shot in Masters history.
Course Challenge
- The greens. Augusta's greens are among the fastest and most contoured in the world. Three-putts are common even for tour professionals. Reading the slopes correctly is the difference between birdies and bogeys.
- The back nine. Four of the last six holes involve water, and the 11th through 13th (Amen Corner) have decided more Masters than any other stretch in golf.
- Risk-reward par 5s. The 13th and 15th are reachable in two, but water guards both greens. Going for it can produce eagles or disasters.
- Elevation changes. The course drops and climbs through Georgia hills. Approach shots play shorter or longer than the yardage suggests depending on the elevation.
- Narrow ideal lines. The fairways look wide, but the correct position for the approach shot is often a 10-yard window. Miss the line and the green angles away from you.
Controls
Drag backward from the ball in the direction opposite where you want to send it — like pulling back a slingshot. The farther you drag, the more power you apply. A trajectory arc previews your shot while you aim. Works on desktop (click and drag) and mobile (touch and drag).
Player Questions
Can I play Augusta National online for free?
Yes. This page hosts a free, browser-based version of Augusta National Golf Club with 13 playable holes. There is no download, no sign-up, and no payment required. Click the Play button at the top of this page to start.
Is this the official Masters or Augusta National golf game?
No. Let's Golf Online is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Augusta National Golf Club, the Masters Tournament, or the PGA Tour. The real-world course reference is used descriptively to identify the course we have recreated. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
How many holes of Augusta can I play?
Our simulator includes 13 holes of Augusta National, built from real OpenStreetMap geographic data. Each hole features accurate fairway shapes, bunker placements, water hazards, and green locations based on the actual course layout.
Who designed Augusta National?
Augusta National was designed by Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones. MacKenzie was a British golf course architect also responsible for Cypress Point and Royal Melbourne. Jones was the greatest amateur golfer in history, the only player to win the Grand Slam. Together they created a course on the site of Fruitland Nurseries that opened in 1933 and has hosted the Masters every year since 1934.
What is Amen Corner?
Amen Corner is the three-hole stretch at Augusta National consisting of the 11th (White Dogwood), 12th (Golden Bell), and 13th (Azalea). The name was coined by sportswriter Herbert Warren Wind in a 1958 Sports Illustrated article. The Masters is often won or lost on these three holes on Sunday afternoon.