<P> Augusta National Golf Club , located in Augusta , Georgia , is one of the most famous golf clubs in the world . Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts on the site of the former Fruitland ( later Fruitlands ) Nursery , the course was designed by Jones and Alister MacKenzie and opened for play in January 1933 . Since 1934 , it has played host to the annual Masters Tournament , one of the four major championships in professional golf , and the only major played each year at the same course . It was the top - ranked course in Golf Digest 's 2009 list of America 's 100 greatest courses and was the number ten - ranked course based on course architecture on Golfweek Magazine 's 2011 list of best classic courses in the United States . </P>
what is the name of the golf course that the masters is played on
Augusta National Golf Club