The CSGA Links Volume 2 Issue 3 May, 2014 | Page 45

The Augusta National Golf Club was founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, an astute investment banker in New York. Jones helped design the golf course, working alongside the esteemed British architect Dr. Alister Mackenzie. Jones’s popularity within the game helped attract golf’s biggest stars to the Masters, beginning with the inaugural event in 1934 Connecticut State Golf Association 45