A hole-by-hole look at Augusta National

[Sports News]

By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - Once again, the eyes of the golfing world will be firmly fixed on Augusta National when it stages the 78th Masters in Augusta, Georgia, next week with one of its iconic images, the famed Eisenhower Tree, no longer gracing the 17th hole. Affectionately regarded as the 'Cathedral of Pines,' Augusta National was originally designed by Alister Mackenzie and Bobby Jones and has hosted the Masters since 1934. Here is a hole-by-hole look at Augusta National for the April 10-13 Masters (hole names are derived from the distinctive flora found on each hole): No. 1 (Tea Olive) par four, 445 yards - From an elevated tee, the player hits across a wide valley to a tree-lined fairway protected by a deep bunker on the right, a 327-yard carry. Four fairway bunkers on the left persuade most players to use an iron off the tee.

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