Editor’s note: This story was originally published April 4, 2022
If you’re a golf fan, you may know that each hole at Augusta National — where the Masters is played every year — is named after a flower or tree, some of which are present on the course where the world’s best golfers will tee it up this week.
But do you know why?
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It is well documented that the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club weren’t always a golf course but originally a nursery,” the story reads. “In 1853, Dennis Redmond purchased the 315-acre property and named it ‘Fruitland.’ He grew peaches, grapes, strawberries, apples and many other species of trees and shrubs. Mr. Redmond even started building a large house that he named ‘Fruitland Manor.'”
Louis and Prosper Berkmans eventually purchased Fruitland and the land, and when Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts later co-founded the club, they “asked some of the Berckmans family to come back to help landscape the course.”
So let’s take a look at photos from past Masters of each hole, and hopefully, I found shots that focus on the beautiful landscaping and the tributes to that former plant nursery.
