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Augusta Anonymous: Superintendent secrets at The Masters



Before the 2023 Masters, GOLF caught up with a former Augusta National maintenance crew volunteer. Given the secrecy of this information, we respected their request for anonymity. It takes an army to maintain the property at Augusta, and we learned just how big that army is. On top of that, we learned about underground tunnels, the divot repair crew, sub-air systems, and more. Listen closely to the super secrets that help make the mystique of Augusta National and The Masters.

25 Comments

  1. Wut???? What is he COMPLAINING about? LOL this is hilarious. It's just WORK!!!! lol It's so totally normal!!! He makes it sound like it's so unusual!!!! It's only because he's never had to work properly before, lallygagging the rest of the time!!! Sheesh!!!
    He should go to Asia and watch those little old ladies who go around with SMALL SCISSORS cutting the edges of bunkers BY HAND!!!!

  2. Is this guy working for the Master's or the Sinaloa cartel? Get outta here with the blacked out face and voice over🤣🤣

  3. This is amazing!
    I’ve worked in the turf agronomy industry for over twenty years and have been involved in a few PGA tournaments & I know what it’s like at that level-I can only imagine what it feels like to be there and work with an amazing team of turf agronomy professionals…⛳️🏌🏼‍♀️💚

  4. A couple hundred dollars per round?
    Not sure if it's true, but I heard it was $2500. per round, ten years ago, and there is a 2 year waiting list.

  5. Augusta National, sadly a place I will never have the chance to visit. Always entered the lottery but never picked😢

  6. I noticed there are no African-American people in the volunteers or workers. Why is that my goodness you haven't changed

  7. I worked parking cars there, one great story I heard was a pine tree fell on a Mercedes, green jackets showed up with cash sent guy to merc dealer, with in 24 hrs they removed and replaced the tree with a tree exactly like the one that fell , I’m talking the parking lot. I also worked uniforms, they supply all staff with specific uniforms, which are returned thousands of pieces, they over staff when there could be one they have 3, if you think you can even glimpse the inside playing area they have fences and shrubs, it’s like fort knoxs

  8. I was stationed at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia while in the Army. It was crazy during Masters week.

  9. What we see at Augusta is the product of unlimited resources being put to work. We shouldn't expect that from a golf course that serves mortals.

  10. "It's a blessing and an honor." No, it's not. That can be so for serving in the military or perhaps in religion but unless you're getting paid big bucks, because they're making big bucks, then you have brainwashed yourself. People who volunteer to help a for-profit endeavor … it's not even to help those in need … simply do not honor their own worth and compromise their families in the process. BECAUSE the Masters is incredible event that it is, a magnificent jewel for golf, should absolutely not mean that people should be taken advantage of. They should be paid … and if they want to donate that payment back into Masters Foundation to help those who love the game then that would make the Masters even more magnificent.

  11. I would expect the divot qualification to be of the highest standard, and no ordinary sod buster would be allowed within 10mi of the injury to the turf.

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