Whenever golf fans get to April, they can’t wait to watch The Masters and see the wonders of Augusta National Golf Club. Augusta National means so many things to so many different people. It's a pilgrimage that some golf fans have to make in their lives. Any golf fan wants to go watch Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and the best players in the world throw a peg in the ground here. But they also can only dream of doing the same themselves, getting to play Augusta National.
For many, however, that's simply not a reality of the situation. That's not because of the actual cost of a round at the home of The Masters, though — it'll actually only cost you a few hundred bucks to do that, which is cheaper than playing somewhere like Pebble Beach. However, you can't just walk into the Augusta National Golf Club to play, which makes the cost of playing Augusta a bit more complicated than just the (shockingly reasonable) price.
How much does it cost to play Augusta National?
If you are able to be a member or win a lottery to play at Augusta National Golf Club, then you might be wondering how much that would cost. Despite the high club fees to be a member, a run around the course isn’t all that pricey. It will only cost about $350-$500 for players to take the course on, though they likely won’t be seeing the same looks as the pros do at The Masters.
But you're only going to get to play at Augusta National under rare, rare circumstances. Of course, the "easiest" way would be to become a member. Unfortunately, becoming a member is not only extremely difficult just to be invited — the club reportedly caps membership at roughly 300 members in total, making it one of the most exclusive clubs in the world — but it's also not cheap. The money paid to be a member, though, is actually the least of the worries.
How much is a membership at Augusta National Golf Club?
Augusta National, of course, is a membership-only club with a highly exclusive group of members. The initiation fee for a club of its stature, though, is not all that bad, ranging somewhere in the $40,000-$50,000 range, according to various reports, with only a few thousand dollars in annual cost, though that has rumored to increase to a couple tens of thousands of dollars recently. There is also Green Jacket membership, the invitation-only membership to the club, which will cost anywhere from $100,000 to $300,000.
Membership is almost always exclusive and by invitation for Augusta, which makes it virtually the holy grail of golf in terms of fame, celebrity and golfing prowess.
The Masters: What is par at Augusta National Golf Club?
Augusta National is a traditional Par 72 golf course for The Masters with two par 5 and two par 3 holes on both the front and back nines. The yardage measures out at 7,555 yards across the hilly terrain, which is truly indicative of how much they’ve lengthened the course and made it that much more difficult. Perhaps the most iconic features, though, are the various runs you get. Holes 4, 5 and 6 will test even the best golfers after a relatively feasible start (No. 1 being the outlier there), while Amen Corner is enough to test even the strongest of wills.
Augusta National Golf Club scorecard: Hole names, yardages, par for The Masters
Let’s go hole by hole with the names of each, the par and yardages, and so on for No. 1-18 at Augusta National and The Masters for the 2025 tournament.
- Hole No. 1 – Tea Olive: Par 4, 445 yards
- Hole No. 2 – Pink Dogwood: Par 5, 585 yards
- Hole No. 3 – Flowering Peach: Par 4, 350 yards
- Hole No. 4 – Flowering Crab Apple: Par 3, 240 yards
- Hole No. 5 – Magnolia: Par 4, 495 yards
- Hole No. 6 – Juniper: Par 3, 180 yards
- Hole No. 7 – Pampas: Par 4, 450 yards
- Hole No. 8 – Yellow Jasmine: Par 5, 570 yards
- Hole No. 9 – Carolina Cherry: Par 4, 460 yards
- Hole No. 10 – Camellia: Par 4, 495 yards
- Hole No. 11 – White Dogwood: Par 4, 520 yards
- Hole No. 12 – Golden Bell: Par 3, 155 yards
- Hole No. 13 – Azalea: Par 5, 545 yards
- Hole No. 14 – Chinese Fir: Par 4, 440 yards
- Hole No. 15 – Firethorn: Par 5, 550 yards
- Hole No. 16 – Redbud: Par 3, 170 yards
- Hole No. 17 – Nandina: Par 4, 440 yards
- Hole No. 18 – Holly: Par 4, 465 yards
While there are actually too many golf courses that name the holes to count, it's not a stretch to say that the names at Augusta National are the most famous. You have Amen Corner that runs along Rae's Creek with White Dogwood, Golden Bell and the pristine and iconic Azalea, but don't sleep on Firethorn (No. 15) and Redbud (No. 16) as a fun stretch, especially on Sunday.
The general yardages have not changed a ton over the past couple of years but the course has been substantially lengthened over the past few tournaments as the equipment and length off the tee has forced the hands of Augsta National.
Augusta National Golf Club drainage system and SubAir, explained
Particularly on Saturday of the 2023 Masters, we saw the players in a wildly wet and rainy day at Augusta. However, the course still maintained well, particularly on the greens. That’s due to the state-of-the-art draining and SubAir system that the course has to offer.
Rather than going in way too technically, the short of it is that there are grates all throughout the property and the SubAir machines essentially work as a ShopVac from beneath the ground on the course, sucking out as much moisture as possible and pushing it out of a machine on the other side. The system was invented by Augusta National’s former senior director Marsh Benson in the 1990s and has been revolutionary for the course being playable despite adverse conditions.
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