Golfweek Masters Survey: Tell us about your first visit to Augusta
There's nothing like the first time you visit Augusta National, with its incredible sights and sounds. As part of our Masters Surveys for 2026, we asked players: When did you first visit Augusta National and what’s your lasting memory from it? Here's what they remembered: Curtis Strange I played in 1975 and I got there the Saturday before at midday and I met Jack Nicklaus and I couldn’t talk I was so nervous.
I drove to Augusta and never left the gates. I didn’t have two nickels to rub together. I ate all my meals in the clubhouse and slept in the Crow’s Nest and hit balls on the range.
What else could I possibly need? Ludvig Aberg It was with Texas Tech. We went my freshman year, about two months before COVID shutdown, and played 18 holes in the morning and the short course in the afternoon.
Keegan Bradley I went with my dad. It was so incredible. I was just in awe of the place.
Craig Stadler It was in 1974 after winning the 1973 U. S. Amateur.
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