the Craziest Rules at Augusta National Golf Club

Posted by Noelle Montes on Saturday, June 8, 2024
AP

The Masters is the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, in part because it's played on one the most exclusive golf courses in the world: Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.

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The 300-member club boasts no pool or kiddie playground or even much of a social scene -- just an amazing golf course, guarded by a long list of arcane and (occasionally) outdated rules.

It's a "tradition unlike any other" because even the snootiest country clubs have long since abandoned the most ridiculous of these rituals of manners and etiquette — like not letting women join — and replaced them with common sense.

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