Looking for a guide to the course at Augusta National? We bring you a hole-by-hole guide to the iconic venue for the Masters.





1) Tea Olive, Par 4, 445 yards





A deep right bunker and trees on both sides make this a difficult opening hole. Charl Schwartzel chipped in from the right on the final day when he won in 2011.





2) Pink Dogwood, Par 5, 575 yards





Trees left are a no-go area - they cost Padraig Harrington a nine in 2009. Louis Oosthuizen memorably holed for an albatross two here in the final round in 2012.





3) Flowering Peach, Par 4, 350 yards





The shortest par-four on the course and a real teaser. The pear-shaped green with a steep slope in front allows for some wicked pin placings. Schwartzel holed out from the fairway for an eagle in the final round of 2011 on his way to victory.





4) Flowering Crab Apple, Par 3, 240 yards





The back tee, not always used, turns this hole into a beast with the green sloping from back to front. Phil Mickelson was one shot out of the lead in the final round in 2012 when he went into the woods, played two right-handed shots to get it out and ended up with a triple bogey.







Lee Westwood hits out of a bunker on the fourth hole at Augusta National (Getty Images)



5) Magnolia, Par 4, 455 yards





Another devilishly difficult green on a hole inspired by the legendary Road Hole on the Old Course at St Andrews. To clear the fairway bunkers requires a 315-yard carry.





6) Juniper, Par 3, 180 yards





From a high tee to a green with a huge slope on it. There have been five holes-in-one here, the latest by Jamie Donaldson in 2013, but Jose Maria Olazabal took a quadruple-bogey seven in 1991 yet wound up one shot behind winner Ian Woosnam.





7) Pampas, Par 4, 450 yards





What used to be a real birdie chance had 35-40 yards added in 2006. Trees were also added and the green reshaped.





8) Yellow Jasmine, Par 5, 570 yards





The bunker on the right, around 300 yards out, pushes players left and from there it is harder to find the green in two up the steep hill. In 2002 the tee was moved back 15-20 yards and shifted 10 yards to the golfer’s right, while the fairway bunker was reshaped and nearly doubled in size.





9) Carolina Cherry, Par 4, 460 yards





The tee was pushed back 30 yards in 2002. The raised green tilts sharply from the back and anything rolling off the front can continue down for 50-60 yards.







Tiger Woods putts on the ninth hole at Augusta National (Getty Images)



10) Camelia, Par 4, 495 yards





A huge drop from tee to green and a big right-to-left shot is required to get the maximum run. Bubba Watson was deep in the trees to the right of the fairway, 155 yards away, when he played a 40-yard hook with a wedge that landed around 10 feet beneath the hole in 2012, essentially to clinch the play-off against Louis Oosthuizen.





11) White Dogwood, Par 4, 505 yards





A hole to be feared since the tee was moved back 10-15 yards in 2006, trees added down the right and the fairway shifted left. A slight fade off the tee is necessary to reach the fairway. The greenside pond is more of a factor because players have longer shots to the green.





12) Golden Bell, Par 3, 155 yards





Probably the most famous par-three in golf. A narrow target, water in front, trouble at the back, it has seen everything from a one (three times) to Tom Weiskopf’s 13 in 1980. The wind plays all sorts of tricks and Seve Ballesteros said the key is always knowing when to hit.





13) Azalea, Par 5, 510 yards





A massive dogleg left where scores have ranged from Jeff Maggert’s albatross two in 1994 to Tommy Nakajima’s 13 in 1978. Rae’s Creek runs down the left and then in front of the green where it catches any second shot that comes up short. Curtis Strange had a three-shot lead with six holes to play in 1985 when he went for the green with a four-wood, hit into the creek and made bogey on his way to a back-nine collapse.







Paul Casey hits from the rough on the 13th hole at Augusta National (Getty Images)



14) Chinese Fir, Par 4, 440 yards





No bunkers, but three putts are common on a viciously sloping green which is one of the most testing in golf. In 2010, winner Phil Mickelson holed out for eagle during an eagle-eagle-birdie stretch on Saturday.





15) Firethorn, Par 5, 530 yards





Often a tough decision whether to go for the green in two across the pond on the hole where Gene Sarazen hit the “shot heard around the world” – a four-wood from 235 yards that went into the hole for an albatross in 1935.





16) Redbud, Par 3, 170 yards





The hole is played entirely over water and eventually bends to the left. Two bunkers guard the right side and the green slopes significantly from right to left. Redbud will always be associated with Tiger Woods’ chip-in in 2005.





17) Nandina, Par 4, 440 yards





A relatively straightforward tee shot will then leave most players with a short-iron second shot into a green protected by two front bunkers. The iconic Eisenhower Tree was removed in recent years after it was damaged during an ice storm. Control of the second shot is the key.





18) Holly, Par 4, 465 yards





The drive through an avenue of trees was made much harder when the tee was moved back 60 yards in 2002. The fairway bunker from which Sandy Lyle got up and down to win in 1988 is now 300 yards away. A difficult hole on which to finish.