Augusta National Golf Club Posters & Prints. Augusta National Golf Club was the dream of golf legend Bobby Jones. Following his retirement from competitive golf,D&G HATS, he and Clifford Roberts got together and decided to build the course in the vacinity of Augusta, Georgia, if a suitable piece of land could be found. It was Jones' vision to incorporate the natural landscape into the course creating natural hazards rather than the overuse of bunkers. Hopefully, the land would include a natural creek that would serve also as a water hazard. The "perfect" piece of land, a 365 acre property called Fruitland Nurseries, was found. Jones reportedly said upon first seeing it, "Perfect! And to think this ground has been lying here all these years waiting for someone to come along and lay a go...
