Augusta National Golf Club’s course, designed by Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones, can be a brutally difficult layout during the Masters each April. It also presents plenty of scoring opportunities for players in control of their entire game and who know the right angles of attack.
Most of the scoring opportunities are on the four par 5s: Nos. 2, 8, 13 and 15. But which of those is the easiest? And which hole is the hardest in Masters history?
Using the official Masters media guide, we have compiled a list ranking the easiest to the hardest holes at Augusta National since 1942. Included with each hole is its name, the par and yardage, the average score (1942-2024), it’s cumulative rank in difficulty, the lowest average it has produced for a year’s tournament, and the highest average it has produced for a year’s tournament.
Augusta National Hole No. 2: Pink Dogwood
- Par/yardage: 5, 585 yards
- Average score (1942-2024): 4.773
- Cumulative rank in difficulty: 18
- 2024 average: 4.658 (17)
- Easiest it has played: 4.467 (2020)
- Hardest it has played: 4.996 (1957)
No. 13: Azalea
- Par/yardage: 5, 545 yards
- Average score: 4.774
- Cumulative rank: 17
- 2024 average: 4.758 (16)
- Easiest it has played: 4.474 (2019)
- Hardest it has played: 5.042 (1976)
No. 15: Firethorn
- Par/yardage: 5, 550 yards
- Average score: 4.779
- Cumulative rank: 16
- 2024 average: 5.007 (14)
- Easiest it has played: 4.505 (1991)
- Hardest it has played: 5.097 (1998)
No. 8: Yellow Jasmine
- Par/yardage: 5, 570 yards
- Average score: 4.816
- Cumulative rank: 15
- 2024 average: 4.641 (18)
- Easiest it has played: 4.628 (2019)
- Hardest it has played: 4.991 (1956)
No. 3: Flowering Peach
- Par/yardage: 4, 350 yards
- Average score: 4.073
- Cumulative rank: 14
- 2024 average: 3.933 (15)
- Easiest it has played: 3.885 (2011)
- Hardest it has played: 4.267 (1989)
No. 9: Carolina Cherry
- Par/yardage: 4, 460 yards
- Average score: 4.136
- Cumulative rank: 13
- 2024 average: 4.03 (13)
- Easiest it has played: 3.967 (2020)
- Hardest it has played: 4.401 (1955)
No. 6: Juniper
- Par/yardage: 3, 180 yards
- Average score: 3.136
- Cumulative rank: 12
- 2024 average: 3.097 (12)
- Easiest it has played: ...
