Augusta: Where Old Masters Are on Display

April 05, 1965

"I think," wrote Bobby Jones not too long ago, "that the tournament is now quite well entitled to be called the Masters, because it has continued to assemble those who are entitled to be called masters of the game. I must admit though, the name was born of a touch of immodesty." It may have been immodest to give his tournament such an aristocratic title when he started it back in 1934, but Jones was attempting a comeback and he knew his presence meant that the country's finest pros would come to Augusta to try to outplay him. They did come, and 12 of them did beat him in that first Masters, but as they left, Jones told them, "I hope you'll be back."