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1934
No.16
PAR 3
145 Yards
This was the seventh hole in the 1934 Masters and has been the 16th since. Originally patterned after the seventh hole at England's Stoke Poges (now Stoke Park), its green was guarded by the same creek that, downstream, still edges the 13th. The tee was just right of the 15th green. In 1941, a tee honoring Gene Sarazen was added left of the 15th green, just 50 feet from the spot where he holed his double eagle in 1935.
1934
1937
No.16
PAR 3
145 Yards
After the second Masters, the green was expanded to the left, and the two hillside bunkers were pulled closer to the green, creating some testy hole locations between the stream and the sand. A huge knob-nearly an elephant mound similar to the sixth green-dominated the widest portion of the putting surface. Despite the changes, Bob Jones considered the hole a weak link.
1937
1948
No.16
PAR 3
190 Yards
Just after World War II, Jones joined architect Robert Trent Jones (no relation) in designing Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta, which led to Trent being invited to handle changes at Augusta. Trent suggested rotating the 16th hole 90 degrees, damming the creek into a pond and creating a new tee at one end and a new green, with two bunkers, at the other end. Greenkeeper Marion Luke built the hole to Trent's plans.
1948
1949
No.16
PAR 3
190 Yards
The summer after Trent Jones created the new green, he raised the height of its back terrace and added a tiny third bunker on the left. He also dammed and piped underground a stream that had previously split the tee box. Up that stream, his work formed the pond in front of the 15th green. In 1950, Clifford Roberts poured bags of copper, sulphate into the pond on 16 to turn its muddy water blue.
1949
1966
No.16
PAR 3
190 Yards
In 1959, the creek that crossed the sixth fairway and fed into the pond on 16 was piped underground, but a narrow neck of exposed water was retained as a hazard left of the 16th green. In 1966, that neck was piped underground. Shots long and left no longer ended up wet. The back left corner of the green was also abandoned, and the area was regraded into a tightly mowed slope.
1966
2011
No.16
PAR 3
170 Yards
In 1999, the green was reconstructed to gain more hole locations at the front and back. In 2006, the green complex was rebuilt again, and the surrounding bunkers were made much deeper. The latest construction activity has occurred across the pond, in the area of the original 16th green. The vast, comfortable viewing area for spectators has been improved by expanding it and adding an access staircase from the fifth green.
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No. 16
PAR 3
145 Yards
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145 Yards
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PAR 3
190 Yards
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PAR 3
190 Yards
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190 Yards
No. 16
PAR 3
170 Yards
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