The eyes
of golf lovers worldwide are currently on the Augusta National Golf Club as
Augusta, GA, hosts the 2014 Masters Golf Tournament. This ancient game, first
thought to have been played by the Scots in the Fourteenth Century, is today
much different than it was even a hundred years ago. Even novice golfers are
playing better than ever before—the average handicap of golfers has decreased
consistently over the past 15 years. What can account for this? Golf
innovations have made playing easier, and recent equipment innovations have
taken playing to a whole new level. Let’s look at the history of the basic
rules and equipment used at the Masters Tournament today.
