Ranking Every Hole At Augusta National Golf Club For The 2025 Masters

These are the 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club, ranked worst to first.

The Masters is finally here, and 96 players will start their journey on Thursday to hopefully win the Green Jacket.

Augusta National Golf Club is as perfect of a championship golf course as one can find. Designed by legendary player Bobby Jones and legendary course architect Alister MacKenzie opened in 1933, with the first Masters happening a year later. Since, the course has been altered numerous times, but the original philosophy of Jones and MacKenzie still remains. The course tests every shot imaginable, but provides scoring opportunities and uses clever bunkering, trees, and water hazards instead of thick rough you may see at other majors.

There are no bad holes on this course, but some are better than others. Here is every hole ranked from worst to first.

18. Hole 4 - Par 3, 240 Yds

Hole 4 used to be a gettable Par 3 with a good shot off the tee. In my opinion, they’ve lengthened this hole too much, given the fact that it’s already well-bunkered and the greens are lightning quick. It feels like a hole made hard for the sake of making it hard, something that Augusta has avoided doing over the years. A par can gain up to a half-shot on the field.

17. Hole 17 - Par 4, 440 Yds

Augusta’s second nine is full of iconic golf holes. Hole 17 just isn’t one of them. It’s kind of a letdown coming after a great 16th hole, and serves mostly as a tension-builder on Sunday before the leaders head to 18 and the treacherous tee shot that awaits.

16. Hole 7 - Par 4, 450 Yds

It’s a good hole, but Hole 7 just isn’t as remarkable or memorable as some of the others. It’s basically dead-straight, though it has a great bunker complex to make it really difficult on players that miss the sloped left-to-right fairway. Overall, good golf hole, it just doesn’t stick out.

15. Hole 5 - Par 4, 495 Yds

The first long Par 4 on the course has a slight dogleg to the left, with bunkers set up to discourage players from trying to cut too much of the corner. The green has two tiers, and if the pin is on the lower tier, you better make sure your approach shot is hole-high if you want a stress-free par.

14. Hole 6 - Par 3, 180 Yds

Again, there are no bad holes at Augusta National, and this is a pretty good Par 3. The front bunkers make taking on the front pin position with a 7, 8, or even 9 iron for the game’s longest hitters a risky play. But, the green slopes back to front, and balls left short when the pin is in the back mean a tough two-putt is coming.

13. Hole 10 - Par 4, 495 Yds

We have 13 holes left, and we’re already into the holes that I would call tremendous golf holes. Tournaments have fallen apart at the 10th hole before as players look ahead of it towards Amen Corner. But, the drive is more difficult than people think, and the approach shot to an elevated green often has players confused about what club to hit. You must hit the fairway here, and you cannot go long. If you go long, you may get snookered behind one of the trees long and left like Len Mattiace did when he lost the 2003 Masters in a playoff at the 10th hole with a double bogey.

12. 14th hole - Par 4, 440 Yds

The 14th hole gets overshadowed as the least famous hole in the best six-hole stretch of gold anywhere in the world. But, oftentimes, this is a hole that players will look to take advantage of if they get a wedge in hand following a long tee shot. Precision is required on the approach, as putting the ball in the wrong spot on one of the most sloped greens on the golf course is just asking for trouble.

11. Hole 1 - 4 Par 4, 445 Yds

In a vacuum, it’s not a hard hole. But, given the fact that it’s the first hole players wlil play each day (unlike other majors, Augusta doesn’t use split tees unless weather necessitates it) it oftentimes sees some nervy starts. you’ve got to hit the fairway, which is protected by a bunker to the right and a tight tree line to the left. If you hit the fairway, it is an attackable hole, all things considered. Some of The Masters’ greatest champions, Like Tiger Woods, have struggled mightily on this hole over the years.

10. Hole 2 - Par 5, 585 Yds,

The first of four Par 5’s on the course would be the best Par 5 on nearly every other golf course in the world, and it is not close to that at ANGC. A dogleg left and a bunker in the landing zone to the right make the tee shot difficult, and the tree line is tight up the right. The most exciting pin position for this green is back left, as balls hit just on the right side of the middle of the green can funnel all the way to the pin, and can even result in an albatross, such as Louis Oosthuizen’s in 2012. You can easily make a 4 or a 6 at this hole.

9. Hole 8 - Par 5, 570 Yds

The second Par 5 on the course requires a headed club on the second shot with a right-to-left ball flight to reach this green in two. That is, if you can avoid the huge bunker on the right. Many players end up bailing out to a large fairway area short and right to the green, leading to a tricky pitch into a narrow green.

8. Hole 9 - Par 4, 460 Yds

Hole 9 at Augusta National allows players to bomb the ball on a left-to-right ball flight into a seemingly never-ending fairway up the right side. But, the real challenge here is the approach shot into a ridiculous green sloped heavily from back-to-front with a wicked false front that will send a ball forty-some yards back into the fairway. Tiger Woods’ miraculous two-putt from the top level of the green down the ridge during the final round of his victory in 2019 set the tone for a fantastic final nine.

7. Hole 11 - Par 4, 520 Yds

When one of the most iconic Par 4’s in golf is only the 7th-best hole on a golf course, you know you have something special. Technically, Amen Corner doesn’t start until the approach at 11, but the tee shot is nothing to laugh at either. Players want to stay to the right on the tee shot, as the angle is better and you can catch the slope to significantly shorten a brutal approach. A Pond that ANGC has recently extend into the fairway guards the left side of the hole, and a large number of players bail out to the right and try to get up-and-down. But, that’s a nervy chip, as the green slopes right into the water, with the terrain closely mown to feed balls that just trickle off the left side of the green into the water.

6. Hole 16 - Par 3, 170 Yds

We’re ranking the holes for all four days, but if it was just about the final round, Hole 16 would rank higher. The back-left pin position on Sunday allows players to play well out to the right and take the slope to feed the ball down, possibly for a hole-in-one. Tiger Woods nearly holed out from the tee when he won in 2019, settling for a crucial birdie instead. The most famous shot at the hole, however, was when Woods left the ball long and right when locked in a title battle with Chris DiMarco in 2005. Woods hit his chip sideways, and the ball took the slope perfectly, trickling all the way down to the cup, seemingly stopping just a half-roll short of the cup, before somehow rolling over into the hole. Legendary broadcaster Verne Lundquist did the play-by-play at 16 for 40 years, before retiring after last year’s tournament.

5. Hole 18 - Par 4, 465 Yds

Look at the picture. Imagine stepping to Hole 18 with a one-shot lead, and feeling crowded by the patrons before the biggest tee shot of your life. It’s one of the great images in golf, and players need to miss the fairway bunkers. The green is yet another two-tiered green from back-to-front with a devastating false front and bunkers protecting the green. Shots can get close to the pin on Sunday, as a natural backstop can provide some phenomenal moments.

4. Hole 3 - Par 4, 350 Yds

Hole 4 may be the most devilish short Par 3 in the world. Don’t let that 350 number fool you. Even the game’s longest hitters can’t reach off the tee, as the downhill tee shot leads to a significantly elevated green. Many players choose to lay up, but recent data has shown that the best move, no matter the pin position, is to take out driver and get it up as close as possible. It’s a tricky approach shot either way, as the green is not big at all, has a heavy slope, and it’s an uncomfortable yardage either way given the precision needed to even find the green, let alone get it close. It’s the rare 350 yard hole on tour that will see more 5’s than 3’s.

3. Hole 13 - Par 5, 545 Yds

If someone wanted to argue Hole 13 was the second-best Par 5 in the world, I wouldn’t argue. A dogleg to the left tempts players from trying to cut the corner, but Rae’s Creek is there to end dreams of a Green Jacket with a fairway designed to feed balls right into it if the tee shot is too far left. Recently, players had gotten so long on the tee that they were simply bombing it up the right side and taking Rae’s Creek out of play, preferring to hit, at worst, a second shot out of the pine straw with a mid-iron in hand rather than try to cut the corner. ANGC lengthened the hole to eliminate that option from 510 yards to 545 yards. The second shot, always hit on a side-hill lie if a player elects to tempt the golf gods, must be hit over Rae’s Creek with a false front to gobble up shots that don’t quite have enough on them. You can lay up out to an open area to the right. But, again, the green slopes towards Rae’s Creek, and players can easily spin a wedge into the water with a poorly-hit approach shot. You can make 3 or 7 here, and this hole often decides the tournament.

2. Hole 15 - Par 5, 550 Yds

You know how I said that Hole 13 was the second-best Par 3 in the world? This is the best, in my opinion. The tee shot is relatively straightforward in terms of hitting the fairway, but positioning on the fairway can be important. An Overhanging tree add a layer of unease if the tee shot is on the left side of the fairway, so it’s much better to be in the center-right. The real choice comes on the second shot, and there are no easy choices. you can go for the green, as it’s a long iron , or even a mid iron for the game’s biggest hitters. But, it’s severely downhill, and you better get the yardage right. A shot short of the green will end up in Rae’s Creek. A shot long of the narrow green will end up in the bunker, if they’re lucky. If they go way too long, players bring in the risk of finding the pond that guards the left side of 16. Even if you don’t find the pond, the chip shot into a green that slopes right into Rae’s Creek is as nervy as any shot on the course. You can lay up, but a wedge can easily be overspun into Rae’s Creek. Once on the green, a shot hit on the right tier can result in a holed putt. Sergio Garcia famously found the water five times for a 13 in 2018, one year after he won The Masters.

1. Hole 12 - Par 3, 155 Yds

Some claim that Hole 12 at Augusta National is the most-photographed hole on the planet. It’s for good reason. The scenery and landscaping on this short Par 3 is stunning, with the flowers always in bloom when The Masters come around. That’s the only thing appealing about this hole from the players’ perspective. The green is narrow and is protected by a bunker short and two long. Finding that front bunker can be a gift, because a similarly-hit shot left or right of that bunker is finding Rae’s Creek, as we’ve seen so many times. The most challenging part of the hole is that the wind famously swirls in those trees. Figuring out the wind on 12 is at best an educated guess, leading to players missing drastically long and short. The bunkers long provide a steep downhill chip shot with Rae’s Creek threatening. Only a fool would go at the the pin when it’s somewhere other than right over the bunker. The safe and smart play is to aim just over that front bunker, as a miss there won’t cost you a one-shot penalty. The green itself isn’t too terrible, though it is fast, as are all the greens at ANGC. It’s finding the green that has snatched the hopes of countless players.