Here’s a secret we learned about the crew at Augusta National.

As proof that golf fans can’t get enough of Augusta National, consider the popularity of this video about the clubhouse maintenance experience.

As you know, Augusta National Golf Club is full of mystery. The golf media drives that message home. The club also enhances this reputation. Because mysticism is based in part on secrecy, this means working in the spotlight, even as Masters recordings are broadcast worldwide every April.

Your club’s privacy protections extend to matters large and small, from membership policies to maintenance practices. How is it determined who is accepted? Augusta National doesn’t say. On the other hand, if you ask a green jacket what the grass is like, the same thing happens.

But sometimes information leaks out to the public from the heavily guarded entrance on Magnolia Road. Sometimes they end up being unconfirmed rumors (did Bill Gates really have to lobby for years to get into the club?). He has rarely raced with such confidence as before the 2023 Masters, when he faced a former Augusta National Crew volunteer. In a wide-ranging interview, the turf management consultant detailed what it takes to prepare a prestigious tournament course. Machines and labor. Preparation before sunrise and preparation after the round. The club has implemented an emergency maintenance system in case the turf falls from the sky. Our source spoke only positively (he said the workers and equipment used at Augusta National were “the best of the best”), but we’ve withheld his identity.

As further proof that golf fans can’t get enough of Augusta National and The Masters, the stories and videos we’ve created around them have proven to be some of the most-read and viewed maintenance content of the year. We decided to repost it now. Watch it here or watch the video above. The countdown to Masters 2024 has already begun…