When you think
of Augusta, Georgia you think of GOLF. The
greatest golf event in the world is held here in April of every year.
No, we can't get you tickets! But, we can point you to the site on the web
that will tell you all you ever wanted to know about the Masters® Golf Tournament.
When it comes to golf, Augusta is the “fore”runner! Since March 22, 1934
the Master’s has been held at the Augusta National Golf Course.
Did you know Augusta is known as the Garden
City? Augusta traces its roots back to 1736 when General James Edward
Oglethorpe, the father of the Georgia Crown Colony, laid it out as the
state’s second city, after Savannah.
Meadow Garden was the home of George Walton, one of Georgia’s signers of
the Declaration of Independence, but the youngest signer! Built around
1791, it’s the city’s oldest documented structure.
Owwww, I feel good! Augusta is the hometown of the "Godfather of Soul",
James Brown. There’s a local street named after him. Other famous
people from Augusta include Amy Grant, Laurence Fishburne, Jim Nabors,
Danny Glover and Hulk Hogan.
An estimated 75% of the world’s golf carts are produced each year in
Augusta. Both EZ-Go and Club Car have manufacturing plants in Augusta.
The Monsanto Plant in Augusta is the nation’s sole producer of Nutrasweet
and Equal and the world’s largest producer of aspartame, the compound in
those products.