Augusta National Golf Club has transformed the Augusta Municipal Golf Course, that scruffy, blue-collar, workingman’s course, into a jewel of the first order.
That much was clear on Thursday when the 98-year-old public course, better known as The Patch, re-opened on a limited basis, nearly 14 months after Augusta National officially took over as the new lessee for the city and started making plans for an extensive renovation of the 18-hole course.
It also features a nine-hole short course (par-3) that was designed by Tiger Woods and his company, TGR Design, a state-of-the-art practice facility and new clubhouse and entrance at the corner of Wrightsboro Road and Damascus Road…