Amen Corner

When I was growing up I followed Greg Norman through his world number 1 era, and for me he was the most exciting player on the planet at the time.  Only being 8 though I thought every golfer was because in the 80's it seemed all the top players had something special in their armoury.  The late great Seve with his pure genius of creating something out of impossible situations, along with his desire and passion that was so intoxicating! And then there was Sir Nick Faldo, need I say more about Faldo, he was and still is probably the greatest Englishmen since Harry Vardon to every play golf.  The list could go on but you get where I coming from ( I hope).



Anyway, getting to the point of the reason why I have called this Amen Corner.  As I have grown older, I have become more and more fascinated in golf history and as you will find out soon, I also have become dedicated to learn as much about golf psychology as possible to improve my coaching skills, and others golf games, and their approach to the great game of golf.

The golf history for me caught my eye when a certain Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr had his character played in film called "The Legend of Bagger Vance" which starred Will Smith in 2005.

"Bobby" or Bob as he liked to be called was born in  Atlanta, Georgia U.S. in 1902 next to the East Lake Golf Club.  He grew up to be the only ever Amateur golfer to win all Four Majors in the same calender year(1930), and that record still stands today 82 years on.  In between playing golf he also studied Engineering at Georgia Tech, as well as taking a Law degree, and in 1930 he retired from golf to start his own law firm.  His talent was remarkable and although he never turned pro, he was still classed as the number 1 golfer in the world.  His honesty and love for the game was truly mind blowing, and was the first player to call a penalty on himself, not once but twice in a matter of months.  (No instant replays back then either)

Bobby Jones had made sure that after her retired from golf, that everyone close to him was looked after, but there was one thing that he still had to do for himself and the fact that he and his friends and family could have a private course to play golf.  He had an idea that created one of the most beautiful and inspiring golf courses to ever be built........Augusta National Golf Club. He coordinated this with Alistair MacKenzie and thus was born the famous three holes called Amen Corner (11,12 and 13) but they did not know that then.  It was only named in 1958 after Arnold Parmers win at the U.S Masters, and up until the present day those 3 holes have become a psychological phenomenon for the worlds top players today. 



The full reason behind naming these 3 holes Amen Corner can be found on the Augusta National Website.