The Status Symbol

Geographically speaking, the A.N.G.C. logo is, well, simple at best. But as an icon of excellence? It's perfection. 

- Sean Zak

“GET ME SOMETHING WITH THAT LOGO ON IT.” 

At every Masters, patron after patron piles into the Golf Shop, Augusta National Golf Club’s lavish merchandise center. Why? Because the ANGC logo is the most precious and prestigious in the game. And this is the only place you can get your hands on it.

The logo—an elemental and crudely rendered 3D outline of the United States with a flagstick pegged in the vicinity of Georgia—dates back as far as the club’s existence. Though Augusta National has never thoroughly detailed the design’s history, the logo was positioned atop the very first invitations sent to players for the inaugural Masters in 1934, which was then called the Augusta National Invitational Tournament.