What golf course's fabled Amen Corner wraps around Rae's Creek?

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Augusta National Mar 20 07, 3:16 AM

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Augusta National Golf Club, a private golf club in Augusta, Georgia, is one of the most famous and exclusive golf clubs in the world and is considered Bobby Jones' masterpiece. It is the site of the annual Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in men's professional golf. Amen Corner The 11th, 12th, and 13th holes at Augusta were termed "Amen Corner" by author Herbert Warren Wind in a 1958 Sports Illustrated article. Searching for a name for the location where critical action had taken place that year, he borrowed the name from an old jazz recording "Shouting at Amen Corner" by a band under the direction of Milton Mezzrow. [1] In 1958 Arnold Palmer outlasted Ken Venturi for the Green Jacket with heroic escapes at Amen Corner. Amen Corner also played host to prior Masters moments like Byron Nelson's birdie-eagle at 12 and 13 in 1937, and Sam Snead's water save at 12 in 1949 that sparked him to victory. http://www.answers.com/topic/augusta-national-golf-club Mar 20 07, 7:43 AM