#1 The Making of the Masters: What Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones Built Against All Odds

Augusta National Golf Club once couldn’t pay a $5.85 grocery bill. A listing of the club’s debts filled two and a half single-spaced typewritten pages. When co-founder Clifford Roberts found two dollars on the floor, he immediately applied it to the club's credit ledger. During World War II, 200 cattle roamed the fairways to help keep the club alive.This is the story of how two men — Roberts, a Wall Street survivor, and Bobby Jones, the greatest amateur golfer who ever lived — built the most prestigious golf club and sporting event on earth during the worst economic crisis in American history.It’s a masterclass in obsessive attention to detail, long-term vision, and refusing to lower your standards when everything around you is falling apart.You’ll learn why Roberts insisted that Masters Tournament attendees be called “patrons” instead of “fans,” how television transformed the Masters from a regional tournament into a global institution, and what the history of Augusta National teaches us about building something that endures.