THE DETROIT NEWS, Jan. 14, 1933

• Augusta National Golf Club course opens
• Founded by golfer Bobby Jones - Georgia
• "The Masters Tournament" major fame

The bottom of page 16 has a very brief and discrete report which begins with: "The Augusta National Golf Course at Augusta, Ga., built after the ideas of Bobby Jones, was opened yesterday..." Unfortunate for the very discrete report here, but still a first report on the opening of the Augusta National Golf Club course, arguably the most famous golf course in the country.
Eighteen pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on high-quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. Very nice condition.

Background: The official opening of the Augusta National Golf Club on January 13, 1933, holds immense historical rarity and significance as the foundational moment of what would become the world's most famous golf course. Spearheaded by legendary amateur golfer Bobby Jones and Wall Street financier Clifford Roberts, the grand opening featured a high-profile entourage of members and prospective buyers who traveled from New York on a dedicated private train. Despite taking place during the height of the Great Depression and prior to the repeal of Prohibition—leading to rare accounts of guests sipping illegal corn whiskey in tents near the tees—the event successfully birthed a club that would launch the inaugural Augusta National Invitation Tournament (later renamed The Masters) just fourteen months later in March 1934. Because Augusta National’s early operations were plagued by severe financial hardship and tiny initial membership numbers, authentic artifacts from this exact launch day—including original opening posters advertising the "Bobby Jones Course," rare first-day postmarked envelopes, and letterhead documents from attendees—are among the absolute rarest, most valuable, and highly sought-after pieces of sports memorabilia in existence.