Ohio Golf Journal March 2018

It’s that time of year again, WHEN ALL EYES OF THE GOLÚNG world stare directly at Augusta, 'EORGIA AND THE ÚRST MAJOR championship of the season, The Masters. The area is certainly a well- known golf destination. Outside of Augusta National, the course very few of us will ever have the privilege of playing, there are a number of great local public courses. One of these is Forest Hills Golf Course, an 18-hole Donald Ross masterpiece that has been repeatedly named “Best Public Course” by Augusta Magazine. Ross designed Forest Hills in 1926, and the Arnold Palmer Company redesigned several holes to accommodate construction of the Augusta University Athletic Complex in 1984. The course was restored to its original design in 2004 and has remained that way since. Forest Hills is steeped in history. Bobby Jones began his quest for the Grand Slam in 1930 with a victory here in the Southeastern Open in March. A plaque in memory of Jones inaugural victory of that historic year quotes him as saying, n) PLAYED MY ÚNEST GOLF OF 1930.” )25(67 +,//6 *2/) &/8% A LITTLE SLICE OF DONALD ROSS IN AUGUSTA By David Theoret Ohio Golf Journal