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Masters 2020: Our first look at an eerily quiet but still stunning Augusta National
![2020 Masters Tournament held in Augusta, GA at Augusta National Golf Club.
Monday - November 9, 2020.](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2020/11/BW_2020Masters_Monday_12th_tee_hero_crop_110920_0061.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.966.483.suffix/1604949770661.jpeg)
Augusta National Golf Club opened to photographers at 7:45 a.m. Monday morning and Golf Digest's Ben Walton was there to get an early sense of what a fan-less November Masters might look like. Short answer: Very quiet, but still gorgeous.
With the move from its traditional April date to late fall, it's already apparent Augusta National will have a slightly different aesthetic. There will no blooming azaleas or dogwoods, but there will be a golden hue to the foliage. Even more apparent is that this year's tournament will be absent thousands of fans who line the fairways and greens of every hole. A loss in atmosphere, perhaps, but given the dazzling backdrop, not a terrible trade-off for viewers at home.
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Ben Walton
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