The 2025 Masters is nearly upon us, and the 95-player field is ready to go at Augusta National.
It's a long way removed from 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the April 2020 Masters before it was moved to November 2020.
As the world was sitting at home, wondering what will happen next, a golf personality made something really incredible: a full recreation of the par-3 12th at Augusta National made from Lego.
Lou Stagner, whose Golf Stat Pro business unearths fascinating data about professional golf performance, has been working for months with his daughter, at her urging, on this project. They created a time-lapse video of the project, which used more than 20,000 Lego pieces.
The project is 30 inches wide, 50 inches long and, yes, 20 inches high. Lou and his daughter re-created the Sarazen bridge, Rae's creek, the flowering, the bunkers, the tee boxes. It's all there. It's incredible.
Lou's daughter was inspired by seeing a Lego version of the Augusta National clubhouse, and then she decided to embark on this incredible project. As the project finished, Lou began shooting pictures re-creating shots from Masters lore on No. 12, including the scene from the 2019 Masters where Tiger Woods was standing on the 12th green waiting for Francesco Molinari and Tony Finau to play their shots after hitting in Rae's creek.
The pair are hoping to team up with a pro golfers -- perhaps even a Masters winner -- to auction off the project, with all the money going to charity. It's still available for purchase 5 years later.
