After an incredible 12-year run as the Augusta National Golf Club and Masters chairman, Billy Payne is stepping down this fall and will be replaced by former U.S. Amateur champion and Augusta member Fred Ridley. He will be just the seventh chairman in the storied history of the club.
Ridley is a former USGA president and chaired the rules committee during the infamous Tiger Woods ball drop rules controversy of 2013 at Augusta National. He follows in the footsteps of some massive names that have served as chairmen of the most famous club in all of golf.
- Clifford Roberts (1931–1976)
- William Lane (1976–1980)
- Hord Hardin (1980–1991)
- Jackson T.